HIVITE, a student of St. Begh’s College, Cumberland; pronounced ST. BEE’S. — University.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

ANT: Limitation, inextension, restriction, coarctation, confinement, proximity, scantiness, contiguity, uninterruptedness, continuity.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

CENSURE, criticise; pass sentence, doom.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

] Note 127 ( return ) [ Ingrediens autem Ravennam deposuit Augustulum de regno, cujus infantiam misertus concessit ei sanguinem; et quia pulcher erat, tamen donavit ei reditum sex millia solidos, et misit eum intra Campaniam cum parentibus suis libere vivere.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But the faith to which the Christian Church promises salvation is this: that as through the fall of the first man we are all partakers of sin and subject to death and perdition, through the divine substitute, through grace and the taking upon himself of our fearful guilt, we are all saved, without any merit of our own (of the person); since that which can proceed from the intentional (determined by motives) action of the person, works, can never justify us, from its very nature, just because it is intentional , action induced by motives, opus operatum .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Sua cuique quum sit animi cogitatio, / Colorque proprius —Since each man has a way of his own of thinking, and a peculiar temper.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

V. compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose &c. (near) 197; set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Cowde, Cowthe , pt. s. could, knew, G; see Kunnen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

SYN: Cleanse, clear, clarify, purify, [See CLEAR].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

campo camino por sus jornadas y como era forçado lleuar cada uno sus aberes en cauallos
— from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1. by George Parker Winship

, da esso ebbe milizia e privilegio; avvegna che con popol si rauni oggi colui che la fascia col fregio.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

When we arrive there, [337] let the impis deploy so that their number is so many that it cannot be counted." CROWN PRINCE SEBUZA IN FESTIVAL
— from Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer by Owen Rowe O'Neil

Defined archaic words appearing in this text: "benumed" (benumbed) "burthen" (burden) "burthensome" (burdensome) "choaking" (choking) "chrystal" (crystal) "covert" (protected; sheltered) "disperst" (dispersed) "divers" (diverse) "intire" (entire) "mascarado" (var. of mascarade(Fr) for masquerade) "snear" (sneer) "subtilty" (subtlety) "vertuosi" (pl. of virtuoso, alt. virtuosi)
— from The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley

If, under the directions of Government, Christian services be held in any Jail, on Sundays and on other days when such services are performed, all Christian criminal prisoners shall attend the same unless prevented by sickness or other reasonable cause—to be allowed by the Jailor—or unless their service is dispensed with by the Superintendent.
— from Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker

A baked potato or a very little whole wheat bread; potato preferred A banana with cream cheese and dates Peas, beans, or carrots A sweet or a white potato Buttermilk, with two egg whites, whipped DINNER A lettuce and tomato salad Choice of two fresh vegetables Tender fish A baked potato Plain ice-cream, provided salad is omitted Young onions, radishes, or celery Beets, carrots, corn, parsnips, Spanish onion, or string beans—any two of these Choice—fish, chicken, or eggs A baked potato A cantaloup
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4 of 5 by Eugene Christian

Battles are now waged over so many miles that a commander-in-chief cannot possibly see for himself what is happening all along his line.
— from The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Edward Parrott