Diesmwyth, a. uneasy Dietifedd, a. childish Dieuog, a. guiltless Dieurwydd,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Nor doth the Sheat-anchor , 6. being cast with a Cable , do any good.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

" "You certainly deserve a good holiday, Susan.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

“Then all sank into silence, and the son of Sigmund stood On the torn and furrowed desert by the pool of Fafnir’s blood, And the Serpent lay before him, dead, chilly, dull, and grey; And over the Glittering Heath fair shone the sun and the day, And a light wind followed the sun and breathed o’er the fateful place, As fresh as it furrows the sea-plain, or bows the acres’ face.”
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Odsbodikins, it was but a dull lie, a most indifferent invention, but you should have seen them seize it and swallow it, in the frenzy of their fright, as it were salvation sent from heaven; and all the while was I laughing in my sleeve the one moment, to see them so cheaply deceived, and glorifying God the next, that He was content to let the meanest of His creatures be His instrument to the saving of thy life.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Have fun ———— The online world has an abundance of joke clubs, dramatic adventure games with multiple players, and large archives filled with computer game software.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

He who, by a natural sweetness and facility, should despise injuries received, would doubtless do a very fine and laudable thing; but he who, provoked and nettled to the quick by an offence, should fortify himself with the arms of reason against the furious appetite of revenge, and after a great conflict, master his own passion, would certainly do a great deal more.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

But if the United States had used its power when the war closed to compel disarmament and get some kind of a just settlement, there would be no limit to its influence over here.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

Who could disobey a ghost?
— from The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang

Company D. — Alexander G. Hawes, Captain. " — —— Cox, 1st Lieutenant. " — —— Roman, 2d Lieutenant.
— from A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Marion Morrison

Well, along came Diaz, a great man.
— from Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 by Gilbert Parker

Chunky did a graceful dive over the body of his prostrate enemy, landing on his shoulders in a thicket.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska; Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass by Frank Gee Patchin

Your cherished desires are granted.
— from The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac

Congress may also impose duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare, but the congress cannot lay any tax or duty on articles exported from any state, nor can congress give any preference by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another, as the exercise of any such power is prohibited by the constitution.
— from Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

She finally wrote her name in a great scrawl which nobody could decipher, and gave as her country "Cape Town, Africa;" which again confounded the men, as they had no idea how a "Hottentot" could be an English subject.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

After climbing down a great many breakneck places we reached the foot of the falls which in beauty is equal, if not superior, to the Lake.
— from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

And that is why I will be your friend; openly, freely, I cannot be so, but I will do all I can in my world to make you great, and I can do a great deal, because great you must be.
— from Othmar by Ouida

1 The Pope could depose and give away the realm of any sovereign prince “ si vel paulum deflexerit .”
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.