ren la coda e 'l capo, ed eran dinanzi aggroppate.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

He had moreover fifty armor-bearers that were about him; and he came early every day to the king's palace, and spake what was agreeable to such as came for justice and lost their causes, as if that happened for want of good counselors about the king, or perhaps because the judges mistook in that unjust sentence they gave; whereby he gained the good-will of them all.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

[27] el espíritu antiespañol, que no era natural y espontáneo sino simple moda, fomentada oficialmente cada año por los discursos patrioteros de 20 de julio, [28] y tal resultado se obtuvo con el establecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas con la madre patria, con la propagación de la buena literatura castellana y
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

ANT: Clear, enlighten, explicate, disentangle, simplify, elucidate, disencumber.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

With the articles of complaint of the vassals of Deogarh and the short extorted charter, to avoid future cause for such, we may contrast the following: "Pour avoir une idée du brigandage que les nobles exerçaient à l’époque où les premieres chartes furent accordées, il suffit d’en lire quelques-unes, et l’on verra que le seigneur y disait:—‘Je promets de ne point voler, extorquer les biens et les meubles des habitans, de les délivrer des totes ou rapines , et autres mauvaises coutumes , et de ne plus commettre envers eux d’exactions.’—En effet, dans ces tems malheureux, vivres, meubles, chevaux, voitures, dit le savant Abbé de Mably, tout était enlevé par l’insatiable et aveugle avidité des seigneurs" (Art.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

It would shew great want of feeling on my father's account, absent as he is, and in some degree of constant danger; and it would be imprudent, I think, with regard to Maria, whose situation is a very delicate one, considering everything, extremely delicate.”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

(Aiso es la consos de la crozada contr els ereges Dalbeges.)
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Cómo escucha el discípulo?
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Such combinations are useful for ornamenting aprons, table-cloths, curtains etc., every description in short of household linen and of children's garments.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

The Czar excited admiration by his extreme curiosity, always bearing upon his views of government, trade, instruction, police, and this curiosity embraced everything, disdained nothing in the smallest degree useful; it was marked and enlightened, esteeming only what merited to be esteemed, and exhibited in a clear light the intelligence, justness, ready appreciation of his mind.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

What they appear, then, to have introduced to Masonry was their manner of reception, that is to say their outer forms and organization, and possibly certain Eastern esoteric doctrines and Judaic legends concerning the building of the Temple of Solomon in no way incompatible with the teaching of Christianity.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

7 For the details of these operations see the following Parliamentary papers:— “Copies of the Reports of Messrs. Griffith, Nimmo, and Killaly, the civil engineers employed during the late scarcity, in superintending the Public Works in Ireland; 16 April, 1823 (249).” “Report from the Select Committee on the employment of the poor in Ireland; 16 July, 1823 (561).”
— from The Irish Crisis by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Trevelyan

In time the craving was evolved for positive knowledge, and shells and stones and weeds were deposited on the library-table at Copsley, botanical and geological books comparingly examined, Emma Dunstane always eager to assist; for the samples wafted her into the heart of the woods.
— from Diana of the Crossways — Complete by George Meredith

Si en mi niñez, y cuando vivía con las ideas y con el entusiasmo de mi buena madre
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Quieren ustedes que les diga en qué consiste el enojo del gran Caballuco?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The neglect of this important and beautiful department of culture is the more remarkable, since our country embraces every degree of latitude, and every variety of climate and soil in which the grape is known to flourish.
— from Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by F. W. (Francis W.) Woodward