Hay magníficas canchas en los alrededores de las grandes ciudades, con muy buenas tribunas de mampostería desde las cuales un público numeroso y entusiasta presencia las partidas.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Within an ace of being Count was he, And would have been but for the spite and gall Of this vile age, mean and illiberal, That cannot even let a donkey be.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

c) - S'il s'agit de "droitS d'auteur" (au pluriel, donc), on est dans la sphère de l'économie, dont la logique est connue: concurrence et rétention: devenir le premier de la classe, empêcher les autres de le devenir.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

credi mihi ( [3328] saith one) extingui dulce erit Mathematicarum artium studio , I could even live and die with such meditation, [3329] and take more delight, true content of mind in them, than thou hast in all thy wealth and sport, how rich soever thou art.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

If the new-born maiden was to be a nun, it was remarked that one of them did not join with the rest, but kept alone in a corner, eating little, and deeply sighing.
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley

"Now ye can peel yer taters an' cook 'em like a ding-dang.
— from The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden

“We can easily,” Lord Ashleigh declared, “find a temporary butler.
— from The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

on ‘Care-charmer, sleep,’ although directly inspired by the French, breathes a finer melody than the sonnet of Pierre de Brach [101a] apostrophising ‘le sommeil chasse-soin’ (in the collection entitled ‘Les Amours d’Aymée’), or the sonnet of Philippe Desportes invoking ‘Sommeil, paisible fils de la nuit solitaire’ (in the collection entitled ‘Amours d’Hippolyte’).
— from A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Antonyms: admire, crave, esteem, love, approve, desire, like, relish.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald