Its rare melody, its sympathy for common life, and its revelation of the beauty and heroism which hide in humble men and women everywhere, made this work an instant favorite.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

In the latter case the satisfaction in the product would, it is true, be brought about immediately by taste, but it would be only a mediate interest in the cause lying at its root, viz.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

When eligible opportunity for advertisement as a substitute for a cheque was hinted at, Messrs. —— brusquely replied, in the low Essex patois , 'Wadyermean?' Our preparations being now exhaustively completed, Leonora and I returned to Oxford, packed our things, and consulted as to the route which we should adopt.
— from He by Walter Herries Pollock

kisul n k.o. perennial herb about 10–12″ high with dull, yellow-green, cordiate leaves, aromatic in root-stock and leaves.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

A name for a part of Monmouthshire Gwentas, n. a high shoe Gwenu, v. to smile, simper Gwenwisg, n. a surplice Gwenwyn, n. venom, poison Gwenwynad, n. a poisoning Gwenwyndra, n. poisonousness; fretfulness Gwenwynig, a. poisonous Gwenwynllyd, a. poisonous; fretful Gwenwyno, v. to poison Gwenwynol, a. poisonous Gwenyd, n. felicity; bliss Gwenydiad, n. a making happy Gwenyddiad, n. felicity Gwenyddol, a. felicitous; amusing Gwenyn, n. the bees Gwenynen, n. a single bee Gwenynlle, n. a place for bees Gwenynllestr, n. a bee hive Gwenynog, a. abounding with bees Gweol, a. relating to weaving Gwep, n. a visage, a phiz Gwepa, n. the visage or look Gwepio, v. to make a long face Gwer, n. tallow, or suet Gwerchyr, n. a cover, a lid Gwerchyriad, n. a covering Gwerchyrio, v. to cover with a lid Gwerdd, a. green, verdant Gwerddon, n. a green spot Gweren, n. a cake of tallow Gwerin, n. the multitude: a. vulgar, or universal Gwerinad, n. a becoming general Gweriniaeth, n. democracy Gweriniaethol, a. democratic Gwerino, v. to spread out Gwerinol, a. universal; vulgar Gwerinos, n. the rabble, mob Gwerlas, n. a green meadow Gwerlin, n. pure, descent Gwern, n. a swamp; a mead; alder Gwernen, n. an alder tree Gwerol, a. tallowy; like suet Gwers, n. a verse, a lesson Gwersa, v. to tattle, to gossip Gwersig, n. a short lesson Gwersyll, n. encampment Gwersyllfa, n. site of a camp Gwersylliad, n. an encamp Gwersyllu, v. to encamp Gwerth, n. value, price; sale Gwerthadwy, a. salable, vendable Gwerthefin, a. sovereign Gwerthfawr, valuable, precious Gwerthfawredd, n. preciousness Gwerthiad, n. a selling, vending Gwerthiant, n. price; vendition Gwerthiog, a. precious, valuable Gwerthu, v. to sell, to traffic Gwerthyd, n. a spindle, axis Gwerthydaid, n. a spindle-ful Gwerthydu, v. to put on a spindle Gwerthyr, n. a fortification Gweru, v. to generate tallow Gweryd, n. sward; moss Gwerydiad, n. a swarding Gwerydre, n. cultivated land; an inhabited region Gwerydu, v. to sward; to grow moss; to til Gwerydwedd, n. the face of the earth Gwerydd, n. a spring; a youth Gweryddol, a. tending to spring Gweryddu, v. to spring; to wanton Gweryn, n. a worm, a bot Gweryriad, n. a neighing Gweryru, v. to neigh Gwes, n. what is moving Gwesgrydd, n. circumrotation Gwesgryn, n. agitation Gwesgrynu, to cause agitation Gwesod, n. departure Gwest, n. a visit Gwesta, v. to go visiting Gwestai, n. a visitor, a guest Gwesteiad, n. a visiting about Gwesteiaeth, n. act of visiting Gwestfa, n. lodging Gwestfil, n. a prowling animal Gwestiad, n. a visiting Gwestifiant, n. a visitor, a guest Gwestle, n. a place of entertainment Gwestledd, n. tumultuous state Gwestliad, n. a making a riot Gwestlog, riotous, tumultuous Gwestlu, v. to raise a tumult Gwestu, v. to lodge; to entertain Gwestwng, n. a going down Gwestyngu, v. to decline Gwestl, n. hurly-burly, riot Gwestr, n. a hitch, a noose Gwesu, v. to depart, to go out Gwesyn, n. a youth; a page Gwesyndod, n. servility Gwêu, v. to weave; to knit Gweuad, n. weaving; knitting Gweud, v. to say, to speak Gweuol, a. weaving; knitting Gweunblu, n. meadow-down Gweundir, n. meadow-land Gweurydd, n. a slave Gwew, n. purgency; a smart Gwewyr, n. pain, anguish Gwewyrlys, n. anise-seed Gwëydd, n. a weaver; loom Gwëyddes, n. a female weaver Gwëyadiaeth, n. weaver’s trade Gwg, n. a frown; glance Gwi, n. a sudden emotion Gwial, Gwiail, n. rods, twigs Gwiala, v. to gather twigs Gwialen, n. a rod; a perch Gwialenaid, n. length of a rod Gwialenffust, n. a flail-yard Gwialenod, n. stroke of a rod Gwialenodio, to beat with a rod Gwialffust, n. a flail rod Gwib, n. a serpentine course, a range; a drive Gwibad, n. a ranging about Gwiban, n. any sort of fly Gwibed, n. flies, gnats Gwibedyn, n. a fly Gwiber, n. a serpent; a viper Gwibfa, n. a wandering course Gwibiad, n. stroller, vagrant Gwibio, v. to rove, to gad Gwibiol, a. erratic, wandering Gwiblad, n. a flying about Gwibli, n. gadding, vagrance Gwiblo, v. to fly or gad about Gwiblu, n. band of vagrants Gwibwrn, n. a whirling eddy Gwica, v. to hawk or cry about Gwicawr, n. a hawker Gwiced, n. a wicket, a gate Gwich, n. a crash; a squeak Gwichad, n. a squeaking Gwichell, n. creaker, squeaker Gwichiad, Gwichiedyn, n. a periwinkle, or sea snail Gwichian, v. to keep squeaking or squealing Gwichydd, n. a stoat Gwichio, v. to creak Gwichydd, n. a stoat Gwichyll, n. a stoat Gwichyn, n. a stoat Gwid, n. a quick whirl Gwidd, a. dried, withered Gwiddan, n. a hag; a witch Gwiddiant, n. a withering Gwiddon, rotted particles; mites Gwiddoni, v. to dry rot; to breed mites Gwiddonog, a. having mites Gwif, n. a lever, a crow-bar Gwifrwym, n. a fulcrum Gwig, n. a nook, a cove Gwigfa, n. a cove, a retreat Gwing, n. a wriggle, a wince Gwinged, n. wriggling; wantonness Gwingiad, n. a wriggling Gwingo, v. to wriggle; to wince Gwingog, Gwingol, adj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The question of 'tapering-off,' in abandoning such habits as drink and opium-indulgence, comes in here, and is a question about which experts differ within certain limits, and in regard to what may be best for an individual case.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

“If we compare land animals in respect to magnitude, with those that take up their abode in the deep, we shall find they will appear contemptible in the comparison.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

So much has been said and written of late about the disease called leprosy and its ravages in the Sandwich Islands that I had the curiosity to visit the asylum for lepers at Molokai, where now very nearly all the people suffering from this disease have been collected, under a law which directs this seclusion.
— from Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Charles Nordhoff

“The murmurs grew to clamors loud,” and, I regret to say, not always quite kind.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton

[Josef MOTZFELDT] (a leftist party favoring complete independence from Denmark rather than home rule); Kattusseqatigiit (Candidate List) (an independent right-of-center party with no official platform); Siumut (Forward Party)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The one came later and is really not very well pleased.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

The roof, with its cerebral lobes, and its rampant ramifications, like the fibres of nerves, gave out a tender reflection of chrysoprase.
— from Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo

The best books on the history of the republics as a whole since the attainment of independence, and written from an Hispanic American viewpoint, are F. Garcia Calderon, "Latin America, its Rise and Progress" (New York, 1913), and M. de Oliveira Lima, "The Evolution of Brazil Compared with that of Spanish and Anglo-Saxon America" (Stanford University, California, 1914).
— from The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southern Neighbors by William R. (William Robert) Shepherd

For all magnetick power is founded in Physis , and in reference to her, this world is but one great Plant, (one λόγος σπερματικός giving it shape and corporeall life) as in reference to Psyche , one happy and holy Animall.
— from Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

On arriving and looking over the ground General Bell ordered that during the night his artillery should be placed and concealed on the commanding heights which his position afforded; and that his fighting-line, composed of the 5th and 15th Cavalry as his left wing, the 1st X—— as his centre, and the 4th and 11th Infantry as his right wing, be moved forward down the slope and into the bed of the stream, leaving as a reserve the 71st Ohio and the 10th Cavalry located approximately in rear of the centre of his line of battle.
— from The Call of the South by Robert Lee Durham