Sixty thousand blacks are annually embarked from the coast of Guinea, never to return to their native country; but they are embarked in chains; 132 and this constant emigration, which, in the space of two centuries, might have furnished armies to overrun the globe, accuses the guilt of Europe, and the weakness of Africa.
— 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

so very great Gorchymyn, n. injunction; command: v. to command Gorchymynedigaeth, n. the act of commanding Gorchymyngar, a. peremptory Gorchymyniad, a commanding Gorchythrudd, n. excess of affliction Gordaenu, v. to overspread Gordaliad, n. an overpaying Gordarddu, v. to issue extremely Gordasg, n. excessive task Gordawel, a. very serene Gordew, a. excessively thick Gordirion, a over kind Gordoni, v. to peel the surface Gordrethu, v. to overtax Gordrist, a extremely pensive Gordroi, v. to turn excessively Gordrosi, v. to overdrive Gordrymâu, v. to depress much Gordudd, n. outer covering Gordudded, n. an overcover Gorduddo, v. to cover over Gordwf, n. an overgrowth Gordwyad, n. an over-ruling Gordwyllo, v. to deceive much Gordwyo, v. to over-rule Gordwyth, n. great elasticity Gordyfu, v. to overgrow Gordynu, v. to pull extremely Gordywyll, a. extremely dark Gordd, n. an impetus; a mallet; a beetle; a churn staff: a. impetuous, ardent Gorddail, n. exterior leaves Gorddal, Gorddaliad, n. an upholding: v. to uphold Gordden, n. impulse; necessity Gordderch, n. a paramour Gordderchad, n. a wooer Gordderchfun, n. a concubine Gordderchiad, n. a gallanting Gordderchol, a. wooing; adulterous Gordderchu, v. to gallant Gordderchwr, n. a paramour; a wooer; an adulterer Gorddestlu, v. to trim overmuch Gorddethol, a. very select Gorddewis, n. nice choice Gorddewr, a. brave excess, foolhardy Gorddi, v. to impel; to thumb Gorddiad, n. an impelling Gorddial, n. extreme revenge Gorddibed, n. an outskin Gorddibyn, n. overhanging precipice Gorddibyniad, n. an overhanging Gorddibynol, a. overhanging Gorddibynu, v. to overhang Gorddichellu, v. to be overcrafty Gorddichlyn, a. over-diligent Gorddichoni, v. to be more than able Gorddifant, n. utter deletion Gorddifanw, a. very fleeting Gorddifwng, a. extreme firm Gorddig, a. very irritable Gorddigon, n. a redundance Gorddigoni, v. to over-satiate Gorddigor,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

BUTTER, NATHANIEL ("Staple of News"), a compiler of general news.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

As, however, the majority of the lower classes of London do believe that potatoes were indigenous to, and were first brought from the soil of Ireland, which is also in some parts supposed to be capable of growing nothing else, they may even believe that potatoes are actually BOG-ORANGES .
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

The rest of the costume consisted of a skirt of cloth of gold (not at all like the sârong ), reaching to the ankles, while a scarf of the same material, fastened in its centre to the waist-buckle, hung down to the hem of the skirt.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

But God, as He is the supremely good Creator of good natures, so is He of evil wills the most just Ruler; so that, while they make an ill use of good natures, He makes a good use even of evil wills.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[Tong Chung-so was a Chinaman of great note.
— from Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Faries by Yuk Yi

We are told that one reason of the superiority of the Northern nations, like Holland and Scotland, in strength of will and purpose, over those of the sunny South, as Italy and Spain, is that the climate of the latter has been too beautiful, and the life it encourages too easy and relaxing—the difficulties the former had to contend with have been their greatest boon; how all nature has been so arranged by God that in sowing and reaping, as in seeking coal or gold, nothing is found without [p 47 ] labour and effort.
— from The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer by Andrew Murray

George's Channel.—Island of Kondul.—Departure for the northern coast of Great Nicobar.—Mangrove Swamp.—Malay traders.—Remarks upon the natives of Great Nicobar.—Disaster to a boat dispatched to make Geodetical observations.—Visit to the Southern Bay of Great Nicobar.—General results obtained during the stay of the Expedition in this Archipelago.—Nautical, Climatic, and Geognostic observations.—Vegetation.—Animal Life.—Ethnography.—Prospects of this group of Islands in the way of settlement and cultivation.—Voyage to the Straits of Malacca.—Arrival at Singapore.
— from Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

All mad to speak, and none to hearken, They set the very lap-dog barking; Their chattering makes a louder din Than fishwives o'er a cup of gin; Not schoolboys at a barring out Raised ever such incessant rout; The jumbling particles of matter In chaos made not such a clatter; Far less the rabble roar and rail, When drunk with sour election ale.
— from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift

He is so nice and clever,” observed Grace, not noticing the shade on Mattie’s face.
— from Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

As with all sinners among men, the sin of this son of Amittai was in his wilful disobedience of the command of God— never mind now what that command was, or how conveyed— which he found a hard command.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Before decommissioning in November 1944, the Sea Cloud served on ocean weather stations off the coasts of Greenland, Newfoundland, and France.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Cloth of gold neither seems to elate, nor cloth of frieze to depress him—according to the beautiful motto which formed the modest imprese of the shield worn by Charles Brandon at his marriage with the king's sister.
— from The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb

His sons, for whom he had planned great possessions in Canada, did not live long after their father's departure from Canada, and he saw nearly all his family extinct before his death and all their properties reverting to the king on account of their conditions of grant not being fulfilled.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton