Amongst others, John Clipstone, priest, sometime custos of the library of the Guildhall, 1457; another of Edmond Alison, priest, one of the custos of the library, 1510, etc.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

A few of the most refractory tenants disappeared with them, but a very considerable proportion stayed, conforming readily to the new rules, and are there yet.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Chi parla semina, chi tace raccoglie —Who 20 speaks, sows; who keeps silence, reaps.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

, C. Cloth , sb. cloth, clothing, S, S2; cloþe , S2; cloþt , S2; clað , S; claðes , pl. , S; cloðes , S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

an ecclesiastical court, PP, S2; consistorie , PP, CM.—Church Lat. consistorium , a place of assembly, from Lat.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The Bush, with his thorns, caught the men that went by, [Pg 756] And said, with a sort of a pitiful cry, "Pray, sirs, can you tell in what part of the sea The wealth of myself and my partners may be?"
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

unanimity &c. (assent) 488; esprit de corps, party spirit; clanship[obs3], partisanship; concord &c 714.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

about, round Cylchog, circled; hooped Cylchol, a. circular; periodical; surrounding Cylchdroi, v. to circumvolve Cylchedd, n. circumference Cylchedlen, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

After that evening Comte Paz showed Clementine the exact state of her affairs; he made himself her tutor, taught her the methods and difficulties of the management of property, the proper prices to pay for things, and how to avoid being cheated by her servants.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

The system of torture resorted to under cir-circumstances of suspicion, compelled poor suffering creatures to answer any questions put to them to satisfy their cruel tormentors and in many cases, after all, they were put to death.
— from A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion Principal Historical Facts and Personages of the Books Known as The Old and New Testament; With Remarks on the Morality of Nature by Benjamin Offen

We may then, with certain precautions, safely conclude that the same numerical relation will hold beyond those limits.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill

And in its place came pure scorn, controlled, intensely quiet, as she inquired in her society manner: "And you think Nan would believe you?
— from The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins

—Descansemos un poco—repuso el señor Caballuco, poniendo su cabalgadura al paso de la de nuestros viajeros, y observando atentamente al más principal de los tres.—
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

"To a certain point," she confessed, with a little grimace, "it was unsuccessful.
— from The Double Traitor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

He knows outlying stretches in the greater city of New York; he knows excursion boats such as the Ernestina, whose cruises play so curious a part in The Deaves Affair .
— from When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton