M. Madier de Montgau, judge of the cour royale of Nismes, and president of the cour d'assizes of the Gard and Vaucluse, upon one occasion felt himself compelled to break up the court, rather than take the deposition of that notorious and sanguinary monster Truphemy:
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

“Willingly,” answered the stranger; “if, indeed, you feel any curiosity respecting one, now, alas, powerless to aid you in any way.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Oesfyr, a. short-lived Oesi, v. to pass through life; to live Oesiad, n. a passing through life, an existing Oesol, a. relating to age, aged Oesran, n. assigned period of life Oesred, n. course of existenct Oestad, Oestadol, a. constant, constantly, always Oethi, v. to render intense Of, n. atoms; particles; motes Of, a. elementary; crude; raw Ofawd, n. a making crude; a mouldering Ofedd, n. elementary state Ofer, a. waste, vain, useless, idle Ofera, v. to waste; to act idly Oferddyn, n. a dissipated man, a spendthrift Oferedd, n. frivolity; dissipation Oferfost, n. a vain boasting Ofergais, n. a fruitless attempt Ofergoel, superstition Oferiaith, n. useless idle talk Oferlaeth, n. waste milk Oferwaith, n. a useless work Oferwas, n. a worthless chap Oferwr, n. an idler Oferymgais, n. an idle attempt Ofiad, n. a decomposing Ofiannu, v. to render friable Ofiant, n. a reducing to atoms Oflyd, a. decomposing, jumble Ofn, n. fear, dread, timidity Ofnâd, an intimidation Ofnadwy, a. terrible, frightful Ofnâu, v. to become fearful Ofnedig, a. intimidated, scared Ofnedd, n. fearfulness Ofni, v. to fear to terrify Ofniad, n. a dreading, a fearing, intimidation Ofnid, n. terror, dread, fear Ofnog, a. fearful, timorous Ofnol, a. tending to frighten Ofnus, a. fearful, timorous Ofnusrwydd, n. fearfulness Ofydd, n. philosopher Ofyddfardd, n. scientific bard Offeiriad, n. minister, priest Offeiriadaeth, n. a priesthood Offeiriadol, a. priestly Offeiriadu, v. to minister Offer, n. implements; gear Offeren, n. sacred service; mass Offerena, v. to celebrate mass Offereniad, n. a saying of mass Offerenol, a. relating to the mass Offerenu, v. to perform mass Offerynol, a. instrumental Offeiriannu, v. to act as agent Offeru, v. to equip, to furnish Offeryn, n. instrument, a tool Offrwm, n. an offering, sacrifice Offrymiad, n. a sacrificing Offrymu, v. to sacrifice, to offer Og, n. what is full of motion or life; youth; a harrow: a. apt to move; youthful Ogaid, n. a stroke of a harrow Oged, n. what stirs; a harrow Ogedu, v. to use a harrow Ogfaen, n. hip, fruit of briers Ogi, v. to use the harrow Ogiad, n. a harrowing Ogof, n. a cave; a den Ogotog, a. full of caves Ongl, n. a corner, an angle Ongli, v. to make angular Ongliad, n. forming angles Onglog, a. having angles Ohonof, a pronominal preposition, from me, of me, out of me Oi, v. to proceed; to come forward: interj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Or if the dreamer could, so best secure A comfortable waking—Was't not so? (To Rosaura). Needs not your intercession now, you see, As in the dream before— Clotaldo, rough old nurse and tutor too That only traitor wert, to me if true— Give him his sword; set him on a fresh horse; Conduct him safely through my rebel force;
— from Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Then come stars of the second magnitude, men of family with ten or twelve hundred livres a year, captains in the navy or cavalry regiments, or nothing at all.
— from The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac

It possesses many curious remains of Norman architecture, among which are the chancel arch and a portion of the south transept.
— from The Motor Routes of England: Western Section by Gordon Home

Why then, lastly, it may be asked, do these experiences befall us so faintly, so secretly, so seldom; if it is the true life that beats so urgently into our souls, why are we often so careful and disquieted, why do we fare such long spaces without the heavenly vision, why do we see, or seem to see, so many of our fellows to whom such things come rarely or not at all?
— from At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

The Constabulary remained one night at Katubig, the Teniente of which proved to be a most courteous old native, very full of information concerning Felizardo and his evil ways; in fact, so anxious was he to see the band broken up, that he even offered to let his own servant guide Hayle and his men to the brigands’ camp, which, he said, was some twenty miles away, towards the end of the range.
— from The Law of the Bolo by Stanley Portal Hyatt

It would be strange if one could reach out now and recover the states of mind of two such beings as the German Kaiser and his eldest son as Europe stumbled towards her fate through the long days and warm, close nights of that July.
— from Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

When the history of great nations covers thousands of years, the physical features may be recovered by personal inspection of sites that are distinctly described by early writers; but the confusing resemblance of neglected and buried cities to each other has been the fruitful source of false identifications, and when once on a wrong scent, the geography of large districts of country has often been thrown into hopeless entanglement.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII January and April, 1871 by Various

He calls the Emperor "Colonel Romanov," or "Nikolai Alexandrovich."
— from Rescuing the Czar Two authentic diaries arranged and translated by James P. Smythe