Many voices were hushed and low: many steps were heard not moving onwards, at least not with any rapidity or steadiness of motion, but as if circling round one spot.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

These cities were colonies respectively of Sidon, Tyre, and Aradus.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

In the rite associated with the blackening of a canoe, charred remains of several light substances such as lalang grass, the nest of a small, swift bird, the wings of a bat, coco-nut husk and the twigs of an extremely light mimosa tree are employed.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Another expressly Monarchic or Royalist Club, 'Club des Monarchiens,' though a Club of ample funds, and all sitting in damask sofas, cannot realise the smallest momentary cheer; realises only scoffs and groans;—till, ere long, certain Patriots in disorderly sufficient number, proceed thither, for a night or for nights, and groan it out of pain.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The third and fourth row should be worked in a colour that forms a sharp contrast with the one in which the two first rows are worked and constitute with these one complete row of stitches, fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

He had been hid—I don't pretend to say How, nor can I indeed describe the where— Young, slender, and pack'd easily, he lay, No doubt, in little compass, round or square;
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Neither the one nor the other are immediately applicable to practice, but there is a virtue flowing from them which tends to raise individuals above the common routine of society or trade, and to elevate States above the mere interests of commerce or the necessities of self-defence.
— from The Republic by Plato

there is, yonder is Dad, a. prefix equivalent to RE, UN, and DIS in English Dadadeilio, v. to unbuild Dadafaelu, v. to relax Dadangori, v. to disanchor Dadanelu, v. to unstretch Dadansoddi, v. to unqualify Dadarfogi, v. to disarm Dadblanu, v. to displant Dadblygu, v. to unfold Dadboeni, v. to divest of pain Dadbrofi, v. to disprove Dadbrynu, v. to repurchase Dadbwytho, v. to unstitch Dadbynio, v. to disburden Dadchwerwi, v. to disimbitter Dadchwiliad, n. a researching Dadchwilio, v. to search again Dadebru, v. to resusciate Dadechwyno, v. to return a loan Dadedfryd, v. to restore Dadegnïo, v. to cease toiling Dadegru, v. to make brisk what is flat, or stale Dadenhudd, n. disclosure Dadeni, n. a second birth Dadenyn, v. to extinguish Daderbyn, v. to receive back Dadergyd, n. a repulsion Dadergyriad, n. a retorting Dadesmwytho, to divest of ease Dadeuogi, v. to clear of guilt Dadfachellu, v. to ungrapple Dadfachu, v. to unhook Dadfaglu, v. to disentangle Dadfalchïo, v. to cure of pride Dadfarnu, to revoke judgement Dadfarwâu, v. to resuscitate Dadfawdd, n. emersion Dadfechnio, v. to exonerate bail Dadfeddiant, n. dispossession Dadfeddwi, v. to soberize Dadfeichio, v. to disburden Dadfeilio, v. to fall, to ruin Dadfeio, v. to clear of fault Dadferiad, n. restoration Dadferthu, v. to revive Dadferu, v. to revolve to dissolve Dadflaenu, v. to blunt a point Dadflasu, v. to divest of taste Dadflino, v. to rid of fatigue, to refresh Dadflisgo, v. to cast off a shell Dadflodeuo, v. to drop blossoms Dadflysio, v. to divest of longing Dadfoddloni, v. to dissatisfy Dadfraenu, v. to rid of putridity Dadfreinio, v. to disfranchise Dadfrïad, n. a dishonouring Dadfrochi, v. to unruffle Dadfrythu, v. to quell a tumult Dadfyddaru, v. to cure of deafnes Dadffrydiant, n. a reflux Dadffrydio, v. to flow back Dadgadwyno, v. to unchain Dadgaenu, to take off a surface Dadgaeru, v. to dismantle or to reduce a fortification Dadgaethu, v. to disenthral Dadgan, n. a recital; repetition Dadganiad, n. a reciting Dadganu, v. to recite, to say Dadgaregu, v. to unpetrify Dadgeiniad, n. a reciter Dadgladdu, v. to disinter Dadglöi, v. to unlock Dadgroeni, v. to remove the skin or bark Dadgroni, v. to undam Dadgrychu, v. to unwrinkle Dadgrymu, v. to unbend Dadguddiad, n. revelation Dadguddio, v. to reveal Dadgydiad, n. disjunction Dadgyfaniad, n. disruption Dadgyfaneddu, v. to leave off inhabiting Dadgyfartalu, to disproportion Dadgyfluniad, n. a divesting of conformation Dadgyfrodeddu, v. to untwine Dadgylchu, v. to uncircle Dadgymalu, v. to disjoint Dadgymysgu, v. to unmingle Dadgysodi, v. to unshelter, to distribute type Dadgysoni, v. to make discord Dadgysylltu, v. to disjoin Dadgyweirio, v. to disorganise Dadhalogi, v. to rid of polution Dadhalltu, v. to rid of saltness Dadhanfodiad, n. annihilation Dadholi, v. to re-examine Dadhualu, v. to unfetter Dadhuddo, v. to uncover Dadhulio, v. to uncover Dadhuno, v. to awake Dadieuo, v. to unyoke Dadl, n. dispute, debate, plea Dadlaesu, v. to tuck up Dadlam, n. a rebound Dadleâu, v. to displace Dadlenwad, n. depletion Dadleu, v. to dispute, to argue Dadleuad, n. disputation Dadleuwr, n. disputer Dadlewygu, v. to revive Dadlidio, v. to rid of anger Dadlif, n. an ebb, reflux Dadliwio, v. to discolour Dadlu, v. to depate, to argue Dadlunio, v. to divest ot form Dadlwytho, v. to unload Dadlygru, v. to rid of corruption Dadlythyru, v. to obliterate Dadnaid, n. a rebounding Dadnaws, n. indisposition Dadnerthu, v. to rid of strength Dadnewid, v. to re-exchange Dadnoddi, v. to divest of refuge Dadnwyfo, v. to enervate Dadnychu, v. to rid of agony Dadnyddu, v. to untwist Dadobeithio, v. to rid of hope Dadoeri, v. to divest of cold Dadofalu, v. to divest of care Dadofidio, v. to rid of grief Dadofni, v. to rid of fear Dadoleuo, v. to relume Dadolrain, v. to retrace Dadorbwyllo, v. to rid of madness; to recover one’s senses Dadorchuddio, v. to develope Dadoresgyn, v. to reconquer Dadorfod, v. to overcome again Dadormesu, v. to cease troubling Dadorthrechu, v. to rid of oppression Dadosodi, v. to displace Dadosgli, v. to strip branches Dadostegu, v. to break silence Dadranu, v. to subdivide Dadredeg, v. to run back Dadreibio, v. to disenchant Dadreiddio, v. to repenetrate Dadreithio, v. to divest of law Dadrestru, v. to disarrange Dadrin, v. to rid of mystery Dadrisgio, v. to strip of the bark Dadrithio, v. to disappear Dadroddi, v. to give back Dadrwyddo, v. to disentangle Dadrwymo, v. to unbind Dadrwystro, v. to disencumber Dadryddâu, v. to free again Dadrywio, v. to degenerate Dadsaethu, v. to shoot back Dadsafiad, n. reposition Dadsangu, v. to tread back Dadsarâu, v. to rid of offence Dadsathru, v. to tread again Dadsefydlu, v. to rid of stability Dadseimo, v. to reverberate Dadseirchio, v. to unharness Dadserchu, v. to divest of love Dadsideru, v. to unfringe Dadsori, v. to divest of anger Dadswyno, v. to disenchant Daduno, v. to disunite Dadurdde, v. to degrade Dadwarchâu, v. to raise a siege Dadwasgodi, v. to unshelter Dadwasgu, v. to unpress Dadweinio, v. to unsheath Dadweithio, v. to unwork Dadwersyllu, v. to strike tents Dadweu, v. to unweave Dadwibio, v. to reel back Dadwiriaw, v. to divest of truth Dadwisgaw, v. to disarray Dadwlitho, v. to dry up dew Dadwneud, Dadwneuthur, v. to undo Dadwnïo, v. to unsew Dadwrdd, v. to make a noise Dadwregysu, v. to ungird Dadwreiddio, v. to eradicate Dadwridio, v. to cease blushing Dadwynebu, v. to rid of surface Dadwyrain, v. to resurge Dadwyre, v. to reascend Dadwystlo, v. to unpledge Dadymattal, v. to cease restraining one’s self Dadymbleidio, v. to divest one’s self of reason Dadymchwel, v. to overturn Dadymorchi, v. to become unfolded Dadymdrafferthu, v. to divest one’s self of trouble Dadymdrefnu, v. to disorder one’s self Dadymdueddu, v. to divest one’s self of partiality Dadymdyru, v. to become dispersed Dadymdderu, v. to cease wrangling Dadymddieithrio, v. to divest one’s self of strangeness Dadymddilladu, v. to undress one’s self Dadymglymu, v. to untie one’s self Dadymgreuloni, v. to divest one’s self of cruelty Dadymguddio, v. to cease hiding one’s self Dadymgysylltu, v. to disconnect one’s self Dadymlëu, v. to displace one’s self Dadymloni, v. to cease cheering one’s self Dadymnyddu, v. to become untwisted Dadymorchuddio, v. to divest one’s self of covering Dadymrwymo, v. to disengage one’s self Dadymylu, v. to emarginate Dadysgrif, n. a transcript shape Dadystumio, v. to divest of land Daear, n. earth, globe, soil, ground Daearaidd,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

MIRABEAU, Count, his pamphlets, the Notables, Lettres-de-Cachet against, expelled by the Provence Noblesse, cloth-shop, is Deputy for Aix, king of Frenchmen, family of, wanderings of, his future course, groaned at, in Assembly, his newspaper suppressed, silences Usher de Breze, at Bastille ruins, on Robespierre, fame of, on French deficit, populace, on veto, Mounier, October Fifth, insight of, defends veto, courage, revenue of, saleable?
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

From every moral death there is a new birth; / in this wondrous course of his, man may indeed linger, but cannot retrograde or stand still.
— 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.

a few cases restoration of sight may be effected by puncturing the projecting tumor and treating it afterwards with nitrate of silver in the same manner as prescribed for ulceration of the cornea.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

The fate of the economy depends upon the maintenance of domestic peace and the continued receipt of substantial aid from abroad.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The conferees also endorse the statement concerning the meaning of the word "teacher" in the guidelines for books and periodicals, and the application of fair use in the case of use of television programs within the confines of a nonprofit educational institution for the deaf and hearing impaired, both of which appear on p. H 10875 of the Congressional Record of September 22, 1976.
— from Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

I'm afraid there was very little to be called refined or scholarly, and the conversation at times was homely enough.
— from Three Plays: The Fiddler's House, The Land, Thomas Muskerry by Padraic Colum

CHARLES CARDINAL Death leapt upon the Rev. Charles Cardinal, Rector of St. Dreots in South Glebeshire, at the moment that he bent down towards the second long drawer of his washhand-stand; he bent down to find a clean collar.
— from The Captives by Hugh Walpole

These are the country residences of Stockholm’s business men.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Sweden by William Liddle

Both her topmasts were lost, and it is a wonder that, in this crippled condition, the ship was able to make her way to Lisbon, where the crew remained on shore
— from The Strange Story Book by Mrs. Lang

Also, man is a social animal as well as an individual being, so social consciousness or social responsibility consists in the common responsibility of society to see that each individual gets a "square deal" in the form of equal opportunity for advancement by self effort.
— from Socialism and American ideals by William Starr Myers