V. be in debt &c. adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt &c. n.; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow &c. 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809.. answer for, go bail for.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

… But you , sir, can raise up dreams with your music, and drive all such horrid fancies away!" He was surprised to find this young woman—who though but a milkmaid had just that touch of rarity about her which might make her the envied of her housemates—shaping such sad imaginings.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Sea and Land: him Satan thus accostes; Uriel , for thou of those seav’n Spirits that stand In sight of God’s high Throne, gloriously bright, The first art wont his great authentic will Interpreter through highest Heav’n to bring, Where all his Sons thy Embassie attend; And here art likeliest by supream decree Like honour to obtain, and as his Eye To visit oft this new Creation round; Unspeakable desire to see, and know All these his wondrous works, but chiefly Man, His chief delight and favour, him for whom All these his works so wondrous he ordaind, Hath brought me from the Quires of Cherubim Alone thus wandring.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

forworht mann criminal , CP: ruin, undo, destroy , Cr ; Æ, AO, CP: condemn, convict, curse : forfeit : barricade, obstruct, close up .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Uriel, for thou of those seven Spirits that stand In sight of God's high throne, gloriously bright, The first art wont his great authentick will Interpreter through highest Heaven to bring, Where all his sons thy embassy attend; And here art likeliest by supreme decree Like honour to obtain, and as his eye To visit oft this new creation round; Unspeakable desire to see, and know All these his wonderous works, but chiefly Man, His chief delight and favour, him for whom All these his works so wonderous he ordained, Hath brought me from the quires of Cherubim Alone thus wandering.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

In contrasting this with the failure of the English to attack the French detachment in Newport (p. 394), it must be borne in mind that in the latter case there was no means of forcing the ships to leave their strong position; whereas by threatening Trincomalee, or other less important points, Suffren could rely upon drawing Hughes out.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Suddenly and arbitrarily it was the rule to keep on the left side instead of the right, and the Chauffeulier shot across before a tram, approaching at the speed of a train, could run us down.
— from My Friend the Chauffeur by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

As this was the first appearance of any thing like a storm, many of the women from a motive of curiosity remained upon deck until the hurrying exertions of the sailors, and the loud voices of the Captain and officers 159 giving the necessary commands for the management of the ship, excited their terror and drove them all below drenched with rain.
— from Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land by Thomas Reid

The peculiar character of this country is soon revealed--ferociously cloven ravines, utterly different from the Sila Grande.
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas

But towards four o'clock of that day a great bank of yellow cloud rolled up, darkening the earth save for a queer saffron light that stained everything, and made our very faces yellow.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

If the person does not feel himself to be indissolubly connected with a 91 Supreme Spirit, then must the will and character remain unstable, discordant and unhealthy.
— from The Education of Children from the Standpoint of Theosophy by Rudolf Steiner

Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a coach came rolling up drawn by eight white horses, with white ostrich feathers on their heads.
— from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

In the colonial records, under date of Oct. 8, 1662, we find the following: "Mr. George Corwin for captain, Mr. Thomas Putnam for lieutenant, Mr. Walter Price for cornet, being presented to this Court as so chosen by the troopers of Salem, Lynn, &c., the Court allows and approves thereof."
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

The Privy Council Record, under date 13th July, 1630, contains an order for bringing before it Margaret Lumsden, "the possessed woman in Duns," along with her father-in-law and her brother, that order might be taken in the case, "as the importance and nature of such a great cause requires."
— from Highways and Byways in the Border Illustrated by Andrew Lang