I passed the whole of the next morning with Sir Mann, in his gallery, which contained some exquisite paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and engraved gems.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

(s.v. cabane ); cabin , small enclosed place, Sh.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Cheker , sb. exchequer, PP; see Escheker .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

ANT: Prudent, careful, saving, economical, provident, [See COMMON].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

“As a curiosity,” suggested Evgenie Pavlovitch, seeing his excellency involved in a comparison which he could not complete.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cum sanguis exit per superficiem et residet melancholia per scabiem, morpheam nigram, vel expurgatur per inferiores partes, vel urinam, &c., non erit, &c. spen magnificatur et varices apparent.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Queen Sophie, delighted to conquer Grumkow at any rate, is charmed with this notion of Baireuth; and for a moment forgets all other considerations: Should England prove slack and fail, what a resource will Baireuth be, compared with Weissenfels!
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Thomas Carlyle

All these forms of living and decomposing organisms are linked in one complex system; each part so closely connected to all the others that should one be lessened or increased, all the others change as well.
— from Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon

A small coasting steamer entering Plymouth Sound struck a submarine mine a few cables from the Mewstone, and sank with all hands.
— from The Sea Monarch by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

And she cherished strange eidolons, Pagan shadows—Platos, Solons— From whose teachings she indentured Forms of law and sophistry; Seeking still for truth she ventured Just so far as these could see.
— from Weeds by the Wall: Verses by Madison Julius Cawein