He was for some time without reflection or thought for the divine charm which is in the things of nature, specially after a fantastic dream; then gradually this view of the outer world, so calm, so pure, so grand, reminded him of the illusiveness of his vision, and once more awakened memory.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Starin , v. to stare, also to shine, glitter, SD; stare , C2, S3, PP; starinde , pr.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

sith , pl. , H; syth , H; siðe , C, S2, PP; sythe , H, C2, C3; sythes , S2, PP; sithis , W, S3; sithes , PP; zyþe , S2; ziþe , S2 (9. 72).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

(Praeterea gigni pariter cum corpore, et una Cresere sentimus, pariterque senescere mentem.)
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

se the expression, highly disrespectful to this company; scandalous, perfectly scandalous.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

In general, however, in former times, the household deities were regarded as the unseen spirits of ill, the ghosts and goblins who hovered about every spot, and claimed some particular sites as their own.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

139 For the fact that the Acropolis of Athens was often called simply polis , see Thucydides , ii. 15; Xenophon ( Anab.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

One of his wives, Hafna, the daughter of Omar, surprised him on her own bed, in the embraces of his Egyptian captive: she promised secrecy and forgiveness, he swore that he would renounce the possession of Mary.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[Clark, March 21, 1805] I return on the 21st and on my return I passed on the points of the high hills S. S. where I saw an emence quantity of Pumice Stone, and evident marks of the hills being on fire I collected some Pumice Stone, burnt Stone & hard earth and put them into a furnace, the hard earth melted and glazed the other two a part of which i, e, the Hard Clay became a Pumice-Stone, I also collected a Plant the root of which is a Cure for the Bite of a mad dog & Snake which I shall Send—Mr. Haney (I think it grows in the Blue R Barrens) the Indians make large Beeds of Different Colours- H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

If we can successfully put such a plan into effect, it won’t take us long to get to Half Way House.”
— from Dick Kent at Half-Way House by M. M. (Milo Milton) Oblinger

Preceding every fresh calamity, we hear of signs and wonders, of migratory lakes disappearing in a night, of birds and wolves speaking with human voices, of showers of blood falling in the fields, of a whale with golden teeth stranded at Carlingford, of cloud ships, with their crews, seen plainly sailing in the sky.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

"If ... it is divinely true that 'the Word is God ,' it is surely far from wonderful if here and there, in peculiar connexions, [St Paul] should so speak of Christ, even though guided to keep another phase of the truth habitually in view.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

These things are partlie touched by Cicero, Strabo, Plinie, Sotion, Laertius, Theophrast, Aristotle, and partlie also by Cæsar, Mela, Val.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

Sincerely hoping for capture, Stirling prayed silently, raising the glasses for a second sweep of the sea to the north and east.
— from The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

From the point of view where we have now placed ourselves, we can see Protestantism such as it is.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes