For (i) Such a recommendation would be alien to the spirit of a man whose sense of political right was so strong, and who asserted his citizenship so stanchly on more than one occasion (Acts xvi.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

eu, corresponding sound short or medium, as in Fr.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Juan now was borne, Just as the day began to wane and darken, O'er the high hill, which looks with pride or scorn Toward the great city.—Ye who have a spark in Your veins of Cockney spirit, smile or mourn
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

— N. determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit [U. S. &can.]; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve &c. (intent) 620; firmness &c. (stability) 150; energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness &c. (courage) 861; zeal &c. 682; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

"I thought," he suggested, as if good-naturedly to help us out, "that being parties in a Chancery suit concerning (as people say) a large amount of property, Mr. Richard or his beautiful cousin, or both, could sign something, or make over something, or give some sort of undertaking, or pledge, or bond?
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

"Suppose they did not come," she said once more.
— from The Way of a Man by Emerson Hough

[Pg 245] of allowing Fate to decree that one particular Correspondence School solver of mysteries should marry Miss Petunia Scroggs.
— from Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

Why intimate that certain States should (or might) be excepted from its operation?
— from The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Cromwell showing signs of melting; all melting.
— from The Romance of Madame Tussaud's by John Theodore Tussaud

Not a shot was returned by the enemy, until our troops had nearly reached their entrenchments, when a tremendous and destructive fire was opened, which, it must be confessed, somewhat staggered our men.
— from An Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps, from its Original Institution down to the Present Era, 1803 by Gillespie, Alexander, Major

I then made for the companion steps, still on my knees, and clawed my way up the hatch till I was head and shoulders above it, and there I stood looking.
— from A Marriage at Sea by William Clark Russell