Half a dozen hands were eagerly stretched forward; the missing hairpin was restored to its fair owner; and Miggles, crossing the room, looked keenly in the face of the invalid.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Most nations have let slip the opportunity, and by that means have been compelled to receive laws from their conquerors, instead of making laws for themselves.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

voice Llefiad, n. enunciation Llefiadawl, a. enunciate Llefn, a. even, sleek, smooth Llefnyn, n. a blade, a slab Llefr, a. coward, timid, faint Llefrin, a. of a spreading nature Llefrith, n. sweet milk Llefrithen, n. stye on the eye Lleg, n. that whips round Llegach, n. a sluggish one Llegest, n. a gorbelly; a lobster Llegu, v. to flag, or to lag Llegus, a. apt to flag; sluggish Llegynt, n. oppression Llegyrn, n. a dwarf Lleiad, n. diminution Lleiaf, n. the least: a. least, smallest Lleian, n. a grey one; a nun Lleianaeth, n. life of a nun Lleiandy, n. a nunnery Lleianu, v. to take the veil Lleianyn, n. a wren Lleiau, v. to diminish, to lessen Lleibiad, n. a lapping Lleibio, v. to lap, or to lick Lleibiol, a lapping, lambent Lleibiwr, n. a lapper Lleidfa, n. a clayey place Lleidiogi, v. to turn clayey Lleidiogrwydd, n. muddiness Lleidio, v. to turn to clay Lleidiog, a. lutulent, muddy Lleidr, n. a thief, a stealer Lleiddawd, n. sluggish state Lleiddiad, n. a slayer Lleifiad, n. a reaping Lleifiaw, v. to cut; to reap Lleigiaw, v. to flag; to skulk Lleilai, a. being less and less Lleill, n. others; the rest Lleinell, n. a narrow slip Lleiniad, n. a blading Lleinio, v. to blade; to shred Lleion, n. a dark blue marble Lleipio, v. to lap, to lick Lleipr, a. flaccid, flabby Lleipraw, v. to droop, to flag Lleipriad, n. a turning flabby Lleiprog, n. a lamprey Lleirwyd, n. fine for adultery Lleisiad, n. a sounding; a touation; a counter tide Lleisio, v. to sound, to utter Lleisiol, a. belonging to the voice Lleisiwr, n. a bawler Lleisw, n. lixivium, or dye Lleithad, n. a turning humid Lleithawd, n. a damping Lleithban, n. soft roe of fish Lleithder, n. dampness Lleithdra, n. dampness Lleithiannu, v. to cause dissolution Lleithiant, n. a damp state Lleithiar, a. apt to dissolve Lleithig, n. a bench; a throne Lleithian, n. humid weather Lleithio, v. to moisten Lleithlyd, a. apt to be damp Lleithon, n. soft roe of fish Lleithrid, n. a flash, a gleam Llem, a. sharp, pungent Llemain, v. to hop, or to skip Llemidydd, bouncer; porpoise Llemwst, n. sharp perception Llemysten, n. sparrow-hawk Llen, n. literature, erudition Llen, n. a veil; a curtain Llenawg, a. literate, learned Llenawr, n. a scholar; a clerk Lleniad, n. a veiling over Lleniedydd, n. a veiler Llenlath, n. a curtain-rod Lleinlian, n. sheeting, sheets Llenoriaeth, n. literature Llenu, v. to veil, to envelope Llenwad, n. a filling; a flowing Llenwi, v. to fill; to flow in Llenwr, n. a clergyman Lleng, n. a legion; a host Llengawl, a. legionary Llengcyn, n. a stripling Llengel, n. a veil, a covering Llengig, n. the diaphragma Llengudd, n. a veil covering Lleoldeb, n. locality, localness Llepiad, n. a lapping, a licking Llepian, v. to keep lapping Llepio, v. to lap, to lick up Llepiol, a. lapping, licking Ller, n. nicety; satiety; cockle Llerc, n. a frisk; loitering Llercian, v. to frisk; to loiter Llercyn, n. a loiterer; a lurker Lleren, n. a cockle, or darnel Llerf, a subtile; sharp, acerb Llerpyn, n. a shred, or a rag Llerpyna, v. to shred, to tear Llerpyniad, n. a tearing Llerth, n. subtilty; a frenzy Llerthiad, n. a turning frantic Llerthu, v. to turn frantic Lleru, v. to satiate; to be nice Llerw, n. that is nice or delicate, a. nice, delicate; squeamish Lles, n. benefit, profit, good Llesg, n. feeble, faint: sluggish Llesgâad, n. a debilitating Llesgâu, v. to weaken Llesgedd, n. debility Llesgen, n. a sluggish fit Llesgiad, n. debilitating Llesiad, n. a benefitting Llesiannu, v. to make beneficial Llesiant, n. benefit, advantage Llesmar, n. a fainting fit Llesmeiriad, n. a swooning Llesmeirio, v. to swoon Llesol, a. advantageous Llest, n. that heaps together Llestair, n. let, obstruction Llesteiriad, n. an obstructing Lleisteirio, v. to obstruct Llesteiriol, a. obstructing Llesteiriwr, n. an obstructer Llestr, n. a vessel; a matrix Llestriaid, n. a vessel-full; a two and a half bushel measure Llestriad, n. a putting in a vessel Llestrwr, n. one who puts in a vessel Llestru, v. to put in a vessel Llestryn, n. a small vessel Lleswyra, v. to take airing Lletbai, a. oblique; pliant Lletbeiad, n. a turning oblique Lletrog, n. a flat cake Lletteugar, a. hospitable Lletteugarwch, n. hospitality Llettrod, n. a traverse Llettrodawl, a. traversing Llettrodi, v. to reverse over Lletty, n. a lodging; an inn Llettya, v. to lodge, to quarter Llettyad, n. a taking lodging Llettyaeth, n. act of lodging Llettywr, n. a lodger Llettywraig, n. a woman lodger Lletwed, n. a ladle, a large spoon Lleth, a. flabby; drooping Llethawl, a. flattening; overlaying Llethfad, n. a flattening; an overlaying Llethr, n. a slope, a declivity Llethrawd, heap of rubbish Llethrawl, a. declivous Lleithriad, n. a sloping down Llethrid, n. flash, a gleam Llethru, v. to slope down Llethu, v. to flatten; to overlay Llethwr, n. an overlayer Lleu, v. to explain; to lecture; to place, to lay Lleuad, n. the moon Lleuadawl, a. lunar, lunary Lleuadiad, n. a lunation Lleuawg, a. full of lice, lousy Lleudid, n. splendor Lleuen, n. a louse Lleuer, n. light Lleuerad, n. shedding of light Lleuerawl, a. illuminating Lleueru, v. to shine Lleuerydd, n. a luminary Lleufer, n. light; splendor Lleuferu, v. to illumine Lleuferydd, n. an illuminator Llew, n. that devours; a lion Llewa, v. to devour; to swallow, to take food Llewaidd, a. leonine Llewen, n. a point to which any thing verges; a focus Llewenydd, n. a verging point Llewes, n. a she lion, a lioness Llewi, v. to swallow Llewin, a. occident, western Llewyg, n. a swoon, a trance Llewygawl, a. swooning, fainting Llewygiad, n. a fainting away Llewygu, v. to swoon, to faint Llewyn, n. a radiating point; the west; a gleam; the orach Llewynu, v. to verge to a focus Llewynydd, n. occident Llewyrch, n. brightness, reflection of light; complexion Llewyrchiad, n. an illuming Llewyrchiant, n. illumination Llewyrchu, v. to reflect light Llewyrchus, a. lightsome Llewyrn, n. meteor Llewyrnu, v. to produce meteors Lleyg, n. a layman; a yeoman Lleyn, n. a low strip of land Lleynlys, n. the scurvy grass Lli, n. a flux, a flood, a stream Lliad, n. a flooding, a streaming Lliain, n. linen-cloth, linen; a towel; a napkin Lliant, n. a torrent, a stream Llias, n. a parted state Lliasiad, n. privation Lliaws, n. a multitude, a number: a. many, frequent, much Llib, n. a flaccid state Llibin, a. flaccid, limber, soft Llibiniaw, v. to turn flaccid Llibyn, n. a fribble Llid, n. wrath, indignation Llidiad, n. a raising anger Llidiaw, v. to inflame, to enrage Llidiog, a. wrathful; inflamed Llidiogi, v. to become unflamed Llidiogrwydd, n. wrathfulness Llidus, a. wrathful Llieingig, n. a midriff Llieiniad, n. a putting on linen Llieiniawg, a. wearing linen Llieiniwr, n. a linen-draper Llieinrwd, n. lint Llieinwe, n. a piece of linen Llieinwisg, n. a linen garment Llif, n. a flood, a deluge, a saw Llifad, n. fluxion, flowing Llifaid, a. ground or whetted Llifddwfr, n. a torrent Llifedigaeth, n. grinding an edge Llifeiriad, n. an overflowing Llifeiriant, n. an inundation Llifeiriaw, v. to overflow Llifiad, n. a sawing with a saw Llifiant, n. a defluxion, a flow Llifio, v. to saw, to cut with a saw Llifion, n. saw-dust; filings Llifiwr, n. a sawyer Llifo, v. to flow, to stream: v. to grind; to file Llifol, a. flowing, streaming Llifweli, n. an issue Llifwydd, n. boards, planks Llig, n. that shoots or glides Llill, n. an epithet for a goat Llillen, n. a young goat Llimp, n. sleek or glossy Llimprin, n. spoon meat Llin, n. fine thread; a fibre, grain of wood; a line; a flax Llinar, a. of a smooth nature Llinariad, n. an assuaging Llinaru, v. to assuage Llindag, n. a strangle Llindagiad, n. a strangling Llindagu, v. to strangle Llindagwr, n. a strangler Llindro, n. the dodder Llindys, n. caterpillar Llinell, n. a line; a streak Llinelliad, n. making lines Llinellu, v. to draw lines Llinen, n. a splinter; a fibre Llinhad, n. linseed, flax-seed Llinhesg, n. sort of reed grass Llinon, n. grain of ash; a spear Llinos, n. a linnet; a beauty Llinosen, n. a little linnet Llinwydd, n. the liverwort Llinyn, n. a line; a string Llinynawg, a. having strings Llinynu, v. to line, to string Llion, n. an aggregate of floods Lliosbarth, a. of many parts Lliosdroed, a. many-footed Lliosgib, a. multicapsular Lliosliw, a. having many colours Llioslun, a. multiform Lliosog, a. multitudinous Lliosogi, v. to multiply Lliosogrwydd, n. multitude Lliosogwr, n. multiplier Llipa, a. flaccid, flagging Llipâad, n. a turning flaccid Llipan, n. a limp or a glib one Llipanu, v. to make glib Llipâu, v. to grow flabby Llipryn, n. that flags; a fribble Lliprynrwydd, n. flabbiness Lliprynu, v. to render flaccid Llith, n. a lure; a bait; a mash; a lesson Llithiad, n. an alluring; a lecturing Llithiant, n. alectation Llithio, v. to draw to, to attract, to entice, to lecture, to bait Llithiogi, v. to render alluring Llithiol, a. allective, alluring Llithiwr, n. an allurer Llithr, n. a glide; a slip Llithred, n. a glide or a slip Llithriad, n. a slipping Llithriant, n. lubricity Llithrig, a. sliding; slippery Llithrigaw, v. to make slippery Llithrigder, n. slipperiness Llithrigiad, n. lubrification Llithrigrwydd, n. slipperiness Llithro, v. to glide, to slip Llithrol, a. gliding; slipping Llithwr, n. a lecturer Lliw, n. a colour; a figure Lliwadwy, a. colourable Lliwdy, n. a dyeing-house Lliwgar, a. of good colour Lliwiad, n. a colouring Lliwied, v. to stain; to reproach Lliwio, v. to colour; to dye Lliwiog, a. having a colour Lliwiwr, n. a colourist, a dyer Lliwlys, n. dying plant, woad Lliwusrwydd, n. goodness of colour Lliwyddiaeth, n. art of dyeing Llo, n. a mass; a calf Llob, n. a dolt, a blockhead Lloc, n. a dam; a fold Llociad, n. a penting up Llocio, v. to pent; to fold Llocust, n. a locust Lloches, n. a refuge Llochi, v. to harbour; to fondle Llochiad, n. an encourager Llochwyd, n. a secret covert Llod, n. a forcible utterance Llodedd, n. a state of craving Llodes, n. a girl, or a wench Llodi, v. to reach out; to crave Llodig, a. craving; brimming Llodigaw, v. to be brimming Llodigiad, n. a brimming Llodrawg, a. having breeches Llodri, v. to put on breeches Llodrwr, n. a breeches-maker Llodryn, n. a pair of breeches Llodw, a. spirting, squirting Llodwedd, n. a mite, a farthing Llodwy, n. a spirt, a squirt Llodi, v. to solace, to soothe Lloddiad, n. a solacing Lloegr, n. England Lloegrwys, n. the ancient inhabitants of England Lloer, n. the moon Lloeran, n. a lunette Lloerawl, a. lunar, lunary Lloercen, n. a moon calf; a dolt Lloeren, n. a lunette; a spot Lloerenu, v. to form spots Lloergan, n. the moonshine Lloergant, n. orb of the moon Lloeriad, n. a lunation Lloerig, a. lunatic, crazy Lloerigaw, v. to become lunatic Lloerigen, n. a female lunatic Lloerigyn, n. a male lunatic Lloerni, n. moon’s influence Lloes, n. a sigh; a pang Lloesedd, n. languishment Lloesi, v. to eject; to sigh Lloesiad, n. ejection; a groaning Llof, n. an excrescence Llofeliad, n. a coaxing Llofelu, v. to coax, to stroke Llofen, n. the burbot, a fish Llofenan, n. the burbot Llofi, v. to handle; to bestow Llofion, n. pickings, cullings Llofiad, n. a handling, a giving Lloflen, n. the palm, or grasp Lloflenan, n. the weasel Llofres, n. branching of the ribs Llofrudd, n. a murderer Llofruddiad, n. a murdering Llofruddiaeth, n. murder Llofruddio, v. to murder Llofruddiog, a. murderous Llofyn, n. a whisp; a braid Llofynawg, a. having a whisp Lloffa, v. to lease, to glean Lloffiad, n. a gleaning Lloffwr, n. a gleaner Lloffyn, n. bundle of gleanings Llog, n. an augment; a compact; benefit; interest; hire Llogail, n. a bracer, a fence; a crib, a pen Llogawd, n. a space parted off: a cupboard; a chancel Llogawl, a. relating to interest or hire Llogeilwydd, n. the eaves beam Llogell, n. a partition: a closet, a drawer; a pocket Llogelliad, n. a pocket-full Llogellu, v. to put up; to pocket Llogi, v. to covenant, to hire Llogaid, n. a hiring, a lending Llowgr, n. a covenanter, a hirer, a borrower Llogwrn, n. a pigmy, a dwarf Llogwydd, n. a chancel Llom, a. bare, naked, exposed Llomen, n. a naked female Llomi, v. to make bare Llon, a. cheerful, glad, pleased Llonaid, n. fulness, or fill Llonaidd, a. apt to be cheerful Llonc, n. a gulp, a swallow Llonder, n. cheerfulness, joy Lloneiddio, v. to render cheerful Lloni, v. to solace, to gladden Lloniad, n. a gladdening Lloniant, n. inward pleasure Llonychiad, n. a giving pleasure Llonychu, v. to make cheerful Llonydd, a. at ease, at rest, quiet Llonyddiad, n. a quieting Llonyddol, a. tending to quiet Llonyddu, v. to quiet Llonyddwch, n. quietness Llonyddwr, n. a tranquilizer Llong, n. a ship Llongborth, n. harbour for ships Llongdor, n. a shipwreck Llongdoriad, n. shipwrecking Llongddrylliad, n. shipwrecking Llongddryllio, v. to shipwreck Llongi, v. to go on board a ship Llongiad, n. a going on board Llongiadaeth, n. navigation Llongiadu, v. to navigate Llonglwyth, n. a ship-load Llongsaer, n. a shipwright Llongsaerniaeth, n. the act of ship-building Llongwr, n. a sailor Llongwriaeth, n. seamanship Llongwrio, v. to work a ship Llop, n. a buskin; a boot Llopan, n. sort of shoe Llopanu, v. to wear buskins Llopanwr, n. a buskin maker Llor, n. that bulges out; a bulb Lloriad, n. a floor-ful Llorf, n. a pillar Llorfdant, n. base string of a harp Lloriad, n. a laying a floor Llorio, v. to lay a floor Lloriog, a. floored; groveling Llorion, n. sweepings; bottoms Llorlen, n. a floor-cloth Llorp, n. a side-beam; a shank Llorpog, a. having a side-beam Llorwydd, n. laurelwood Llosg, n. a burn; heat, inflammation Llosgaberth, n. burnt sacrifice Llosgach, n. unnatural lust Llosgadwy, a. conbustible Llosgawl, a. burning, ignitive Llosged, n. that is burnt Llosgedig, a. scorched Llosgedd, n. state of burning Llosgen, n. a blister Llosgfaen, n. brimstone Llosgfal, n. a burning mountain Llosgi, v. to burn; to be burning Llosgiad, n. a burning Llosgrach, n. scabs of itch Llosgwrn, n. a tail Llosgwynt, n. a singeing blast Llosgyrnog, a. having a tail Llost, n. a dart; a sting; a tail Llosten, n. a tail; genitals Llostlydan, n. spattle-tail, beaver Llostodyn, n. a metre so called Llu, n. a throng; a host Lluad, n. a thronging Lluadu, v. to throng, to flock Lluan, n. that glitters with light Lluanu, v. to reflect light Lluarth, n. an encampment Lluarthu, v. to form a camp Lluch, n. a throw; a glance a darting, flashing Lluched, n. a gleam; lightning Lluchedawl, a. flashing Llucheden, n. a flash; a fever Lluchedenawl, a. gleaming Lluchedeniad, n. a gleaming Lluchedenu, v. to gleam Lluchediad, n. a coruscation Lluchedyn, n. a gleam, a flash Lluchfa, n. a drift, a throw Lluchfryd, a. of ardent passion Lluchfrys, a. of ardent haste Lluchiad, n. a throwing, a drifting Lluchiaw, v. to throw, to fling, to pelt, to drift Lluchiawl, a. flinging Lluchlam, n. a darting stride Lluchochr, n. the coral Lluchwayw, n. a javelin, a dart Lluchynt, n. a violent onset Llud, n. pure ore, wealth, a. close, compact, essential Lludlyd, a. full of ashes Lludw, n. ashes Lludwlyd, a. of the nature of ashes Lludwlys, n. the artichoke Lludwog, a. full of ashes Lludd, n. obstacle, let Lludded, n. obstruction; burden fatigue Lluddediad, n. defatigation Lluddedig, a. fatigued Lluddedigaeth, n. fatigue Lluddedu, v. to fatigue; to be weary Lluddiad, n. an obstructing Lluddianu, v. to form an obstacle Lluddiant, n. a prevention Liuddio, v. to obstruct, to let Lluddiwr, n. a hinderer Lluedd, n. warfare, hostility Lluedda, v. to carry on war Llueddawg, a. having a host Llueddiad, n. a waging war Llueddwr, n. one who assembles, an army Lluest, n. encampment Lluestai, n. a campaigner Lluestfa, n. an encampment Lluestiad, n. an encamping Lluestu, v. to encamp Lluestwr, n. one who encamps Lluestyn, n. small encampment Llug, n. a gleam; a blotch: a. tending to appear: ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The Sabine, when he thought the proper time for offering the sacrifice was come, drove the cow to Rome, led her to the temple of that goddess, and set her before the altar.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

On the coast is the colony of Barcino 976 , surnamed Faventia; Bætulo 977 and Iluro 978 , towns with Roman citizens; the river Larnum 979 , Blandæ 980 , the river Alba 981 ; Emporiæ 982 , a city consisting of two parts, one peopled by the original inhabitants, the other by the Greek descendants of the Phocæans; and the river Ticher 983 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

[Pg 81] Marica in her grove, that she might give him success in all things, and that from the abyss of despair in which he then lay he forthwith returned unhurt to Rome, and entered the city the ruthless leader of a ruthless army; and they who wish to know how bloody was his victory, how unlike a citizen, and how much more relentlessly than any foreign foe he acted, let them read the histories.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The conception of justice as the union of temperance, wisdom, courage (Laws; Republic): the latent idea of dialectic implied in the notion of dividing laws after the kinds of virtue (Laws); the approval of the method of looking at one idea gathered from many things, 'than which a truer was never discovered by any man' (compare Republic): or again the description of the Laws as parents (Laws; Republic): the assumption that religion has been already settled by the oracle of Delphi (Laws; Republic), to which an appeal is also made in special cases (Laws): the notion of the battle with self, a paradox for which Plato in a manner apologizes both in the Laws and the Republic: the remark (Laws) that just men, even when they are deformed in body, may still be perfectly beautiful in respect of the excellent justice of their minds (compare Republic): the argument that ideals are none the worse because they cannot be carried out (Laws; Republic): the near approach to the idea of good in 'the principle which is common to all the four virtues,' a truth which the guardians must be compelled to recognize (Laws; compare Republic): or again the recognition by reason of the right pleasure and pain, which had previously been matter of habit (Laws; Republic): or the blasphemy of saying that the excellency of music is to give pleasure (Laws; Republic): again the story of the Sidonian Cadmus (Laws), which is a variation of the Phoenician tale of the earth-born men (Republic): the comparison of philosophy to a yelping she-dog, both in the Republic and in the Laws: the remark that no man can practise two trades (Laws; Republic): or the advantage of the middle condition (Laws; Republic): the tendency to speak of principles as moulds or forms; compare the ekmageia of song (Laws), and the tupoi of religion (Republic): or the remark (Laws) that 'the relaxation of justice makes many cities out of one,' which may be compared with the Republic: or the description of lawlessness 'creeping in little by little in the fashions of music and overturning all things,'—to us a paradox, but to Plato's mind a fixed idea, which is found in the Laws as well as in the Republic: or the figure of the parts of the human body under which the parts of the state are described (Laws; Republic): the apology for delay and diffuseness, which occurs not unfrequently in the Republic, is carried to an excess in the Laws (compare Theaet.):
— from Laws by Plato

As early as the end of the fourteenth century, the rigorous laws of mortmain began to fall into disuse in the provinces; though if the name began to disappear, the condition itself continued to exist.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

In a letter dated August 11, 1628, and addressed to his "Kind Friend and Well Beloved Brother in Christ the Reverend, learned and pious Mr. Adrianus Smoutius," we learn with regret that Domine Michaelius, having two small motherless daughters, finds himself much hindered and distressed because he can find no competent maid servants "and the Angola slave women are thievish, lazy, and useless trash."
— from Dutch and English on the Hudson: A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Maud Wilder Goodwin

This done, they crossed the river, leaving the post where they had rested, called Santa Cruz, and at noon they arrived at a village called Cruz.
— from The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by A. O. (Alexandre Olivier) Exquemelin

That officer then took up the story, and stated that seeing the evidence was not conclusive, and it was probable that if an attempt was made to arrest the person, whomsoever he might be, who had used the cross-bow, any evidence of treasonable design might be destroyed before he was seized, he had accepted the offer of Master Vickars to climb the roof, lower himself to the window from which the bolt would be shot, and, if possible, strike it from the man's hands, so that it would fall down the roof to the court-yard below, where men were placed to seize it.
— from By England's Aid; Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

“God save your Grace,” was the cry that rattled like platoon firing [Pg 76] along the crowded ways, as the splendid cavalcade passed on.
— from The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

In conclusion, the author, conscious of its imperfections, claims for his work no other praise than that it is the first vii attempt in this country to reflect light on a branch of medical and moral philosophy, the importance of which is only equalled by the difficulties impeding its investigation.
— from The Anatomy of Suicide by Forbes Winslow

Meanwhile—" He took up the mantle which he had put aside over a near-by bench, and, crossing the room, laid it over the girl's shoulders.
— from The Island of Enchantment by Justus Miles Forman

Then, when the coal was blasted down, and he had broken it with a pick, he loaded it with his shovel into a car; and trimming square the face of the tunnel, propping when necessary, he pushed on and on until he broke through and joined the next tunnel or completed the required length of that single entry.
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series by James Edmund Dunning