She was not a woman who could shed abundant tears, except in moments when the prospect of losing her furniture became unusually vivid, but she felt how unfitting it was to be quite calm under present circumstances.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

n. prevailing passion Gorddillyn, a. prim to excess Gorddin, n. impulse; a. rare Gorddinâad, n. an impelling Gorddinâu, Gorddino, v. to impel Gorddiniad, n. an impelling Gorddiog, a. extremely lazy Gorddiogi, v. to be very lazy Gorddirwy, n. excessive fine Gorddisgyn, n. a steep pitch Gorddisgyniad, n. pitching over Gorddiwedd, Gorddiweddu, v. to overtake Gorddiwedd, n. extreme end Gorddiwes, n. an overtaking Gorddiwesiad, n. an overtaking Gorddiwesu, v. to overtake Gorddiwyd, a. over diligent Gorddod, n. impulse: a stroke Gorddodi, v. to place over Gorddodo, n. a burrowing Gorddodyn, n. a burrower Gorddoi, a. impulsive, driving Gorddoeth, a. over sapient Gorddor, n. a hatch, wicket Gorddrud, a. over daring Gorddrws, n. a wicket; a threshold Gorddrych, n. a similitude Gorddryn, a. terrific Gorddu, a. of a blackish tinge Gordduad, n. a blacking over Gordduo, v. to black over Gorddwfn, a. profound Gorddwfr, n. a water brink Gorddwy, n. impulse; violence Gorddwyad, n. oppression Gorddwyar, n. din of violence Gorddwyo, v. to oppress Gorddwyol, a. oppressive Gorddwyn, n. mallet; a rammer Gorddwyrain, v. to over-exalt Gorddwyre, a. being extremely exalted Gorddwyreain, v. to rise over Gorddwys, a. extremely dense Gorddyar, n. roar: a. roaring Gorddyarad, n. a roaring Gorddyaru, v. to make a roar Gorddyeithr, a. over strange Gorddyfnad, n. an habituating Gorddyfnaid, v. to habituate Gorddyfnder, profundity, depth Gorddyfniad, n. what habituates Gorddyfnu, v. to accustom, to habituate Gorddyfod, v. to come upon Gorddyfodi, v. to supervene Gorddyfodiad, n. supervention; a coming upon Gorddyfn, n. habit, custom Gorddygai, n. what draws away; an abductor Gorddygan, n. harmony Gorddygiad, n. abduction Gorddygnu, v. to overtoil Gorddygyd, v. to superinduce Gorddylif, n. an overflow Gorddylifiad, n. defluxion Gorddylifo, v. to over flow Gorddyn, n. a boundary Gorddynead, n. an effusion Gorddyneu, v. to effuse Gorddyrchafu, v. to over-raise Gorddysgwyl, to expect earnestly Gorddywal, a. extremely fierce Goreb, n. a response Gorebiad, n. a responding Gorebu, v. to respond Gored, n. a fishing-wear Goredu, v. to set a wear Gorefras, a. very plump Goregni, n. over exertion Goreiliad, n. a superstructing Goreilid, n. a grievance Goreilidiad, n. a grieving Goreilidio, v. to aggrieve Goreilio, v. to superstruct Goreirian, a. extremely fair Goreiriol, a. adverbial Goreiste, n. a sitting aloft Goreisteddiad, n. a presiding Gorel, n. an aperture Gorelu, v. to make an aperture Gorelwain, v. to keep crying Gorentrych, a. supercelestial Gorenw, n. a surname Gorenwi, v. to surname Gorergyd, n. an over-shot Gorerlid, v. to pursue eagerly Gorerlyn, v. to follow eagerly Gores, n. waste: a. open Goresgyn, n. a coming upon possession; conquest; a lease Goresgyniad, n. an overcoming; a conquering Goresgyniaeth, n. subjugation Goresgynol, a. overcoming Goresgynu, v. to overcome Goresgynwr, Goresgynydd, n. an occupant; a vanquisher; a descendant in the fifth degree Goresiad, n. a laying open Gorest, n. a waste; a. open waste Gorestwng, v. to yield homage Gorestyngiad, n. liege subject Gorestyn, n. over-extension Goresymu, v. to talk familiar Goretholi, v. to select nicely Goreu, a. best.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

She had sat two lecture courses under Professor Caldwell and looked up to him as the living repository of all knowledge.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

[58] al mismo virrey en persona, con una mirada o un chiste, la he visto ayer salir de Santo Domingo, con los ojos como ascuas, bajo el encaje del manto, con un pie capaz de desaparecer en la juntura de dos piedras, y aquel andar que hubiera hecho persignarse al mismo San Antonio.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

It was only the men shown to have committed crimes usually punished capitally in this country that we sentenced to death—a dozen or more, all told.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

suo, ch'era aguto e superbo, carcava un peccator con ambo l'anche, e quei tenea de' pie` ghermito 'l nerbo.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

ANT: Mild, feeble, inanimate, subdued, controlled, unimpassioned, passionless, cold, stoical, gentle, weak, mitigated.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Thus, in Great Britain, Silesia lawns may be imported for home consumption, upon paying certain duties; b
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

"To my mind, all these schools, dispensaries, libraries, medical relief centres, under present conditions, only serve to aggravate the bondage of the people.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

grātiās agō , 1875 ; quippe cum , ut pote cum , 1879 ; cum . . .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

While he was collecting the pieces of plank, and putting them together, an old Roman, who had made some of his first campaigns under Pompey, came up, and said to Philip: "Who are you that are preparing the funeral of Pompey the Great?'
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 2 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

In constructing it, much energy has been absorbed and stored up as potential energy, and so, like the stored-up energy in a watch spring or in gunpowder, this may be converted, under proper conditions, into the kinetic energy and the work of actual operation.
— from The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton

But for all that the machinery of local government is clearly under popular control, and as clearly worked for an immediate good, preparing for a greater end.
— from Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney

Some men, finding themselves in Allan’s company under present circumstances, might have felt curious to know the nature of his business in the metropolis.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

To my inquiry about the state of the country, and as to whether there were any lawless characters infesting the mountains, she replied: "No; there are none now, nor has there been since last winter, when Old Spikes and a lot of Yankee bushwhackers came upon Persimmon creek and killed Colonel Walker.
— from The Scout and Ranger Being the Personal Adventures of Corporal Pike of the Fourth Ohio cavalry by James Pike

But I cannot leave the country under present circumstances.
— from The Life of George Borrow by Clement King Shorter

“Ubi et ex invidia et operatione inimici thunc ab inreligioso et sacrilego indice Gothorum tyrannico terrore in varbarico Cristianorum persecutio est excitata, ut Satanas, qui male facere cupiebat, nolens faceret bene, ut quos desiderabat prevaricatores facere et desertores, Cristo opitulante et propugnante, fierent martyres et confessores, ut persecutor confunderetur, et qui persecutionem patiebantur, coronarentur, ut hic, qui temtabat vincere, victus erubesceret, et qui temtabantur, victores gauderent.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

Came up per cent.
— from Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation by James Buckman

Quod si inutiles apparuerint ut culpa patuerit, correptione disciplinæ feriantur; si quis presbyterorum hanc sententiam minime custodierit, et non adimpleverit, ab episcopo suo corrigatur: ut plenissime custodiat, quod digne jubetur."
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes