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depth and flagrancy from deeds
And it is a point of vast interest whether the soul may contract such stains in all their depth and flagrancy from deeds which may have been plotted and resolved upon, but which physically have never had existence.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dywal a fierce furious Dywalâu
hold, avast, stop Dyuno, to unite, to agree Dyw, n. that is; a day Dywadnu, v. to take to the heels Dywadu, v. to renounce Dywaesu, v. to warrant Dywal, a. fierce, furious Dywalâu, v. to grow fierce Dywalder, n. fierceness Dywallo, v. to pour, to shed Dywalltrain, v. to lavish Dywanu, v. to digress Dywasgaru, v. to scatter Dywasgodi, v. to shelter Dywasgu, v. to constrict Dywawd, v. to utter, to speak Dywededig, a. said, spoken Dywediad, n. a saying Dywedwst, n. the mumps Dywedyd, v. to speak, to say Dyweddi, n. an espousal Dyweddiad, n. an espousal Dyweddio, v. to espouse, to wed Dyweinio, v. to convey Dywellygio, v. to fail Dywenu, v. to smile Dywenydd, n. pleasure, bliss Dywirio, v. to verify Dywisgo, v. to dress Dywrthebu, v. to respond Dywrthredu, v. to go adversely Dywthio, v. to protrude Dywy, n. vapour; fog Dywydd, n. a swelling with milk in the udder Dywyllu, v. to darken over Dywyn, v. to make fair or white; to bless Dywyndeb, blessedness Dywyni, n. a blessing Dywystlo, v. to pledge E, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

domestic and familiar friends dragged
But the story—[Herodotus, iii. 14.]—says that Psammenitus, King of Egypt, being defeated and taken prisoner by Cambyses, King of Persia, seeing his own daughter pass by him as prisoner, and in a wretched habit, with a bucket to draw water, though his friends about him were so concerned as to break out into tears and lamentations, yet he himself remained unmoved, without uttering a word, his eyes fixed upon the ground; and seeing, moreover, his son immediately after led to execution, still maintained the same countenance; till spying at last one of his domestic and familiar friends dragged away amongst the captives, he fell to tearing his hair and beating his breast, with all the other extravagances of extreme sorrow.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Die away from from die
Die away from, from , die away (without the from ).
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

dead and forward forth doth
At last when fervent sorrow slaked was, 240 She up arose, resolving him to find Alive or dead: and forward forth doth pas, All as the Dwarfe the way to her assynd:
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

devils and fast forty days
Some of them again have such strong faith, so presumptuous, they will go into infected houses, expel devils, and fast forty days, as Christ himself did; some call God and his attributes into question, as Vorstius and Socinus; some princes, civil magistrates, and their authorities, as Anabaptists, will do all their own private spirit dictates, and nothing else.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

did and for four days
I told the surgeon the history of the fever and begged him to lance the abscess, which he did, and for four days the opening discharged an almost incredible amount of matter.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Diffrwyth a fruitless feeble Diffrwytho
n. certainty Diewyllys, a. intestate Dif, n. a cast off, ejection Difa, n. extermination Difâd, n. an exterminating: a. destitute of good Difaddeu, a. without remission Difael, a. profitless Difaeth, a. without nourishment Difai, a. blameless, faultless Difalch, a. void of pride Difam, a. motherless Difan, a. spotless, unspotted Difancoll, a. total loss Difaniad, n. a vanishing Difant, n. a vanished state Difanu, v. to vanish Difanw, a. evanescent Difanwl, a. not exact Difar, a without wrath Difarf, a. beardless, shaved Difariaeth, a. without mischief Difarn, a. void of judgement Difarw, a. deathless, immortal Difas, a. not shallow Difaswedd, a. without levity Difechni, a. not having bail Difedydd, a. unbaptized Difeddiant, a. unpossessed Difeddw, a. sober Difefl, a. void of reproach Difeio, v. to exculpate Difeiriad, n. a repenting Difenwad, n. a contemning Difenwi, v. to contemn Difenwyd, a. unblest; joyless Difesur, a. immeasurable Difeth, a. infallible, certain Difiad, n. annoyance Difilain, a. not ferocious Difin, a. edgeless Difio, v. to fling; to annoy Difiog, a. annoying; wild Diflaen, a. without point Diflaen, n. beard of a dart: a. without a point Diflan, a. without lusture; fading Diflanedigaeth, n. disappearance Diflaniad, n. a vanishing Diflanol, a. evanescent Diflant, n. evanescence Diflanu, v. to vanish away Diflas, a. tasteless; disgusting Diflasdod, n. disgust, insipidity Diflasiad, n. a disgusting Diflasu, v. to disgust; to become disgusted Diflin, a. not tired, unwearied Diflisg, without shell; unpeeled Diflodau, a. destitute of flowers Diflwng, a. not sullen Difoes, a. void of manners Difoiwyno, v. to constuperate Difr, n. a cast; a metre Difrad, a. not treacherous Difradw, a not defective Difraint, a. not privileged Difraisg, a. not bulky or large Difrau, a. not fragile or brittle Difraw, a. fearless; careless Difrawd, n. dispersion; waste; devastation Difrawu, v. to grow careless Difrawwch, n. unconcern Difreg, a. of frailty Defreinio, v. to disfranchise Difri, a. undignified, ignoble Difrif, a. serious, sedate Difrig, a. not having tops Difrisg, a. trackless Difro, a. exile: n. an exile Difrodaeth, n. extravagance Difrodi, v. to make havoc Difrodiad, n. a washing Difrwysg, a. not inebriated Difrycheulyd, a. immaculate Difryd, having no mind; listless Difrydaeth, n. inattention Difrys, a. not in haste Difryw, a. not luxuriant Difuchedd, a. immoral Difudd, a. gainless, not profitable Difurn, a. free from evil design Difwng, a. unwavering Difwlch, a. breachless Difwriad, a. undesigned Difwrw, a. improvident Difwyn, a. unenjoyed Difydr, a. without meter Difyfyr, a. uncontemplated Difygwth, a. void of threatening Difyngiad, a. void of stammering Difyn, n. a fragment Difyniad, n. a cutting to pieces Difynio, v. to carve, to mince Difyr, a. diverting, amusing Difyredigaeth, n. amusement Difyrgar, a. tending to divert Difyriad, n. a diverting Difyru, v. to divert, to amuse Difyrus, a. divertive; amusing Difyrwch, n. diversion, play Difysgu, v. to unmix, to separate Difyw, a. lifeless, inanimate Diffaeth, n. a wilderness; an outcast; a waif: a. unfruitful, barren, foul Diffawd, n. a misfortune: a. unfortunate, luckless Diffeithder, n. foulness Diffeithfa, n. foul ground Diffiethiad, n. a laying waste Diffeithio, v. to lay waste Diffeithwch, n. a wilderness Differ, n. defence, guard Differiol, a. defensive Differu, v. to defend, to guard Differyd, v. to defend, to ward Difflais, a. not ravaged Diffodd, n. what is extinct; v. to extinguish Diffoddi, v. to extinguish Diffoddiad, n. extinction Diffordd, a. pathless Diffred, v. to protect Diffrediad, n. protection Diffreidiad, n. a protector Diffreidio, v. to protect Diffreidiog, n. a guardian Diffrwyn, a unbridled Diffrwyth, a. fruitless; feeble Diffrwytho, v. to make abortive Diffryd, v. to protect Diffuant, a. unfeigned Diffur, a. without perception Diffwyn, n. defence, guard Diffwys, n. a precipice Diffydd, a. faithless, infidel Diffyg, n. defect, failure.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Diglefyd a free from disease
Diffyg anadl, shortness of breath Diffygiad, n. defection Diffygio, v. to be defective Diffygïol, a. defective, weary Diffyn, n. defence, guard Diffynadwy, a. defensible Diffynol, a. defensive Diffyniad, n. a defending Diffyniant, a. unprosperous Diffynu, v. to defend; to guard Dîg, n. passion; anger; ire: a. angry, displeased Digabl, a. uncalumniated Digadarn, a. not powerful Digae, a. unenclosed, unfenced Digaer, a. unwalled, unfortified Digaeth, a. unconfined Digaethiwed, a. unconfined Digainc, a. not having branches Digais, a. not seeking; negligent Digaled, a. not obdurate Digalon, a. heartless, dispirited Digalondid, n. heartlessness Digaloni, v. to dishearten Digaloniad, a. disheartening Digam, a. not bent Digamwedd, a. faultess Digamwri, a. void of iniquity Digar, a. not loved; forlorn Digarad, a. disregarded; forlorn Digarc, a. careless; unanxious Digarchar, a. unimprisoned Digardd, a. unstigmatised Digariad, a. unbeloved, forlorn Digaru, v. to cease loving Digas, a without hatred, unhated Diguer, n. anger, displeasure Diged, a. without treasure Digedenu, v. to remove nap Digeintach, a. without bickening Digel, a. not hidden, not secret Digelwydd, a. free from falsehood Digellwair, a. not joking Digen, a. without scales, or scurf Digenedl, a. without a family Digenfigen, a. without envy Digeraint, a. without kindred Digerdd, a. artless; songless Digerth, a. not imminent Digerydd, a. without rebuke Digiad, n. an angering Digib, a. having no husk Digig, a. without flesh, fleshless Digil, a. unreceding; firm Digilwg, a. without frown Digio, v. to offend, to anger Diglefyd, a. free from disease Digliw, a. incompact, deformed Diglod, a. without fame Digloff, a. not lame or halt Diglwyt, a. uninfected; sane Digllon, a. angry, wrathful Digllonder, n. wrathfulness Diglonedd, n. displeasure Diglloni, v. to be displeased Digoed, a. without wood Digofaint, n. anger, displeasure Digoll, a. without loss or lapse Digolled, a. free of loss, safe Digollediad, n. indemnification Digolledu, v. make good a loss Digon, a. & ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

diameter and four fingers deep
The "Ménagier de Paris" mentions " des pains de tranchouers half a foot in diameter, and four fingers deep," and Froissart the historian also speaks of tailloirs .
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

dissyllables as fare fear dear
( b ) Many monosyllables ending in r , re , rs , res , preceded by a long vowel or diphthong, are often made dissyllables; as fare , fear , dear , fire , hair , hour , your , etc.
— from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

districts as follows First District
The Legislative Committee recommend that the Territory be divided into four districts, as follows:— First District, to be called the Tualatin District , comprising all the country south of the northern boundary line of the United States, west of the Wallamet or Multnomah River, north of the Yamhill River, and east of the Pacific Ocean.
— from A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by W. H. (William Henry) Gray

Discharged as fit for duty
Discharged as fit for duty the day we heard of the landing at Cape Helles.
— from Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond

due allowance for further discovery
By way of due allowance for further discovery, let us double the lesser number and suppose that 60 per cent.
— from Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life by Thomas Henry Huxley

day and for five days
They danced practically every dance together that evening, met surreptitiously the next day and for five days thereafter, and on the sixth day Captain Barnabas received a letter from his daughter announcing that she and Morley were married and had gone to New York together.
— from Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

doll and fairly flew down
She snatched up the doll and fairly flew down again.
— from The Turned-About Girls by Beulah Marie Dix

de Alcántara Fadrique Fernández de
El Ex mo Señor Don Pedro de Alcántara Fadrique Fernández de Hijar, Silva, Duque de Hijar, Grande de España de primera clase, Presidente del Real Consejo de las Ordenes, Difunto, nació en Villaruvia de los Ojos de Guadiana año de 1741.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2 by Henry Charles Lea

delicate and far from disagreeable
In Western India the native Portuguese eat the flying-fox, and pronounce it delicate, and far from disagreeable in flavour.
— from Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir


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