You would have Mr. Casaubon because he had such a great soul, and was so and dismal and learned; and now, to think of marrying Mr. Ladislaw, who has got no estate or anything.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

He must save up his ten dollars as long as necessary, and the trip can be as short as they like, but convention has no rule more rigid than that the wedding trip shall be a responsibility of the groom.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

That day, a little after noon, we came to Squakeag, where the Indians quickly spread themselves over the deserted English fields, gleaning what they could find.
— from Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson

n. serenity Arf, n. a weapon, tool Arfaeth, n. design, intent Arfaethiad, n. a purposing Arfaethol, a. intentional Arfaethu, to design, to purpose Arfaethus, a. designing Arfaethwr, n. a designer Arfanwl, a. very accurate Arfdy, n. an armoury Arfedig, a. armed Arfeichio, v. to give bail Arfeiddio, v. to adventure Arfeilio, v. to decay Arfeilyn, n. a leather band round the ankle Arfel, n. a design Arfelu, v. to draw a likeness Arfelydd, n. a delineator Arfer, n. use, custom: v. to use to accustom Arferiad, n. an accustoming Arferol, a. customary, usual Arferoldeb, n. usage, custom Arferu, v. to use, to inure Arfgell, n. an armoury Arfiad, n. an arming Arflodeuad, n. reflorescence Arfod, n. opportunity, season Arfodig, a. convenient, timely Arfodog, a. having opportunity Arfodol, a. opportune Arfoel, a. bald-pated Arfoelaidd, a. tending to baldness Arfoeledd, n. baldness Arfoeli, v. to grow bald Arfoelni, n. baldness Arfog, a. armed, bearing arms Arfogaeth, n. armour Arfogai, n. m. one armed at all points; the palmer Arfogi, v. to put in arms Arfogwl, n. a dried skin on a post with pebbles in it Arfoledd, n. exultation Arfoliant, n. enconium Arfoll, n. reception, welcome; contract; promise Arfor, n. the seaside:
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

So I away by water to Westminster, and there sent for the girle’s mother to Westminster Hall to me; she came and undertakes to get her daughter a lodging and nurse at next doore to her, though she dare not, for the parish’s sake, whose sexton her husband is, to [have] her into her owne house.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

a. maritime Arfordir, n. maritime land Arfordref, n. a sea-port town Arfordwy, n. maritime region Arforol, a. maritime, seafaring Arfraint, n. prerogative Arfri, n. high privelege Arfu, v. to arm Arffed, n. a lap, a forepart Arffedaid, n. lapful Arffedog, n. fosterer Arffedogaeth, n. fosterage Arffordd, n. the high road Arfforddi, v. to direct the way Arfforddol, a. wayfaring Argae, n. a stoppage, a dam Argaead, n. a shutting in Argaëedigaeth, n. obstruction Argaeol, a. astringent Argaeth, a. unslaved, captive Argaledu, v. to make obdurate Argan, a. very bright Arganfod, n. perception; v. to perceive, to fascinate Arganlyn, v. to follow Arganu, v. to elucidate Argau, v. to inclose Argeisio, v. to endeavour Argelu, v. to seclude, to secrete Arglawdd, n. an embankment Argledriad, n. a protector Arglod, n. fame, renown Argludiad, n. deportation Arglwydd, n. one having dominion, a lord Arglwyddes, n. a lady Arglwyddiaeth, n. a dominion; a lordship Arglwyddiaethu, v. to govern Arglwyddo, v. to domineer Arglybod, v. to get notice Arglyw, n. the sense of hearing Arglywed, v. to hear of Argnoi, v. to chew Argoch, a. reddening, blushing Argochedd, n. ruddiness Argochi, v. redden, to blush Argoed, n. a shelter of wood Argoel, n. an omen, a token Argoeliad, n. a betokening Argoelio, v. to portend Argoelus, a. ominous, portending Argof, n. remembrance Argofio, v. to call to memory Argoll, n. perdition, total loss Argolli, v. to lose; to condemn Argor, n. a high circle Argospi, v. to punish, openly Argraff, n. an impression; a print, or stamp; an inscription Argraffadwy, a. impressible Argraffdy, n. printing office Argraffedig, impressed, printed Argraffiad, n. an impression Argraffol, a. impressive; Argraffu, v. to imprint, to print Argraffwasg, n. printing press Argraffwr, n. printer Argraffydd, n. printer Argraffyddiaeth, n. printer’s art Argrap, n. slight touch Argre, n. origin Argreol, a. incipient, primeval Argrëu, v. to inchoate, to originate Argrwm, a. protuberant Argrwn, a. outwardly round Argrych, a. ruffled over Argryn, a. tremulous, shivering Argu, a. very precious; lovely Argudd, n. a covering Argurio, v. to pain greatly Argyfenw, n. paronomisia Argyfio, v. to equalize Argyflëad, n. location Argyfludd, n. an impediment Argyfnerth, n. a corroborative Argyfnod, n. a conjuncture Argyfran, n. an allotment Argyhoeddadwy, a. reprehensible Argyhoeddi, v. to reprimand Argyhoeddiad, n. reprehension Argyhoeddol, a. reprehensive Argyhoeddwr, n. admonisher Argyhuddiad, n. impeachment Argyhuddo, v. to impeach Argylchedd, n. alternity Argylchol, a. alternate Argyllaeth, n. ardent desire Argymhelliad, n. impulsion Argymhenu, v. to debate Argymhwyso, v. to make equable Argynal, v. to uphold Argynelwi, v. to characterize Argynil, a. very saving Argynyddu, v. to increase greatly Argynygiad, n. a venturing Argysgodi, v. to oyershadow Argywain, v. to carry upon Argyweddiad, n. a detrimenting Argyweithas, n. intercourse Arhawl, n. interrogatory Arhoew, a. very sprightly Arholi, v. to interrogate Arhudo, v. to fascinate Arhudd, n. an overshadow Arhwyliad, n. progression Ariad, n. a ploughing, aration Arial, n. vigour, wantonness Arian, n. silver; money Ariana, v. to gave money Arianaid, a. silvery Ariandag, n. silver quinsy; a bribery Ariandal, n. payment in money Arian-glawdd, n. silver mine Arianigar, a. loving money; covetous Arianllu, v. mercenary host Arianllys, n. rue Arianof, n. silversmith Arianog, a. monied, wealthy Arianol, a. of a silver quality Arianrod, n. the constellation called corona septentrionalis Ariant, n. silver; money Arianu, v. to silver Arianwaith, n. silverwork Arianydd, n. money-changer Arien, n. hoarfrost, dew Aries, n. an omen, a foreboding Arlachar, a. very glittering Arlafar, n. faculty of speech Arlafariad, n. enunciation Arlain, n. a foremost rank Arlais, n. the temple Arlamu, v. to bound up Arlanw, n. an overflowing Arlas, a. tipped with blue Arlathru, v. to polish highly Arlaw, a. contiguous Arlechu, to seclude, to skulk Arlechwedd, n. slope of a hill Arlediad, n. extension Arlef, n. an exclamation Arlefariad, n. enunciation Arlen, n. an envelopement Arlenwi, v. to overflow Arlesgu, v. to enfeeble Arlesiant, n. great advantage Arlethu, v. to overlay Arlithio, v. to allure, to entice Arliw, n. a glazing, a varnish Arlochi, v. to protect safely Arloesi, v. to empty, to evacuate Arlog, n. compound interest Arloni, v. to please highly Arlosgiad, n. a singing Arlost, n. a stock, shaft, or butt Arluched, n. radiation Arlud, a. oppressed with anxiety Arluddiad, n. interception Arluddias, v. to intercept, to hinder Arluddiol, a. intercipient Arlun, n. a portrait, a likeness Arluniaeth, n. prefiguration Arluniaethu, v. to prefigure Arlunio, v. to delineate Arluo, v. to obstruct, to hinder Arlwm, a. very bare, or exposed Arlwnc, n. a great indraught Arlwrw, n. a deposit; ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

A savage dog is tied up on the day and loosed at night, but if you are wise you will tie this fellow up at night and only let him loose in the day.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

The terror lest there should be too little on the table, and the consequent danger of there being too much: the fear at once of worrying the cook with too many directions, and leaving any necessary thing unsaid: the trembling doubt of any power of entertainment that may exist in the house; the anticipation of a yawn on the part of any guest, or of such a silence as may make the creaking of the footboy’s shoes heard at dinner, or the striking of the hall clock in the evening—these are the apprehensions which make the young wife wish herself on the other side of her first dinner-party, and render alluring the prospect of sitting down next day to hash or cold fowl, followed by odd custards and tartlets, with a stray mince-pie.
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

'His deeds, at least, are not godlike,' observed Lord Cadurcis dryly, and with some bitterness.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Dead and living are not to be shut in together.
— from Barbarossa, and Other Tales by Paul Heyse

It was a delightful dream and lasted all night, and when he woke he knew that the child he had seen in the wood in yesterday's last light was the marble child from the church.
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories by H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight

In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and spritely May: Which every soul inspired with such delight, 430 'Twas jesting all the day, and love at night.
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

It is this: let him consider that ‘dukes, and lords, and noble princes,’ eat, drink, talk, move, exactly the same as any other class of civilized people—nay, the very subjects in conversation are, for the most part, the same in all sets—only, perhaps, they are somewhat more familiarly and easily treated than among the lower orders, who fancy rank is distinguished by pomposity, and that state affairs are discussed with the solemnity of a tragedy—that we are always my lording and my ladying each other—that we ridicule commoners, and curl our hair with Debrett’s Peerage.”
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

A parley ensued, and D. Luis de Velasco (not yet dead) was at his own request sent to breathe out his last at the Havana, where he expired a day after, leaving a name behind and a character that justly merited admiration and esteem from his opposites as respect and love from his confederates."
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

249 In New Netherlands there prevailed a custom, borrowed from Holland, that when a man died and left a number of debts the widow could be relieved from all demands or claims of his creditors by giving up her rights of inheritance.
— from The Historical Child Paidology; The Science of the Child by Oscar Chrisman