Si a pesar de eso, no nos quieres, si nos muestras tanto despego, si te burlas de nuestra religiosidad, si haces desprecios a nuestros amigos, ¿es acaso porque no te tratemos bien?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
Now, as he calculated the cost of repapering the Styles house, he was restless again, discontented about nothing and everything, ashamed of his discontentment, and lonely for the fairy girl.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
a. heraldry Arwyddiad, n. signification Arwyddlun, n. an emblem Arwyddo, v. to signify, to imply Arwyddocau, v. to signify Arwyddol, a. signifying, implying Arwyddyd, n. direction Arwyl, n. funeral solemnity Arwyliant, n. obsequies Arwylo, to mourn over the dead Arwylwisg, n. mourning dress Arwymp, a. supremely fair Arwyn, n. bliss; adj: happy; very white Arwyneb, n. a surface Arwynebedd, n. a superficies Arwynebol, a. superficial Arwyntio, v. to scent, to smell Arwystl, n. a test; a pledge Arwystlo, v. to mortgage Arwystrolaeth, n. a mortgaging Arymchwelyd, v. to revert Arymdaith, n. a sojouring Arymddwyn, n. a deportment Arymgais, n. an effort Arymgyrch, n. a recurrence Arymledu, v. to expand over Arysgrif, n. indorsement.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
The latter reproached him with his father’s fate, of which the child had hitherto [ 115 ] been ignorant, saying: ‘Thou art like thy father, who has become an evil spirit, ranging the forests day and night, and eating and drinking no man knows how.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat
little know the cares, The vigilance, the labour, and the skill That day and night are exercised, and hang Upon the ticklish balance of suspense, That ye may garnish your profuse regales With summer fruits, brought forth by wintry suns.
— from The Task, and Other Poems by William Cowper
These creams are very delicious, and not as expensive as rich pastry.
— from The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell
The defects above noticed are explained and commented upon at great length in the fifth Report.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir
The points of difference are numerous and essential, and the dates and durations of the Babylonian and Roman festivals vary widely.
— from Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang
She did not know that the whole thing was a fabrication; in spite of his warning about his lying she had naturally thought that, if he should lie to her at all it would be about drinking and not about everyday affairs.
— from Captivity by Leonora Eyles
CABOT'S VISIT All college days are not as exciting and as full of the unusual as those centering around the freshman-sophomore basket-ball game.
— from Jean Cabot at Ashton by Gertrude Fisher Scott
All this time Jak was dancing about, now as excited as his brother at this prospect of fresh food to replace for the time the nourishing but hardly-delectable concentrates and frozen foods on which they had been living for so long.
— from The Planet Mappers by E. Everett (Edward Everett) Evans
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