Like Celtic fairies, these Greek nereids have their queens; they dance all night, disappearing at cock-crow; they can cast spells on animals or maladies on men and women; they can shift their shape; they take children in death and make changelings; and they fall in love with young men.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

These latter played euchre in the smoking room day and night, drank astonishing quantities of raw whisky without being in the least affected by it, and were the happiest people I think I ever saw.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

scarcely, hardly Anturiad, n. a venturing Anturiaeth, n. an enterprize Anturiedig, a. adventured Anturio, v. to venture Anturiol, a. adventurous, bold Anu, v. to contain, to hold Anudon, n. false oath, perjury Anudoniaeth, n. perjury Anudonol, a. falsely swearing Anufudd, a. disobedient Anufuddhau, v. to disobey Anufudd-dod, n. disobedience Anundeb, a. disunion Anunion, a. indirect, crooked Anuniondeb, n. indirectness Anuno, v. to disunite Anunol, a. disagreeing Anurddas, n. dishonour Anurddasol, a. dishonourable Anurddasu, v. to dishonour Anurddo, to deprive of orders Anwadal, a. unsteady Anwadalder, n. unsteadiness Anwadalu, v. to act inconstantly Anwadalwch, n. fickleness Anwaddol, a dowerless Anwaeredd, n. incontinency Anwahaniad, indiscrimination Anwahanred, uncharacteristic; indiscriminate Anwaharddus, a. unprohibitory Anwahoddedig, a. uninvited Anwaith, n. inaction Anwar, a. ungentle, arrogant Anwaradwyddus, not disgraceful Anwaredol, not delivering Anwaredd, n. ungentleness Anwarth, a. shameless Anwarthruddol, a. unignominious Anwasanaethol, a. unserviceable Anwasgar, a. unscattered Anwasgodol, a. unsheltered Anwastad, a. uneven, unsteady Anwe, n. a woof Anweddaidd, a. unseemly Anweddog, a. unyoked, unmarried Anweddol, a. immoderate Anweddus, a. unbeseeming Anweinyddiol, a. unconducive Anweladwy, a. invisible Anwelladwy, a. incurable Anwenwynig, a. unpoisonous Anwes, n. indulgence Anwesog, a. indulgent; peevish Anwir, a. untrue; wicked Anwiredd, n. untruth, iniquity Anwireddol, a. iniquitous Anwirio, v. to falsify, to lie Anwirion, a. not innocent Anwisgiedig, a. unclothed Anwiw, a. unworthy, useless Anwladaidd, a. not rustic Anwledychiad, misgovernment Anwneuthuradwy, a. impracticable Anwresog, a. unfervid Anwrhydri, n. unmanliness Anwrol, a unmanly, cowardly Anwroldeb, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

t. a pregent, a gift Anrhegedig, a. presented, gifted Anrhegiad, n. a presenting Anrhegol, a. presenting, giving Anrhegu, v. to present, to give Anrheidiol, a. not necessitating Anrheidus, a. not necessitious Anrheithgar, a. depredatory Anrheithiad, n. depredation Anrheithiedig, a. desolate Anrheithio, v. to prey, to spoil Anrheithiol, a. depredating Anrheithiwr, n. a desolater Anrhiniol, a. unmysterious Anrhinwedd, n. want of virtue Anrhithio, v. to disappear Anrhodresol, a. unostentatious Anrhoddedig, a. unbestowed Anrhwydd, a. not free, difficult Anrhwym, a. unbound, untied Anrhwystrus, a. unobstructive Anrhybyddiedig, unforewarned Anrhydedd, a. honour Anrhydeddol, a. honouring Anrhydeddiad, n. honouring Anrhydeddu, v. to honour Anrhydeddus, a. honourable Anrhyddiad, a. void of liberty Anrhyfygus, a. unpresuming Anrhythedig, a. undistended Ansadrwydd, n. instabuity Ansafadwy, a. unstable Ansail, a. baseless, vileness Ansangedig, a. untrampled Ansalw, a. not vile or mean Ansarhaus, a. uninsulting Ansarig, a. not froward Ansathredig, a. untrodden Ansawdd, n. a being, a person; astate; a quality Ansawdd-air, an adjective Ansefydlog, a. unstationary Anseibiant, n. want of leisure Anseiliedig, a. unfounded Anseiniol,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

After receiving communion and unction he quietly died; and next day a throng of acquaintances who came to pay their last respects to the deceased filled the house rented by the Rostóvs.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

If it had not been for the presence of the disgusting Argus, no doubt all these stories would have produced their natural effect on me; but as it was they had none whatever.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Page 190 [Pg 190] Page 191 [Pg 191] VIII TOAD'S ADVENTURES Page 192 [Pg 192] Page 193 [Pg 193] WHEN Toad found himself immured in a dank and noisome dungeon, and knew that all the grim darkness of a medieval fortress lay between him and the outer world of sunshine and well-metalled high roads where he had lately been so happy, disporting himself as if he had bought up every road in England, he flung himself at full length on the floor, and shed bitter tears, and abandoned himself to dark despair.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

to adapt Addaw, n. a promise Addawd, n. a repository Addawedig, a. promised Addawiad, n. promising Addawl, n. worship Addawydd, n. a promiser Addef, v. to acknowledge, to own Addefedig, a. confessed Addefiad, n. confession Addefol, a. confessing Addefwr, n. a confessor Addewid, n. a promise Addewidiol, a. promissory Addfed, a. ripe, mature Addfediad, n. a ripening Addfedrwydd, n. ripeness Addfedu, v. to ripen Addfwyn, a. gentle, meek, mild Addfwynder, n. gentleness Addoed, n. an appointed time Addoedi, v. to set a time; to defer Addoediad, n. prorogation, a respiting Addoer, a. frigid; chilly Addoeredig, a. chilled Addoeri, v. to chill Addoeriad, n. refrigeration Addoladwy, a. adorable; divine Addoledig, a. praised; worshipped Addoli, v. to worship, to adore Addoliad, n. a worshipping Addoliadol, a. devotional Addoliant, n. worship, adoration Addolwr, n. worshipper Addon, n. fruit; offspring Addu, v. to go, to proceed Adduned, n. a vow; a desire Addunedu, v. to make a vow Addunedwr, n. vower Adduniad, n. a vowing Addunwr, n. one that makes a vow Addurn, n. an ornament Addurnedig, a. ornamented Addurniad, n. adornment Addurniaeth, n. ornature Addurno, v. to ornament Addurnol, a. ornamental Addurnwr, n. a decorator Addfwynfryd, n. a virtuous mind Addygg, n. instruction Addysgediff, a. instructed Addysgiad, n. an instructing Addysgu, v. to instruct, to teach Addysgiadol, a. dictatic Addysgwr, n. an instructor Aed, n. a going; a proceeding Aeg, n. faculty of utterance Ael, n. a jut out; a brow Aeldrem, n. a leering Aeldrwm, a. stern, frowning Aele, a. woeful, sad, piteous Aeled, n. an ailment Aelfawr, a. big browed Aelgerth, n. the check bone Aeliog, a. browed; full browed Aelod, n. a limb, a number Aelodi, v. to form a member Aelodiad, n. forming a member Aelodog, a. limbed Aelwyd, n. a hearth; family Aelwydiad, n. a hearth-full Aelwyd, a. prosperous Aer, n. slaughter; battle; heir Aerfan, n. a field of battle Aeron, n. fruits of trees Aerwy, n. a collar; torques Aes, n. a flat body; a target Aesel, n. verjuice; vinegar Aeserw, n. plank Aeth, n. a point, a furse: v. he went; he has gone Aethawl, a. pungent, poignant Aethiad, n. a smarting Aethnen, n. an aspen, a poplar Aethwellt, n. latter-math Aethwydd, n. aspen wood Af, n. progress, a going on; a prefix to words, answering to UN Afach, n. a grapple, a holdfast Afaeth, n. blandishment Afal, n. an apple Afaleua, v. to gather apples Afall, n. an apple tree Afallach, n. an orchard Afallen, n. an apple tree Afallwydd, n. apple trees Afan, n. raspberries: a. high, loud Afanc, n. a crocodile Afanen, n. a raspberry Afanwydd, n. a raspberry-brake Afiach, a. unwell, unhealthy Afiaeth, n. blandishment Afiechyd, n. indisposition Aflafar, n. loss of speech; dumb Aflafarwch, n. lack of utterance Aflan, a. unclean, poluted Aflanhad, n. a polluting Aflanhau, v. to pollute Aflariaidd, a. ungentle Aflathr, a. without polish Aflathraidd, a. unpollished Aflawen, a. not merry Afleferydd, n. dumbness Aflendid, n. uncleanness Aflerw, a. slovenly, untidy Afles, n. disadvantage; hurt Aflesol, a. disadvantageous Aflesrwydd, n. disadvantage Aflesu, v. to damage, to hurt Aflonder, n. uncheerfulness Aflonydd, a. unquiet, restless Aflonyddiad, n. molestation Aflonyddu, v. to disquiet Aflonyddwch, n. disquietude Aflonyddwr, n. a molester Afloyw, a. not clear, muddy Afloywder, n. muddiness Aflun, a. void of form Afluniad, n. deforming Afluniaidd, a. deformed Aflunieiddio, v. to disfigure Aflwfr, a. uncowardly; daring Aflwydd, n. misfortune Aflwyddianus, a. unprosperous Aflwyddiant, n. misfortune, want of prosperity Aflwyddo, v. to miscarry, to fail Aflwyddol, a. unprosperous Aflyfnder, n. ruggedness Aflym, a. blunt; not sharp Aflymder, n. want of sharpness Aflywodraeth, n. misrule Aflywodraethus, a. ungovernable Afon, n. a river Afonig, n. a brook, rivulet, a rill Afonol, a. like a rivet Afr, n. a flowing principle Afrad, n. waste Afradiad, n. a lavashing Afradlawn, a. extravagant Afradlondeb, n. prodigality Afradloni, v. to waste, to lavish Afradloniad, n. lavishing Afradlonrwydd, n. prodigality Afradu, v. to squander, to lavish Afraid, a. needless, unnecessary Afreol, n. disorder, misrule Afreolaidd, a. irregular Afreolaeth, n. irregularity Afrif, a. numberless Afrifad, n. innumerableness Afrifed, a. innumerable Afrifo, v. to miscount Afrllad, n. consecrated wafers Afrlladen, n. a cake, a wafer Afrugl, a. faultering, hesitating Afrwydd, n. difficulty: a. unprosperous Afrwydd-deb, n. unpropitiousness Afrwyddiad, n. a retarding Afrwyddo, v. to retard, to hinder Afrwyddol, a. unpropitious Afrwym, a. unbound, untied Afrywiaeth, n. degeneracy Afrywiedig, a. degenerated Afrywio, v. to degenerate Afrywiog, a. harsh, degenerate Afrywiogi, v. to grow rough Afrywiogrwydd, n. degeneracy, rigour; harshness Afu, n. the liver Afuad, n. the rot Afuol, a. hepatical Affwys, n. a precipice: a. steep Ag, n. f. an opening, a cleft: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

To thy thinking she is a most loathsome creature; and as when a country fellow discommended once that exquisite picture of Helen, made by Zeuxis, [5406] for he saw no such beauty in it; Nichomachus a lovesick spectator replied, Sume tibi meos oculos et deam existimabis , take mine eyes, and thou wilt think she is a goddess, dote on her forthwith, count all her vices virtues; her imperfections infirmities, absolute and perfect: if she be flat-nosed, she is lovely; if hook-nosed, kingly; if dwarfish and little, pretty; if tall, proper and man-like, our brave British Boadicea; if crooked, wise; if monstrous, comely; her defects are no defects at all, she hath no deformities.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

better; rather Amgenaeth, n. difference Amgeneirio, v. to paraphrase Amgenu, v. to differ, to alter Amglawdd, n. an entrenchment Amgloddiad, n. entrenchment Amgledru, v. to rail round Amgludo, v. to carry about Amglwm, n. a clasper Amglywed, v. to apprehend Amgasifio, r. to clip round Amgnoi, v. to bite round, to correde Amgreiaio, v. to roll about Amgrom, a. convex Amgron, a. globular Amgud, n. a curly lock Amgudyn, n. a ringlet of hair Amgudd, n. treasure: a. hidden on all sides Amguddio, v. to inwrap Amgudd, a. a choice rarity Amguddfa, n. a museum Amgyff, a. support on everyside Amgyffrawd, n. imagination Amgyffred, n. comprehension Amgyffrediad, n. comprehending Amgyffredol, a. comprehensible Amgyffredu, v. to comprehend Amgyffroad, thorough agitation Amgyffroi, v. to agitate all round Amgylch, n. a circuit; an environ; a. round about Amgylchedd, n. circumference Amgylchiad, n. a surrounding Amgylchiadol, a. circumscribing Amgylchu, v. to surround Amglchyn, n. circumferentor Amgylchyniad, n. encompassing Amgylchynu, v. to surround Amgylchynol, a. encompassing Amgylchynwr, n. circumscriber Amgyaniwair, v. to hover round Amgynull, v. to collect again Amgynnulliad, sub. a collection from all sides Amgyrhaeddu, v. to extend Amgywain, v. to carry round Amhad, n. mixed seed Amhafal, a. parallel Amherawdr, n. an emperor Amhir, a. lengthened round Amhwedd, sub. intreaty: v. to crave Amias, n. a sensation round Amig, n. greediness Aml, a. often; plentiful Amlhâd, n. an increasing Amlhau, v. to multiply Amlbrïod, n. a polygamist Amlbriodas, n. polygamy Amlder, n. frequency Amldroed, n. polypui Amlddull, a. multiform Amldduw, n. polytheist Amlediad, n. expansion Amledd, n. abundance; store Amleglwys, n. pluralist Amleiriog, a. loquacious Amlenw, a. multinomial Amlenwi, v. to fill around Amlew, a. devouring on all sides Amlewyrchiad, n. a shining on every side Amlgell, a. having many cells Amliaith, a. polyglot Amlieithog, a. of many languages Amlifeiriant, n. circumfluence Amlifiad, n. circulation Amlifo, v. to flow about Amlinell, n. surrounding line Amliw, n. a stain: a. stained Amliwiad, n. discolouring Amliwiog, a. motley, coloured Amlochrog, a. multilateral Amlosgi, v. to burn round Amlran, n. many shares Amlryw, n. miscellany: multifarious Amlsill, a. polysyllabical Amlwedd, a. of divert forms Amlwg, a. apparent, evident Amlygder, n. conspiciousness Amlygedig, a. manifested Amlygedd, n. apparentness Amlygiad, n. manifestation Amlygiadol, a. explanatory Amlygol, a. demonstrative Amlygrwydd, n. obviousness Amlygu, v. to manifest Amlynu, v. to adhere around Ammaeth, n. dainty Ammau, Ammheu, v. to doubt Ammawr, v. placidity Ammeuthu, v. to make dainty Ammeuthyn, a. rare, dainty Ammheuad, n. a doubting Ammheuaeth, n. doubt Ammheugar, a. hesitating Ammheüus, a. doubting Amheuol, a. doubtful Amheuwr, n. a sceptic Ammod, n. a contract Ammodi, v. to corenant Ammodiad, n. a contracting Ammodol, a. conditional Ammodwr, n. a contractor Ammwyth, n. a carousal Amnaid, n. a beck Amneidiad, n. a beckoning Amner, n. a purse Amnerydd, n. a purser Amorchudd, n. a cover around Amrafael, n. contention Amrafaelgar, a. contentious Amrafaeliad, n. a bickering Amrafaelio, v. to contend Amrafaelus, a. contentious Amran, n. circular division Amraniad, n. division round Amrant, n. the eye-lid Amrant-hun, n. a short nap Amrantu, v. to wink, to blink Amranu, v. to divide round Amrentyn, n. close of the eye Amrith, a. of various aspects Amrosgo, a. vast, unwieldy Amrwygiad, n. dilapidation Amrwym, a. a bandage round Amrwymo, v. to bind round about Amryallu, v. multipotent Amrydwll, a. full of holes, porous Amrydyb, n. a parados Amryddarn, a. of various pieces Amryddull, a. multiform Amryfal, a. divers, sundry Amrafaeledd, n. diversity Amryfaliad,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The diamonds are paste; the pearls are beads of glass filled with shining fishes' scales; and the love which we thought would be a practical reality for life, is nothing but a pleasing fiction, good for its day, and now dead and done with.
— from The Idler, Volume III., Issue XIII., February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly. Edited By Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr by Various

Again, supposing that the House of Commons [Pg 311] were to die a natural death after sitting for seven years, and the king were to refuse to issue his proclamation to convoke another within three years of that period, as ordered by the first of William and Mary, sec.
— from Coronation Anecdotes by Giles Gossip

The Government in power wait to see if the agitation dies a natural death; and if it is successfully kept up, a sort of pretence at reform takes place.
— from The Curse of Education by Harold Edward Gorst

Of course Peter Rolls knew that the tall, incredibly lovely beings were not dryads and not dreams, although they wore low necks, and pearls and diamonds in their wonderful, waved hair, at eleven o'clock of a stormy morning on board an Atlantic liner.
— from Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

"Gabriella, when a man has heard the great things calling to him, how they call and call, day and night, day and night!"
— from The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields by James Lane Allen

The outward form of the verse and the style of diction are no doubt after the manner of his two forerunners whom he so much admired, Ramsay and Fergusson; but the play of soul and power of expression, the natural grace with which they rise and fall, the vividness of (p. 024) every image, and transparent truthfulness of every sentiment, are all his own.
— from Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp

“You have done a noble deed, and one which will immortalize your name, one which will form a source of happy reflection to you hereafter, most noble man of war!
— from The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold

Some one else was probably sitting there now, sewing shirts and drawers and nightgowns, day and night, night and day.
— from The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

Love cannot be killed—it always dies a natural death; and natural deaths are slow processes.
— from Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse