Not a single damn allowed; no, not a bare poor one, even at the most cheerful moment when all were blindest, though the good old word of sin thrown in here and there at such times is a great relief to a merry soul.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
—I was successful, and we took turns driving all night; now the day is on us, bright though cold.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Only rarely the first of two successive vowels is dropped: as, nūllus , no , for *ne-ūllus ; likewise the final vowel of the first member of nominal compounds: as, multangulus , with many corners , for *multi-angulus (cf. multi-cavus , with many holes ); flexanimus , heart-rending , for *flexi-animus (cf. flexi-pēs , with bent feet ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
The sophist Libanius was born in the capital of the East; he publicly professed the arts of rhetoric and declamation at Nice, Nicomedia, Constantinople, Athens, and, during the remainder of his life, at Antioch.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
There, we took the steamboat down the North River towards New York, but stopped, some four hours’ journey short of it, at West Point, where we remained that night, and all next day, and next night too.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens
Her tint, pale and warm—this bewitching bride, Displays a nobly nurtured mien, Courageous and grand like a huntsman, her stride; A tranquil smile and eyes serene.
— from The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
used for decorating altars: Nelumbium nelumbo .
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
This was often done, too, when we were lying in port with two anchors down, and no necessity for more than one man on deck as a look-out.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
The name appears in old documents as Nequassee, Nucassee, etc.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
When I offered them what they did not choose to accept for the otter-skin, they shook their heads, and very distinctly answered, "No, no."
— from Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie
Nearly every day and night news came to me that some of these employers and clerks make light of these meetings, and make fun of all who attend them, and so many give the same reason that this man did.
— from Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangelist by Dwight Lyman Moody
"I'll stay in the cabin, if I can shoot, an' drop a redskin every time," said Dana Marden stubbornly; but no redskin would consent to be dropped, and naturally no settler could yield.
— from Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown
They may at length sit down, and need not to watch and stand on their guard.
— from Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by J. C. (John Charles) Ryle
Donna Angelica never, never came, and Sangiorgio continued to wait, patient and lovelorn.
— from The conquest of Rome by Matilde Serao
The bulbs should be planted from six to nine inches deep, and need not be disturbed for years.
— from The Children's Book of Gardening by Mrs. Paynter
The family could have dinner every day and need no longer feel anxious about the morrow.
— from The Republic of the Southern Cross, and other stories by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Following the Treaty of Ghent other and imperious questions engaged the public attention—questions of the tariff, of finance, internal improvements, national defence, a new navy, forts and fortifications.
— from William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
“You’ll be used to it in a few days, and not notice it at all.
— from The Polly Page Ranch Club by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester
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