The 17th of December, the day of James Strand's arrest, was the seventy-sixth since Phileas Fogg's departure, and no news of him had been received.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

To-morrow?” “No!” “Day after?” “No, no.” “Oh, please don't refuse me!
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

" At last the best men, and those who were the wisest, came between the kings, and settled the peace thus:—that Harald should have Norway, and Svein Denmark, according to the boundaries of old established between Denmark and Norway; neither of them should pay to the other for any damage sustained; the war should cease as it now stood, each retaining what he had got; and this peace should endure as long as they were kings.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

See how we die an’ no need, one way an’ another—in a muddle—every day!’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

in no degree, not at all Dimai, n. a halfpenny Dimedd, n. nothingness Dimeiwerth, a. halfpenny worth Din, n. a hill, fort, fortress Dinag, a. without exception Dinam, a. unexceptionable Dinas, n. a city; a fortress Dinasol, a. belonging to a city Dinawdd, a. without perception Dincod, n. teeth, an edge; apple seed Dinerth, a. impotent; feeble Dinerthedd, n. impotence Dinesig, a. belonging to a city Dinesydd, n. a citizen Dinesyddiaeth, n. muncipality Dinesyddio, v. to denizen Dinewid, a. without change Dinidr, a. without hindrance Diniwed, a. harmless, innocent Dinod, a. of no note or mark Dinodd, a. without juice or sap Dinodded, a. defenceless Dinoeth, a. not naked or bare Dinwych, a. not languishing Dinwyf, a. without liveliness Dinwyth, a. inoxious Dinystr, n. destruction Dinystriad, n. a destroying Dinystrio, v. to destroy Dinystriol, a. destructive Diobaith, a. without hope Diober, a. worthless, useless Diochel, a. unavoidable Diod, n. drink, beverage Diodgar, a. given to drinking Diodi, v. to give drink Diodid, a. not dubious Diodlestr, n. a drinking cup Diodr, a. uninterrupted Diodrig, a. without delay Diodrydd, a. given to drinking Dioddef, a. without suffering Dioed, a. without delay Dioedran, a. not of age Dioer, a. doubtless; verily Diofai, a. careless; secure Diofaledd, n. carelessness Diofalu, v. to become careless; to make secure Diofalus, a. negligent Diofalwch, n. negligence Diofer, a. not vain or useless Diofid, a. without affliction Diofryd, n. vow; decision Diofrydiad, n. a vowing Diofrydog, a. vowed; devoted Diofyn, a. undaunted, fearless Diog, a. slothful, sluggish, slow, lazy Diogan, a. reproachless Diogel, a. unexposed; secure Diogeledd, n. safety, security Diogeliad, n. a securing Diogelu, v. to secure, to guard Diogelwch, n. safety, security Diogelwr, n. a securer Diogi, n. idleness, laziness Diogi, v. to grow idle or lazy Diogwydd, a. uninclined Diogyn, n. idler, sluggard Dioheb, a. unanswerable Diohir, a. without delay Diol, a. having no marks Diolch, n. thanks; praise: v. to give thanks Diolchgar, a. thankful; obliged Diolchgarwch, n. thanksgiving Diolchiad, n. a thanking Dioledig, a. blotted out Dioli, v. to blot out Dioliad, n. obliteration Diolo, v. to develope Diolrain, a. uninvestigated Diolud, a. without wealth Dioludd, a. unobstructed Diolwch, v. to show gratitude Diolwg, a. sightl
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna’s things, and have nailed her in that way.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Who did advise no navy out to set?
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The very conception of flux itself is an absolutely changeless meaning in the mind: it signifies just that one thing, flux, immovably.—And, with this, the doctrine of the flux of the concept may be dismissed, and need not occupy our attention again.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Opiniones quasvis et decreta contra verbum Dei astruunt, ne non offendant patronum, sed ut retineant favorem procerum, et populi plausum, sibique ipsis opes accumulent.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Well I’m sure I have no objection to the horse if you have none, Kennie, and it’s a good thing for a beast to be able to save human lives, though why human lives should require to be saved at all is a mystery that I never could fathom; surely if men would only agree to give up going to sea altogether, and never build any more ships, there would be no more drowning, and no need of lifeboats and cork boots—or coats, I forget which—that enable them to walk on the water, or float in it, I don’t remember which.
— from Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

But I made my mind easy about him, for in the silence of my watch I soon detected a nasal note overhead, and it was resonant and aggressive as the man himself.
— from A Thief in the Night: Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

But my doubts are not now of your love, but of your firmness in resisting a control at variance with your duty to yourself.
— from Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms

Berlin, confident in the superiority of the war-machine to which it had devoted its best resources and thought, believed there would be no delay and no need of change.
— from The Battle of the Marne by G. H. (George Herbert) Perris

The whole condition of affairs was thus entirely altered, and General Chamberlain found himself holding the end of a narrow gorge, with steep mountains running up several thousand feet on either side, and attacked incessantly day and night, not only in front, but on either flank.
— from Recollections of a Military Life by Adye, John, Sir

Where are those American students who are to provide the future doctors and nurses not only to "carry on" this school as it exists, but to build it up into a great future?
— from Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India A Study of Conditions among Women in India by Alice B. (Alice Boucher) Van Doren

She was implored not to risk a breakdown herself by overdoing the day and night nursing of her ailing husband, and they advised her to employ professional help.
— from Remarkable Rogues The Careers of Some Notable Criminals of Europe and America; Second Edition by Charles Kingston

The discoverer; a new narrative of the life and hazardous adventures of the Genoese Christopher Columbus.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

I’ve had no message from my Dinky-Dunk, and no news of him.
— from The Prairie Mother by Arthur Stringer

He saw at once that, if he was to have a more easy time, his chances for running away were greatly diminished, and no number of beautiful costumes would have made him content to stay with the circus one moment longer than was absolutely necessary.
— from Toby Tyler; Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis