The vibracula may have been directly developed from the lips of the cells, without having passed through the avicularian stage; but it seems more probable that they have passed through this stage, as during the early stages of the transformation, the other parts of the cell, with the included zooid, could hardly have disappeared at once.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

ANT: Loss, disappointment, defeat, frustration, inferiority, obstacle, obstruction, difficulty, dilemma, disadvantage, drawback.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

But this mode of defraying a share of the public expenses is hardly felt: the payer, unless a person of education and reflection, does not identify his interest with a low scale of public expenditure as closely as when money for its support is demanded directly from himself; and even supposing him to do so, he would doubtless take care that, however lavish an expenditure he might, by his vote, assist in imposing upon the government, it should not be defrayed by any additional taxes on the articles which he himself consumes.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

" Mr. Robert Audley deliberately descended from the fly and walked slowly toward the hurrying female figure, which gained upon him rapidly.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

This is a “new” and commercially and gastronomically important root vegetable, the flavor reminding of a combination of chestnuts and potatoes, popularly known as “Chinese potatoes” which has been recently introduced by the U. S. Government from the West Indies where it received the name, Dasheen, derived from de Chine —from China.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

duyum, dúyum (from dulum ) n evening, night (dialectal).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The women involuntarily drew in their breath, and the whole gang sat with downcast, dejected faces.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The spirit of independence which reigned at that period in Castile had driven out the Eastern luxury which the Moslims were in the habit of displaying, during four centuries, in the southern parts of Spain.
— from The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance by Antonio de Trueba

The Water of Life Cuentos Populars Catalans, per lo Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros.
— from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Il fit seulement signe à Daniel de fermer la porte, et, la porte fermée, il reprit: — Voici donc ce que j’ai décidé: jusqu’à nouvel ordre, ta mère
— from Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) by Alphonse Daudet

"Say, wot did yer do dat fer?" demanded the other boy, as soon as he was once more on his feet.
— from The Missing Tin Box; Or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds by Edward Stratemeyer

The moment the stranger passed to his platform, Dyke Darrel faced him with a drawn revolver in his hand.
— from Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express by A. Frank Pinkerton

Even during the canvass of 1844 a circular had been issued by William Cullen Bryant, David Dudley Field, John W. Edmonds, and other Van Buren men, supporting Polk, but urging the choice of congressmen opposed to annexation.
— from Martin Van Buren by Edward Morse Shepard

Sir Cradock, of course, was overwhelmed; John [216] Rosedew, although so deeply distressed, for the boys were like his own to him, was ready to do his utmost; but, as every one knew, except himself, he was not a man of the world.
— from Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3) by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

One by one it doled out the days, dawning from its summit; and thence, too, came the darkness and the glooms of night.
— from The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 by Mary Noailles Murfree

It was a dismal, drizzly, foggy morning; the weather changing to steady rain as the expedition advanced.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley