“Good-bye, dear good child.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

Poor Captain de Gress came to me in tears, lamenting the loss of his favorite guns; when they were regained he had only a few men left, and not a single horse.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

La meretrice che mai da l'ospizio di Cesare non torse li occhi putti, morte comune e de le corti vizio, infiammo` contra me li animi tutti; e li 'nfiammati infiammar si` Augusto, che ' lieti onor tornaro in tristi lutti. L'animo mio, per disdegnoso gusto, credendo col morir fuggir disdegno, ingiusto fece me contra me giusto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Ada laughed and put her arm about my neck as I stood looking at the fire, and told me I was a quiet, dear, good creature and had won her heart.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

General Halleck unquestionably deemed General C. F. Smith a much fitter officer for the command of all the forces in the military district than I was, and, to render him available for such command, desired his promotion to antedate mine and those of the other division commanders.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Upon the moss he laid them down, And watched beside the bed; Death gently came and placed a crown Upon each reverend head.
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

Card games, 487 –493 Caterpillar, transformation of, into the squirrel, 190 Cats, ideas and legends about, 108 , 190 –192; powers of transformation of, 191 ; evil principle in, 191 , 398 ; not allowed on mines, 254 ; turned out of doors when a death occurs, 398 Caucasus, mountains of, 1 , 2 Caves, haunted, 14 Celts (stone weapons), ideas about, 276 , 277 Chandrawasih, mythical bird, 110 , 111 Charms, to the soul, 47 –49; to acquire magic, 61 ; to incense, 75 , 76 ; used with rice-paste, 81 ; to the Black Genie, 94 ; to the Sea-spirit, 98 ; to the Hantu Songkei, 105 ; to the wind, 107 , 108 ; to stop rain, 109 ; against the Spectre Huntsman, 117 –120; fowling, 132 , 135 –141; in selecting a site, 142 ; in building, 145 ; elephant, 150 , 153 , 156 ; tiger, 167 , 168 ; deer, 171 , 174 –179; mouse-deer, 180 , 181 ; connected with dogs, 181 –183; bee-trees, 204 ; eagle-wood, 210 ; gutta-percha, 215 ; cocoa-nut, 216 , 217 ; sowing, 229 ; reaping, 238 –240, 243 , 245 , 247 , 250 ; mining, 265 –273; boat, 279 , 280 ; crocodile, 284 , 285 , 296 –301; fishing, 315 –317; fire, 318 ; Langsuir, 326 , 327 ; Pontianak, 327 ; protecting, 361 ; beautifying, 363 ; medical, 410 –414, 423 –427, 430 –436, 439 , 449 , 450 , 452 –456; theatrical, 505 –509; used in war, 522 , 523 ; used in soul-abduction and the black art, 569 –578 Chastity, observance of, 59 , 269 , 315 , 524 Chess, game of, 485 , 486 Children, supernatural development of, etc., in bamboos, 16 –18; in foam, 18 , 19 ; ideas and customs connected with, 127 , 128 , 274 , 320 –352 Children’s games, 494 –503 Chintamani, the lucky snake, 111 (note), 303 , 506 Circumcision, 360 , 361 Clairvoyance, 538 , 539 Cobra, ideas about the, 303 Cocoa-nut palm, charms connected with the, 216 , 217 ; rules for planting the, 218 Cocoa-nut pearls, 195 –197 Cock-fighting, 475 –483; rules of, 481 Cocks, fighting, different kinds of, 479 , 480 Coffins, kinds of, 399 Colour, mystic importance of, 30 , 33 , 34 , 51 , 60 , 155 , 156 , 237 , 256 , 416 , 420 , 421 , 431 , 433 , 481 , 482 , 545 –548, 557 , 568 , 569 Compass, aspect-, divination by, 558 –561 Corpses, superstitions about, 398 , 406 Cows, objection to the flesh of, 189 Crab, mythical, the cause of tides, 7 , 92 Creation of the world, 1 –5; of man, 16 –22 Crocodile, sacred, 68 , 283 ; spirit, 89 , 286 , 435 ; legends of origin of the, 282 –286; other ideas about the, 286 –302; varieties of, 288 ; man-eating, 289 –291; escapes from the, 291 ; number of stomachs of the, 292 ; catching the, 293 –302; charms connected with the, 296 –301 Cucumbers, times for planting, 217 , 218 Cycles of years, 554 Dances, 457 –468; ceremonial character of, 464 ; the Joget, 458 –463; the Gambor, 464 , 465 ; the Monkey dance, 465 ; the Dabus, 466 ; the Palm-blossom, 466 –468; the Fish-trap, 468 Dancing girls, costumes of, 460 , 461 , 464 Days, lucky and unlucky, 545 –550 Dead, graves of the sainted, 62 , 64 –70, 163 , 405 ; malignant spirits of the, 103 , 325 , 327 –329; disposal of the, 397 –408 Deer, theory about the origin of the, [ 679 ] 170, 171 ; hunting, 171 –179; charms connected with, 171 , 174 –179 Deities, 85 –93, 545 , 546 Demons, 93 –106; see also Birth-spirits, Genii, Ghosts, Spectre Huntsman, Spirits Dew, origin of, 4 Dewa (deities), 88 (note) Divination, used by the tiger, 159 , 160 ; to ascertain a child’s horoscope, 333 ; for medical purposes, 409 –414; various forms of, 535 –561; thieves discovered by, 537 –542; with magic squares, 555 –558; with aspect-compasses, 558 –561 Diving, ordeal by, 542 –544 Divining rod, 542 Dogs, hunting, 181 , 182 ; lucky, 182 ; unlucky, 183 ; wild, 183 Dragon, mythical, surrounding the world, 6 ; dragons, the cause of floods and eclipses, 10 –12; associated with mountains, 13 , 14 ; the cause of landslips, 14 ; as aspect-compasses, 146 , 561 Dreams, omens from, 142 , 144 , 305 , 562 , 563 ; legend illustrating the importance attached to, 563 –566 Dress, description of an old-time raja’s, 29 –32; taboos connected with, 33 , 34 ; of dancing girls, 460 , 461 , 464 ; of actors, 517 –521 Dugong, ideas about the, 307 , 308 Durian, ideas and ceremonies connected with the, 197 –199 Eagle-wood, ideas about, 206 –212 Ear-boring ceremony, 45 , 46 , 359 Earth, creation of the, 1 –5; navel of the, 3 ; theories of the shape and position of the, 5 , 6 ; legend about the heart of the, 19 –21 Earthquakes, cause of, 5 Earth-spirit, propitiating the, 230 –233, 506 , 507 Eclipses, cause of, 11 –13; precautions taken by pregnant women during, 350 –352 Eel, origin of the, 308 Elephant, tusks, the royal right to, 35 ; superstitious dread of the, 149 –151; towns, 151 –153; princess, 152 , 153 ; ghost or sacred, 153 ; other ideas about the, 153 , 154 ; hunting the, 155 , 156 Evil eye, 534 Evil influences, see Badi, Spirits Fairies, good, 105 , 106 Fasting, places for, 71 ; rules of, 81 , 82 Feasts, 42 , 74 Fighting cocks, different kinds of, 479 , 480 Fights, buffalo, 468 –474; cock, 475 –483 Figures, mystic, used in divination, 555 –561 Finger, reason of length of middle, 20 ; staining with henna, 375 –377, 388 , 389 , 392 Fire, production of, 317 , 318 ; charms, 318 ; lustration by, 319 , 342 , 343 Firmament, ideas about the, 5 First-fruits, ceremonial treatment of, 225 , 226 , 235 –249 Fish, ideas about the origin of, 187 , 306 –309; powers of transformation of, 191 , 192 , 310 ; ceremonies connected with catching, 310 –317; taboos connected with, 314 , 315 ; charms, 315 –317 Fishermen, superstitious ideas of, 192 Five times, system of the, 545 –547 Five moments, system of the, 547 , 548 Floods, cause of, 10 Flute, magic, 25 , 27 Foam, child found in, 18 , 19 Food offered to spirits, 76 , 231 –233, 268 , 280 , 311 –314, 415 –424, 432 –434 Football, 483 Fowling, ceremonies connected with, 132 –141 Funerals, 34 , 397 –408 Gabriel, the archangel, 3 , 19 –21, 98 , 425 Games, 483 –503; card, 487 –493; children’s, 494 –503 Garuda or Gerda, mythical bird, 110 Genii, number and origin of the, 93 –97; black king of the, 93 –95; white genie, 95 , 96 ; Solomon, king of the, 99 Gharu, see Eagle-wood Ghosts, various kinds of, 101 –105; ghost tigers, 63 , 163 –166; ghost elephants, 153 ; see also Demons, Spectre Huntsman, Spirits Giants, 105 Goats, sacrificial killing of, 43 , 74 , 143 , 232 , 262 , 312 God, the name of, objectionable to spirits, 271 [ 680 ] Gods, 83 –93, 545 , 546 Gold, recipe for turning brass into, 188 ; spirit of, 251 , 271 ; ore, 271 , 272 Grass, origin of, 4 Grave-stones, ideas about, 66 , 405 Ground pigeon, legends about the, 126 , 127 , 190 Gutta-percha, charms connected with, 215 Hair, ideas and ceremonies connected with, 44 , 45 , 244 , 341 , 342 , 344 , 345 , 353 –355, 524 , 570 Harvest, rice, 225 –228, 235 –249; taboos connected with, 225 –228, 244 , 248 Hatred, charm to cause, 573 , 574 Head, sanctity of the, 43 –45; compressing the, 337 ; shaving the, 341 , 342 Heart of the earth, 19 –21 Heavens, creation of the, 3 –5 Heron, ideas about the, 124 , 125 High places or holy places, 61 –71, 81 Hinduism, influence of, 2 –4, 84 –91, 189 , 545 , 546 Hornbills, legends about various kinds of, 125 , 129 , 130 House, selection of a site for a, 141 –143; rules for building a, 143 –147 Human origin of animals, plants, etc., 53 –55, 121 , 122 , 126 , 127 , 129 , 130 , 151 , 152 , 158 , 159 , 170 ,
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

V. be beneficial &c. Adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c. (be of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Menestr gwelud dy galchdoed Cyngrein, Ynghylchyn Owain gylchwy enwir, Pan breiddwyd Cawres, taerwres trwy dir, Preidd ostwng orflwng a orfolir, Menestr nam didawl, nim didolir, Boed ym mharadwys in cynhwysir, Can pen teyrnedd, poed hir eu trwydded,
— from Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

Anyhow, I thought, it is their Last Despairing Great Cry!
— from With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron

A hard compact rock of dark green color, having a mottled appearance, due to the presence of a white mineral.
— from The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

However, dinner gives courage sometimes; and both she and Maria were stronger-hearted when they rose from table than when they had sat down.
— from What She Could by Susan Warner

They come, like the looks, from her poor, dear, good creature of a mother.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 21 by Robert Louis Stevenson

After the mill had been in successful operation some time two well dressed gentlemen called at the home of the owner and asked to be given entertainment for the night.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer

For the fulness of divine grace chooses to discover [pg 390] itself in the depth of human misery, and can no more forsake it, than a tender father could leave his beloved son under the agonies of a dangerous sickness.
— from True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by Johann Arndt