ā dextrō cornū , on the right wing Diāna, -ae , f. Diana , goddess of the moon and twin sister of Apollo dīcō, -ere, dīxī, dictus (imv. dīc ), say, speak, tell .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The ordinary native hashi is not remarkable as a triumph of the carpenter's art, though some of the Japanese books mention and describe in detail some structures that are believed to be astonishing.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

SYN: Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, intrigue, deal secretly, [See INTERPOSE].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

He dined with me, but by his discourse I do still see that he is a man of good wit but most strange experience, and acquaintance with all manner of subtleties and tricks, that I do think him not fit for me to keep any acquaintance with him, lest he some time or other shew me a slippery trick.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

But he did not long abuse my patience, for the objects before him had now put him by all his, and, coming out with that formidable machine of his, he lets the fury loose, and pointing it directly to the pouting-lip mouth, that bid him sweet defiance in dumb shew, squeezes in his head, and, driving with refreshed rage, breaks in, and plugs up the whole passage of that soft pleasure-conduit pipe, where he makes all shake again, and put, once more, all within me into such an uproar, as nothing could still, but a fresh inundation from the very engine of those flames, as well as from all the springs with which nature floats that reservoir of joy, when risen to its floodmark.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

â dextrô cornû , on the right wing Diâna, -ae , f. Diana , goddess of the moon and twin sister of Apollo dîcô, -ere, dîxî, dictus (imv. dîc ), say, speak, tell .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Michel says: “ Fille de joie, femme qui se déprave avec des individus de son sexe ... quelque allusion malveillante, et sans doute calomnieuse, à une communauté religieuse.
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

But his brother caught his arm and drew it down swiftly, saying: “Whisht, man.
— from The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor

"He had been drinking, I dare say," said Mrs. Fell to Janet afterward, with the air of indifference with which drunkenness is apt to be spoken of in the district.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.—September, 1851—Vol. III. by Various

His entire army was composed of six white men, who had been collected from different parts of the world, and eight Kanakas. Dunbar, in describing Sutter's situation, says: "This portion of upper California, though fair to look upon, was peculiarly solitary and uninviting in its isolation and remoteness from civilization.
— from History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan

“Yes, dear, it does,” she said with a sob, “but the words would come.
— from Nurse Elisia by George Manville Fenn

Binstock descended, in deep silence still.
— from Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore