In the Northland he had evidenced his fealty by toiling in the harness; but there were no sleds in the Southland, nor did dogs pack burdens on their backs.
— from White Fang by Jack London

dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum[Lat]; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement[Lat], edict, decretal[obs3], dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit[obs3], ukase, ukaz
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Harriet seemed ready to worship her friend for a sentence so satisfactory; and Emma was only saved from raptures and fondness, which at that moment would have been dreadful penance, by the sound of her father's footsteps.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

DOSSER, pannier, basket. DOTES, endowments, qualities.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

Griffenfeldt, a Danish Prometheus, bound to the rocky island of Munkholm.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The great difference, practically, between these authors and Kant is their complete abstraction from the onlooking Psychologist and from the Reality he thinks he knows; or rather it is the absorption of both of these outlying terms into the proper topic of Psychology, viz., the mental experience of the mind under observation.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

With this determination Paulus began the campaign.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

And that if the condition of different parties be different, the divisions would rather be thereby inflamed than composed."
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Never trust me, dear papa, but he's still the modest man I first took him for; you'll be convinced of it as well as I. HARDCASTLE.
— from She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith

Both doubtless perceive, but the one perceives the sense-form of beings, while the other perceives their essence.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

The Chinese ladies often paint their faces, but their attempts at 106 decoration pale before that of the Manchus, who put on the colour with such right goodwill that every woman when she is dressed in her smartest, looks remarkably like a sign-board.
— from A Woman In China by Mary Gaunt

In general, there is nothing very interesting in an old daily paper; but Margaret, who had been shut out from the world for nearly two months, and knew nothing of what had transpired during that time, seized the fragment with avidity, and read it entire, even to the advertisements.
— from Helen Ford by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Her At Homes were already taking on the character of the political salon, and between herself and the wives of ministers and ambassadors were differences, in degree perhaps, but not in kind.
— from Gray youth: The story of a very modern courtship and a very modern marriage by Oliver Onions

And the northern or Dutch provinces became quite thoroughly saturated with Lutheranism and also with the doctrines of various radical sects that from time to time were expelled from the German states.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

Did they fear lest the power of trial should slip out of their hands, that they were so impatient to leap over all the delays prescribed by the law?
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

A statesman of large views would also have felt, that ten times the estimated produce of the American stamps would have been dearly purchased by even a transient quarrel between the mother country and the colonies.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 6 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Garth, Sir Samuel , a distinguished physician, born in co. Durham; had an extensive practice; author of a mock-heroic poem entitled "The Dispensary" (1661-1718).
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

In the decalogue, published by Moses, theft and murder are forbidden.
— from Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'