b(e)al(u)wes n. ‘ bale ,’ harm, injury, destruction, ruin, evil, mischief , Sat, Ps, Chr : wickedness, malice : a noxious thing , Æ. II. adj.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

It has already been seen that the Dutch Republic, even more than the English nation, drew its prosperity and its very life from the sea.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Thomas occupies the position at London, in front of two roads which lead to the fertile part of Kentucky, the one by Richmond, and the other by Crab Orchard, with his reserve at Camp Dick Robinson, eight miles south of the Kentucky River.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

However, I was mightily pleased with her being there, I having long longed for to know her, and they being gone, I paid the fiddlers L3 among the four, and so away to bed, weary and mightily pleased, and have the happiness to reflect upon it as I do sometimes on other things, as going to a play or the like, to be the greatest real comfort that I am to expect in the world, and that it is that that we do really labour in the hopes of; and so I do really enjoy myself, and understand that if I do not do it now I shall not hereafter, it may be, be able to pay for it, or have health to take pleasure in it, and so fill myself with vain expectation of pleasure and go without it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

—¿Sabes lo que me decía Rosario esta mañana?—indicó doña Perfecta, fija la vista en su sobrino,—Pues me decía 5 que tú, como hombre hecho a las pompas y etiquetas de la corte y a las modas del extranjero, no podrás soportar esta sencillez un poco rústica con que vivimos y esta falta de buen tono, pues aquí todo es a la pata la llana.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The unconditioned, if it does really exist, must be especially considered in regard to the determinations which distinguish it from whatever is conditioned, and will thus afford us material for many a priori synthetical propositions.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Related Words : Año nuevo , New Year’s Day ; Día de Reyes , Epiphany ; miércoles de Ceniza , Ash Wednesday ; Pascua de Resurrección , Easter ; Pentecostés , Pentecost or Whitsunday ; Corpus , Corpus Christi ; Día de Todos los Santos , All Saints’ Day ; Día de Difuntos , All Souls’ Day ; Noche Buena , Christmas Eve ; Navidad , Christmas ; día de los Santos Inocentes , December 28 .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Un des fondateurs de Gnutella, Gen Kan, 24 ans, l'a déclaré récemment en mettant en route sa nouvelle start-up de mécanique logicielle en vue du "peer to peer", Gonesilent.com, qui sortirait du domaine musical.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Let us then see if these writings do really exhibit marks of that wisdom, omniscience, and perfection which we attribute to the Divinity.
— from Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

But when did Rome ever make wise concessions?
— from The Duchess of Trajetto by Anne Manning

"Dead, right enough, my lad!"
— from The Orange-Yellow Diamond by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

There are thus various ways in which disinterested retributive emotions may originate.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

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— from Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg

( Exit Ditto, R. ) Enter Mrs. Brice, L., a thoughtful woman of 50, quite grey and though careworn, attractive.
— from Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

6 ( Review ) cereal achieve incite typical catarrh heinous renewal fiendish reticent variance civilian physical adjacent pleurisy inveigle dynamite reprieve expedient miscreant acquittal counterfeit descendant assailant consistent machinist benevolent lieutenant conveyance
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous

"And to what planet is my lord a satellite?" "Nay, I know not; thou dost question of one who knows little of astronomy; but I think perhaps Mars, as the planet doth resemble earth more closely than any other."
— from Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne