[smaller subdivisions] county, parish[Louisiana]; city, domain, tract, arrondissement[Fr], mofussil[obs3], commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth[obs3], soke[obs3], tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick. command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship[obs3]; chiefdom[obs3]; seigniory, seigniority[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

On occasions of amusement, and of auspicious dreams, she should say "Let me be soon united to him.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

“And tell me, if you please, when does she sleep?” said Lipa.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This Chevalier d’Eon was a handsome woman who had been an advocate and a captain of dragoons before entering the diplomatic service; she served Louis XV.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

" "She's always doing something silly," snapped Lavinia.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ye shall not do so, said Sir Lamorak, by my counsel, an ye will tell me your quarrel, whether ye jousted at his request, or he at yours.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Never had I known my friend more moved, and yet the dark street still stretched lonely and motionless before us.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

And there came to me this question: Is it possible that in the midst of this beautiful free land of ours, there lives a people so densely ignorant, so darkly superstitious, sunk so low in heathenism, as this incident shows?
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 09, September, 1889 by Various

There was apparently no chair disengaged either, upon which she might sit down, so she stood leaning against the chimney-piece, while Rosie tried hurriedly to make the room tidier, and Ellie sat down upon the floor, delighted with the treasure that had been left hanging round her neck.
— from Castle Blair: A Story of Youthful Days by Flora L. (Flora Louisa) Shaw

“Did she suspect?” said Lovibond.
— from Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Caine, Hall, Sir

reamy, creamy, rebukit, rebuked, receipt, recipe, reckonin', reckoning, reconceelin', reconciling, reconcilet, reconciled, reekit, rigged out; well-dressed, regairdit, regarded, reg'ment, regiment, reid, red, reik, smoke; vapour, rejeckit, rejected, remainin', remaining, remeid, remedy; cure; redress, repentin', repenting, resentin', resenting, respec', respect, respecks, respects; considers worthy, richt, right; correct, also mend richteous, righteous, richteousness, righteousness, richtly, certainly; positively, rig, ridge; space between furrows, also long narrow hill rin, run, rinnin', running, rins, runs, risin', rising, rist, rest, rivin', renting; tearing; tuging; wrenching, rizzon, reason, rizzonin', reasoning, rizzons, reasons, roarin', roaring, rockit, rocked, ro'd, road; course; way, Rom', Rome, roof-tree, beam forming the angle of a roof, roomy, little room, diminutive roon, around; round, roon', around; round, roset, resin; cobbler's wax, roset-ends, shoemaker's waxed thread-ends, rottan, rat, rouch, rough, rowdie, hag; beldame, ruck, bulk; mass; majority, ruggin', pulling forcibly; tugging; tearing, ruggin' and rivin', draging forcibly, also contending for possession runklet, wrinkled; creased; crumpled, 's, us; his; as; is, also has s', shall, sae, so; as, saft, muddy; soft; silly; foolish, saiddlet, saddled, sair, sore; sorely; sad; hard; very; greatly, also serve; satisfy sair heid, headache, sair-vroucht, hard-worked, saitisfee, satisfy, saitisfeed, satisfied, saitisfeet, satisfied, salamander, large poker with a flat heated end, for lighting fires sall, shall, sang, song, sangs, songs, sanna, shall not, Sanny, Sandy, also Scotsman sark, shirt, sarks, shirts, sattle, settle, saven, wise; knowledgeable, also seven savin', saving, also except savin's, savings, Sawtan, Satan, sax, six, saxpence, sixpence, sayin', saying, scar, cliff; precipice, scart, scratch; strike a match; scrape, schuil, school, schuilin', schooling; education, schuilmaister, schoolmaster, schule, school, schule-time, time for school, scoonrel, scoundrel, scoon'rel, scoundrel, Scotlan', Scotland, scraich, shriek; scream; bird's shrill cry, scrattit, scratched; dug, screed, recite rapidly; talk tediously; reel off, also scraping sound Scripter, Scripture, sculduddery, fornication; grossness; obscenity, scunner, disgust; disgusting; revolting, scunnert, disgusted; loathed, scurry, scour; got about from place to place, also wander aimlessly seck, sack, seein', seeing, seekin', seeking, se'enteen, seventeen, sel', self, self-forgettin', self-forgetting, sellt, sold, semies, second year's university students, at Aberdeen University sen', send, sendin', sending, sen'in', sending, servan', servant, servan's, servants, sessions-buik, church record of its proceedings, set, set out; start off; become, also inclined; disposed Setterday, Saturday, shacken, shaken, shackle-bane, wrist; wrist-bone, Shackspear, Shakespeare, shak'-doon, shakedown; crude makeshift bed, shanna, shall not, sharpset, keen; sharp-witted, sharp-set, keen; sharp-witted, shaw, show; reveal, also grove shawn, shown, shaws, shows, shearin', shearing (sheep), shillin', shilling, shillin's, shillings, shinin', shining, shochlin, waddling; in-kneed, shochlin', waddling; in-kneed, shoothers, shoulders, shortcomin's, shortcomings, shortent, shortened, shouldna, should not, shuit, suit, shune, shoes, shutin', shooting, sib, relation; akin; closely related, sic, such; so; similar, siccan, such a; such an, sicht, sight, sichtit, sighted, sicker, secure; safe; firm; sure, sic-like, suchlike; likewise, like such a person or thing side, district; region, also the side of sidin', siding, siller, silver; money; wealth, simmer, Summer, sin, since; ago; since then, also sin; sun sin', since; ago; since then, sinfu', sinful, singin', singing, sittin', sitting, skelf, shelf, also splinter skelpin', digging; ploughing, also beating; striking skirl, scream; sing shrilly, slack, slow, slauchtert, slaughtered, sleepin', sleeping, sleepit, slept, sleicht o' han', sleight of hand, sliddery, slippery; smooth, also sly; deceitful slinkin', slinking, slip, let slip; convey by stealth, slippin', slipping, slips, tricks, sma', small; little; slight; narrow; young, smacks, single-masted sailing boats, not necessarily a Scottish word smeddum, spirit; mettle; liveliness, smilin', smiling, smokin', smoking; smouldering, smokin' flax, smouldering wick, reference to Matthew 12:20 smorin', smothering; suffocating, snappin', snapping, snaw, snow, sneck, door-latch; catch (gate), also latch snod, smooth; neat; trim; tidy; snug, sod, sad, sodger, soldier, sodgers, soldiers, sojer, soldier, some, somewhat; rather; quite; very, also some somehoo, somehow, sookit, sucked, soon', sound, soonds, sounds, sornin', taking food or lodging; sponging, taking by force of threat sortit, sorted, soucht, sought, sough, sigh; sound of wind; deep breath, soun', sound, soun's, sounds, soutar, shoemaker; cobbler, sowl, soul, sowls, souls, spak, spoke, spak', spoke, spark, speck; spot; blemish; atom, spaud, spade, speakin', speaking, speerit, spirit, speik, speak, speikin', speaking, speir, ask about; enquire; question, speired, asked about; enquired; questioned, speirin', asking about; enquiring; questioning, speirs, asks about; enquires; questions, speirt, asked about; enquired; questioned, spen', spend, spence, storeroom; larder, speyk, speak, speykin, speaking, speykin', speaking, spier, ask about; enquire; question, spring, quick lively tune, spult, spilt, spunes, spoons, Squaur, square, stack, stuck, stair, stairs; staircase, stamack, stomach, stamacks, stomachs, stampin', stamping, stan', stand; stop, stane, stone; measure of weight, 1 stone = 14 pounds stanes, stones, stan'in', standing, stan's, stands, starnie, very small quantity, startit, started, steek, shut; close; clench, also stitch (as in clothing) steekit, shut; closed; clenched, stept, stepped, sterve, starve, stew, dust; vapour; smoke, also stench; stink stickin', sticking; goring, stingin', stinging, stinkin', stinking, stockin'-fit, feet clothed in stockings, i.e. without shoes stook, arranging the sheaves in a stook, stoun', ache; throb, stown, stolen, Straddle Vawrious, Stradivarius, make of violin strae-deith, death in bed; natural death, not a violent death straik, streak; stroke; blow; caress, straiks, streaks; strokes; blows; caresses, strang, strong, strathspey, Highland dance, like a reel but slower straucht, straighten; straight, straught, straight, stravaguin', saunter; stroll; go about aimlessly, stren'th, strength, stucken, stuck, stud, stood, stule, stool, styte, nonsense, subjec', subject, subjeck, subject, subjecks, subjects, substrackin', subtracting, sudna, should not, sufferin', suffering, suffert, suffered, suld, should, suldna, should not, sumph, soft blunt fellow; simpleton; fool, sune, soon; early, sune's, soon as, sung, singed, sunk, drivel; loiter, also be in a low dejected state sup, drink, supped, drank, supposin', supposing, swack, elastic; limber; supple, swarf, swoon; faint, sweer, swear, sweir, swear, sweirer, swearer, sweirin', swearing, sweirs, swears, sworn, swore, syde, wide and long; hanging low down, syne, ago; since; then; at that time, also in (good) time 't, it, tae, toe; also tea, also the one; to taed, toad, ta'en, taken; seized, taes, toes, taings, tongs; prongs, tak, take; seize, tak', take; seize, tak tent, look out; pay attention; watch, takin', taking, taks, takes; seizes, talkin', talking, tane, the one, also taken tap, top; tip; head, tastin', tasting, taucht, taught, tauld, told, tawtie, potato, taxed, found fault with; scolded, tay, tea; supper, tay-time, tea time; supper, teachin', teaching, teep, type, telled, told, tellin', telling, tellt, told, tell't, told, telt, told, tent, attention; care; heed; notice, thae, those; these, thairm, fiddle-string, also intestine; gut; belly than, then, also than thankfu', thankful, thankit, thanked, thanksgivin', thanksgiving, that'll, that will, the day, today, the morn, tomorrow, the nicht, tonight, the noo, just now; now, the piece, apiece, thegither, together, themsels, themselves, themsel's, themselves, thereaboots, thereabouts, thimmel, thimble, thinkin', thinking, thinksna, does not think, this mony a day, for some time, tho', though, thocht, thought, thochtna, did not think, thochts, thoughts, thoo, thou; you (God), thoomacks, violin-pegs, thoucht, thought, thouchts, thoughts, thrapple, windpipe; throat, thrivin', thriving, throu, through, throu', through, throuw, through, throw, through, thrum, particle; tangle; mess, ticht, tight, til, to; till; until; about; at; before, till, to; till; until; about; at; before, timmer, timber; wood, tint, lost; got lost, 'tis, it is, tither, the other, tod, fox, toom, empty; unload, toomin', emptying; unloading, toon, town; village, toon-piper, town piper, toot, tut!, exclamation of annoyance Toots!, Tuts!; Tush!, towie, string, trailin', dragging forcibly; hauling along, traivel, travel, traivellin', travelling, tramp, trudge, also tramp transe, passage within a house, also alley; narrow space tribble, trouble, trimlin', trembling, troo, trust; believe, troosers, trousers, troth, truth; indeed, also used as an exclamation trowth, truth; indeed, also used as an exclamation tryin', trying, 'ts, its, tu, too; also, tuik, took, tum'ler, tumbler; glass (of whisky), turnin', turning, turnt, turned, twa, two; a few, twa three, several, twal, twelve, twalmonth, twelvemonth; year, 'twas, it was, twise, twice, tyke, dog, also rough clownish fellow tyne, lose; get lost; miss, 'ull, will, umquhile, former; of old; late, unbecomin', unbecoming, unco, unknown; odd; strange; uncouth, also very great unco', unknown; odd; strange; uncouth, also very great understan', understand, unner, under, unnerstan, understand, unnerstan', understand, unpleasin', unpleasing; unpleasant, unsoucht, unsought, unweel, unwell, up the stair, upstairs, also to heaven uphaud, uphold; maintain; support, uphaudin', upholding; maintaining; supporting, upo', upon; on to; at, upsettin', forward; ambitious; stuck-up; proud, vailue, value, vainishin', vanishing, vainities, vanities, verra, very; true; real, vex, trouble; vexation, vraith, apparition, vrang, wrong, vratch, wretch, vrote, wrote, vroucht, wrought; worked, wa', wall, also way; away wad, would, wadna, would not, wailin', wailing, waitin', waiting, wakin', waking, wall, well; spring of water, wallopin', dancing; galloping, also beating; thrashing; knocking wame, belly; stomach; womb; hollow, wamlin', rolling; undulating, wan, reached; gained; got, wan'erer, wanderer, wantin', wanting; lacking; without; in want of, wantit, wanted, war, were, wark, work; labour, also show of affection warl', world; worldly goods, also a large number warld, world, warldly, worldly, warna, were not, warran', warrant; guarantee, warst, worst, wa's, walls, also ways washin', washing, wasna, was not, was't, was it, wastit, wasted, wat, wet, see also 'I wat.' watchin', watching, watter, water, wauken, awake; wake, waukens, wakes, waukin', waking, waukit, woke, waukmill, fulling mill, wauk-mill, fulling-mill, waur, worse, also spend money waure, ware, weddin', wedding, wee, small; little; bit, also short time; while weel, well; fine, weel-behaved, well-behaved, weelfaur, welfare, weel's, well as, weet, wet; dew; rain,
— from Robert Falconer by George MacDonald

You remember his predecessor—so dissatisfied, so selfish, so lazy, so censorious, so unjust to every person and thing around him, and yet so exacting; and, at the same time, so——" "What?
— from The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

[page 329] as if they had been in the greatest agonies of sorrow; some stark raving and downright lunatic; some ran about the ship stamping with their feet, others wringing their hands; some were dancing, several singing, some laughing, more crying; many quite dumb, not able to speak a word; others sick and vomiting, several swooning, and ready to faint; and a few were crossing themselves and giving God thanks.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe

When she went away, he leaned over the supercilious young man and asked: “Where did she say she lived?”
— from In the Village of Viger by Duncan Campbell Scott