One dark unruly night she issued secretly out of a small postern gate of the castle, which the enemy had neglected to guard.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge
you detest un never so much,” cries Western, “you shall ha'un.”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
Ang gilay-un sa ílang balay gíkan sa ámù, ingun kinta dinhi ug ngadtu sa Kapitulyu, Their house was about as far from ours as, say, it is from here to the Capitol.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Under, Undod, n. unity; simpleness Undodiad, n. an unitarian Undodiaeth, n. unitarianism Undon, a. monotonous Undras, a. of the same kindred Undull, a. of the same form Uned, n. unity; accordance Unfaint, n. unity of size Unfed, a. first Unfraint, a. of equal rank Unfryd, a. of one mind Ungor, a. of one turn or twist Uniad, n. a uniting Uniaith, a. of one language Uniant, n. unity, union Uniawn, a. direct, straight; upright; just, perfect Unigedd, n. loneliness Unigol, a. single, singular; disunited Unigoldeb, n. singularty Unigrwydd, n. solitude Unionad, n. a straightening Uniondeb, n. rectitude Unionder, n. straightness Union-gred, n. orthodoxy Union-gyrch, a. of direct course Unioni, v. to straighten Unionred, a. of direct course Unionsyth, a. quite erect Unllaw, a. single-handed Unlle, Unman, n. one place: adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
6. Of course ( kompreneble ) gravitation had always existed, but its laws were not noticed or clearly defined until Newton studied the matter.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed
Often, when wearied by a toilsome march, I persuaded myself that I was dreaming until night should come, and that I should then enjoy reality in the arms of my dearest friends.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A memorial was drawn up, numerously signed, and forwarded by the same night's post to Lord John Russell, who was then Home Secretary.
— from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards
She liked to go into the kitchen herself every morning, to eye the contents of icebox and pantry, and decide upon needed stores.
— from The Treasure by Kathleen Thompson Norris
“I certainly do understand now,” said he, “why the New Zealanders took Captain Cook's old barrel-hoops and refused his cash.
— from Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England
Yet—strange, but true—too much Anglicising of India instead of drawing us nearer, seems rather to widen the gulf."
— from Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Maud Diver
C. L. 97 Rival dramatization, utilizing not substantial added scenes, permitted, 174 1878 Chatterton v. Cave House of Lords 3 A. C. 483 Following decision of lower court.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker
There are, we know, many deservedly well and widely known writers for newspapers and serials who are really what they profess to be, and who depend upon nothing so much as merit, for success; but even they must admit the truth of what we have said, and must often feel very like the apples did as they went down stream in the fable.
— from A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times. by Henry Sampson
By the evening of December 5th he was back among us and despatching us north, south, and east to keep the enemy jumping while our supplies drew in.
— from Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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