For it exists by virtue of a human impulse and in answer to a human need.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

[ Besides the general historians of the church of Italy and of France, we possess a valuable treatise composed by a learned friend of Thuanus, which his last and best editors have published in the appendix (Histoire particulière du grand Différend entre Boniface VIII et
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

“I am ready to carry out all the orders of the contending parties, but I warn you that the act will not be valid, being extorted by violence and proclaimed by night.”
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

But allegory itself is nothing else but verbal symbolism; it is the symbol of an idea, or of a series of ideas, not presented to the mind in an objective and visible form, but clothed in language, and exhibited in the form of a narrative.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

In the last State the members of Assembly for the cities and counties of New York and Albany are elected by very nearly as many voters as will be entitled to a representative in the Congress, calculating on the number of sixty-five representatives only.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

just; hardly Braint, n. privilege Braisg, a. gross; large, thick Braith, a. motley, variegated Bral, n. hair-brained one Bram, n. fart, short puff Bramu, v. to fart Brân, n. a crow Branaidd, a. like a crow Branes, n. flight of crows Branos, n. young crows Bras, n. cross bow Brâs, a. thick, fat; large; gross Brasâd, n. growing fat Brasâu, v. to grow fat Brasbwyth, n. basting-stitch Brasbwythwr, n. a baster Brasder, n. fatness, grossness Braslïain, n. coarse linen Braslun, n. a rough-cast Brasnaddu, v. to rough hew Brasu, to make gross or rough Brasweithio, v. to rough work Brat, n. a piece, clout, rag Bratiog, n. clouted, ragged Brâth, n. a bite, stab, sting Brathedig, a. bitten; wounded Brathiad, n. a stabbing, biting Brathol, a. stabbing, biting Brathu, v. to sting, to bite Brau, a. brittle, frail; frank Braw, n. terror, fright Brawd, n. a fellow, brother Brawd, n. judgment, sentence Brawdfaeth, n. a fostering Brawdgarwch, n. brotherly love Brawdio, v. to give a verdict Brawdladdiad, n. fratricide Brawdle, n. judgment seat Brawdol, a. brotherly Brawdoliaeth, n. fraternity Brawdoldeb, n. brotherliness Brawdwr, n. a judge, a judger Brawddeg, n. a sentence Brawddegol, a. sentential Brawl, n. a swell out, a boast Brawn, n. a fatness, richness Brawychiad, n. a terrifying Brawychu, v. to terrify Brawychus, a. terrific Brawychwr, n. a terrifier Breccini, n. despumation Breci, n. wort, sweet wort Brech, n. an eruption, a pox; a. brindled, freckled Brechdan, n. bread and butter Brechlyd, a. pocky; measly Brechog, a. pocky; measled Bredych, n. prodition Bref, n. a lowing; a bleat Brefai, n. pennyroyal Brefan, n. a lump of butter Brefant, n. a windpipe Breferad, n. a bellowing Brefiad, n. a lowing; a bleating Brefu, v. to low; to bleat Breg, n. a rupture, a fissure Bregedd, n. fragrility, frailty Bregol, a. fragile, brittle Bregu, v. to become fragile Bregus, a. broken; fractious Bregyn, n. a grain of malt Breiad, n. a topping; a rippling Breichiad, n. an arm-full Breichdlws, n. a bracelet Breichell, n. a sleeve Breichiad, n. using of the arms Breichiol, a. brachial Breichled, n. a bracelet Breichrwy, n. a bracelet Breila, n. a rose; a wild rose Breilw, n. a rose Breiniad, n. enfranchisement Breinio, v. to give privilege Breiniog, a. privileged: free Breiniol, a. privileged; free Breiniolaeth, enfranchisement Breinioli, v. to enfranchise Breiniolwr, n. a dignifier Breintlys, n. privilege court Breintlythyr, n. letters-patent Breing, n. the commonalty Breisgiad, n. a growing bulky Breisgion, n. hurds, refuse Breithell, n. what is of varied texture; a cawl; a conflict Breithred, n. a conflict Bremian, a. puffing, farting; v. to puff; to fart Brenig, n. limpets Brenin, n. a sovereign; a king Breninbysg, n. king fish Brenindod, n. royalty Brenindy, n. a king’s house Brenines, n. a queen Breninesol, a. queenly Breninfraint, n. royal privilege or prerogative Breniniaeth, n. a kingdom Breninlys, n. a king’s court Breninol, a. kingly, royal Breninoli, v. to royalise Breninwisg, n. a king’s robe Breninwr, n. a royalist Bres, a. having a bunchy top Bretyn, n. a little rag Brethyn, n. cloth, woollen cloth Brethyniaeth, n. woollen drapery Brethynol, a. made of cloth Brethynwr, n. a woollen draper Brëu, v. to low; to bleat Breuad, n. a cannibal, a slaughterer; a grave-worm Breuan, n. a hand-mill Breuandy, n. a mill-house Breuaniad, n. a grinding Breuanllif, n. a grindstone Breuant, n. a windpipe Breuanu, v. to bray, to brake Breubys, n. a bit, a crumb Breuder, n. brittleness Breuddil, n. a grinder Breuddilad, n. a grinding Breuddilo, v. to grind, to consume Breuddwyd, n. a dream Breuddwydiad, n. a dreaming Breuddwydio, v. to dream Breuddwydiol, a. dreaming Breuddwydiwr, n. a dreamer Breufer, a. sonorous; lowing Breulif, a. brittle-edged Breuo, v. to grow brittle Breuod, n. brittleness; frail Breuol, a. brittle, frail Breuolaeth, n. brittleness Breuolder, n. brittleness Brëyr, n. a baron Brëyrol, a. baronial Bri, n. dignity; rank; honour Brïaidd, a. honorary Brid, n. erruption; the scab Brido, v. to break out Bridol, a. erruptive; scabby Briduw, n. warranty; earnest Bridd, n. a springing forward Brig, n. a top, a summit; a branch or top of a tree Brigant, n. a summit; highlander Brigantiad, n. a highlander Brigbori, v. to browse, to nibble Brigdori, v. to top, to prune Brigddyrnu, v. to top thresh Briger, n. a tuft; head of hair Brigfain, a. cuspated, pointed Brigladd, v. to lop the tops Briglwyd, a. hoary-headed Briglwydo, v. to grow hoary Brigo, v. to top Brigog, a. having tops; branchy Brigol, shooting up; branching Brigwn, n. andirons Brigwyn, a. white-topped Brigyn, n. a top branch, a twig Brigynol, a. branching out Brio, v. to dignify Brïol, a. dignified; honorary Brisgiad, n. a leaving a trace Brisgo, v. to track, to trace Brith, a. mised, motley, pied Brithad, n. a variegating Brithdwym, n. sort of candle Brithedd, n. variegation Brithgi, n. a mongrel dog Brithgoch, a. variegated with red Brithlas, a. dappled grey Brithlen, n. arras Britho, v. to variegate Brithodi, v. to use mixed rhyme Brithog, a. variegated, dappled Brithol, a. variegating Brithryw, a. heterogeneous Brithwlaw, n. drizzling rain Brithwyn, a. motley white Brithyd, n. mixed corn Brithyll, n. a trout Brithyn, n. a beau Briw, n. a wound, a cut Briwant, n. a broken state Briwddail, n. herbage Briwedig, a. broken; wounded Briweg, n. stone-crop Briwfara, n. broken bread Briwiaith, n. a jargon Briwion, n. fragments Briwioni, v. to crumble Briwionyn, n. a crumb Briwio, v. to break; to crumble, to cut; to wound; to hurt Briwysioni, v. to crumble Briwysionyn, n. a small crumb Brewwlaw, n. drizzling rain Briwwydd, n. dry brush wood Bro, n. inhabited land, a country Broaidd, a. rural, country-like Broawl, a. like cultivated land Brocen, n. the breast, the bosom Broch, n. din, tumult; froth, foam; wrath Brochell, n. a tempest Brochi, v. to chafe, to fume Brochiad, n. a chafing, a fuming Brochus, a. fuming; blustering Brodawr, n. a member of society Brodedd, n. a concurrence Brodiad, n. embroidering, darning Brodio, v. to embroider, to darn Brodiog, a. embroidered, darned Brodir, n. cultivated land Brodordy, n. a collegiate house Brodoriad, n. fraternisation Brodoriaeth, n. fraternity Brodoriol, a. federative Brolio, v. to brag, to vaunt Brolwydd, n. patriotism Bron, n. a breast, a pap, a breast of a hill.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

This gave rise to a curiously-shaped enclosure, northward of St. Andrew's Market-house, wide towards the east, but vanishing off to nothing on the west, at the point where Lot Street formed a tangent with the military circle.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

mutation of PY, if Bychaidd, a. like a buck Bychan, a. little, small Bychander, n. littleness Bychanedd, n. smallness Bychaniad, n. a making little Bychanig, a. dimminutive Bychanigo, v. to disparage Bychanigyn, n. a very little, small, or minute thing Bychanu, v. to lessen; to slight Bychod, n. a small matter Bychygyr, n. a drone, a wasp Byd, n. a world, or universe; gwyn fyd, happiness Bydol, a. worldly, secular Bydoldeb, n. worldliness Bydolddyn, n. a worldling Bydwraig, n. a midwife Bydyssod, n. the universe Bydd, a tie, a keeping together Byddag, n. a snare, a spring Byddagliad, n. a taking in a snare Byddar, a. deaf Byddardra, n. deafness Byddariad, n. a deafening Byddarlys, n. the house-leek Byddaru, v. to deafen, to stun Byddarwch, n. deafness Byddin, n. a snare, an ambush, a band, or troop, an army Byddiniad, n. an embattling Byddino, v. to embattle Byddinol, a. embattling Byddu, v. to be, to endure Bygegyr, n. a drone bee Bygwth, v. to threaten Bygylu, v. to intimidate Bygythiad, n. a threatening Bygythio, v. to threaten Bygythiol, a. threatening Bylchog, a. breached, notchy Bylchiad, n. a breaching Bylchu, v. to make a notch Bynag, a. soever Byr, a. short, brief; abrupt Byrâd, n. a shortening Byrâu, v. to shorten Byrbryd, n. a luncheon Byrbwyll, a. thoughtless, giddy Byrbwylldra, n. thoughtlessness Byrder, n. shortness Byrdon, n. bass in music Byrdra, n. shortness, brevity Byrddiad, n. a boarding Byrddio, v. to board Byrddwn, n. bass in music Byrfys, n. the little finger Byrhoedledd, n. shortness of life Byriad, n. a breviat, an arm Byriau, a short plough yoke Byrllysg, n. a truncheon Byrnaid, n. a truss, a bundle Byrniad, n. a trussing, a bundling Byrniaw, v. to truss, to bundle Bys, n. a finger Bysiad, n. a fingering Bysio, v. to finger Bysle, n. a finger-stall Byson, n. a finger ring, a ring Bystwn, n. a whitlow Byswain, n. a thimble Byth, n. eternity: adv. for ever Bytheuad, n. a hound Bytheuadgi, n. a hound dog Bythfyw, a. ever-living Bythol, a. eternal, perpetual Bytholrwydd, n. everlastingness Byw, v. to live, to exist; a. alive, living, quick Bywâu, to animate, to enliven Bywâus, a. animating Bywed, n. a core of fruit; pith Byweiddio, v. to animate Bywfyth, a. everliving Bywi, n. earth-nuts, orchis Bywiad, n. vivification Bywiocâu, v. to vivify, to animate Bywiog, a. lively, vigorous Bywiogi, to animate, to revive Bywiol, a. living, animate Bywioliaeth, n. livelihood Bywion, n. emmets, ants Bywionyn, n. an emmet Bywlys, n. the house-leek Bywull, n. buds, grafts, scions Bywullu, v. to bud, to graft Bywyd, life, existence Bywydol, a. relating to life Bywyn, n. pulp of fruit Bywynaidd, a. like a pulb Bywyneiddio, v. to grow to a pulp Bywynog, a. having pulp Ca, n. a keep, a hold; a shutting on; a holding, v. he will have Cäad, n. a getting, having Caban, n. a booth, a cabin Cabl, n. blasphemy, curse Cablaidd, a. blasphemous Cablair, n. calumny Cablawd, n. blasphemy Cabledig, a. blasphemed Cabledd, n. blasphemy Cabliad, n. a blaspheming Cablu, v. to blaspheme Cablwr, n. a blasphemer Cabol, a. polished, bright Cabolfaen, n. a polishing stone Caboli, v. to polish Caboliad, n. a polishing Cabrawd, n. rusticity Cacamwci, n. the great burdock Cacynen, n. a hornet, a wasp Cach, n. ordure, dung, soil Cachad, n. a dirty sloven Cachgi, n. a coward Cad, n. a striving; a battle Cadach, n. a kerchief, a clout Cadair, n. a seat of presidency Cadar, n. a defence, a shield Cadarn, a. compact, powerful Cadarnâd, n. strengthening Cadarnâu, v. to strengthen, to fortify Cadarnder, n. potency Cadas, n. brocade Cadawl, a. relating to war Cadbais, n. coat of mail Cadben, n. a captain Cadbenaeth, n. captainship Cadechyn, n. a clout, a rag Cadeirfardd, n. graduated bard Cadeiriad, n. a chairing Cadeirio, v. to chair Cadeiriol, a. chaired; cathedral Cader, n. a hill-fort; a chair.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

De li altri due c'hanno il capo di sotto, quel che pende dal nero ceffo e` Bruto: vedi come si storce, e non fa motto!; e l'altro e` Cassio che par si` membruto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Selections, edited by Vida D. Scudder (Sibley); edited by C.B. Tinker, in Riverside Literature.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Edited by Vera Brodsky Lawrence.
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent

[905] “Vulgar Errors,” book v. chap.
— from Folk-lore of Shakespeare by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer

III BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME MARY SEACOLE, THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND Florence Nightingales's noble work among the sick and wounded in the Crimean War is known to everyone; but very few people are aware that there was another woman, working apart from Miss Nightingale, who performed deeds of bravery and humanity in the same campaign which entitle her to a high place in any list of brave and good women.
— from Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Henry Charles Moore

Nothing can be more excellent and lifelike: it is not until the end that he lets the secret slip that the whole fabric has been a flight of fancy, inspired by no real landscape, but by the sea-pieces sent to the exhibition by Vernet.
— from Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 2 of 2) by John Morley

"It's a rather complicated arrangement," he went on to explain, "but very simple once you get it adjusted to the ear.
— from Yollop by George Barr McCutcheon

retraining berufliche Weiterbildung advanced vocational training berufliche Werdegang, Karriere occupational career berufliche Wiedereingliederung integration into employment berufliche Wiedereingliederung occupational rehabilitation berufliche Wiedereingliederung vocational integration beruflicher Aufstieg, Berufsaufstieg professional advancement beruflicher Werdegang job history beruflicher Werdegang occupational development beruflicher Werdegang professional career beruflicher Werdegang, Berufslaufbahn occupational history beruflicher Wettbewerb job competition berufliches Fortkommen professional advancement berufliches Fortkommen, beruflicher Aufstieg occupational advancement berufliches Weiterkommen professional advancement berufliches Weiterkommen, Berufsaufstieg career advancement berufliches Weiterkommen, Berufsaufstieg occupational advancement Berufsausbildung vocational education Berufsausbildung vocational training Berufsausbildung, berufliche Ausbildung vocational education Berufsaussichten career prospects Berufsaussichten, Beschäftigungschancen job prospects Berufsaussichten, Laufbahnaussichten career outlook Berufsaussichten, Laufbahnaussichten occupational outlook Berufsaussichten, Laufbahnaussichten occupational prospects Berufsberater occupational counselor Berufsberater occupational guidance counselor Berufsberater (Br.)
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In 350 "Swift's Works" (vol. xx. of the duodecimo edition, p. 294), there is a letter to him, in English, by Voltaire, and dated from this house.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

Victorious deeds Flamed in my heart, heroic acts—one while To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke; Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth, Brute violence and proud tyrannic power,
— from Paradise Regained by John Milton