In military affairs he made many alterations, introducing some practices entirely new, and reviving others, which had become obsolete.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

"Throughout my whole reign I was the keystone of an edifice entirely new, and resting on the most slender foundations.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Mrs. Dale remained our visitor for three days, during which we met in the doctor’s bedroom every night, and renewed our delicious orgies.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

They graded themselves as friends or enemies not as Republicans or Democrats.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

If the subject matter gets the better of the creation, the result is a mere replica of the event, not a reflection of it through the Artist's mind.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

rather, more so Echrestr, n. a register Echrestriad, n. a registering Echrestru, v. to register Echryd, n. abashment Echrydiad, n. a shivering Echrydu, v. to quake, to shiver Echrydus, a. shocking, horrid Echryni, n. a quake; horror Echryniad, n. trepidation Echrynol, a. quaking, shivering Echrynu, v. to quake, to tremble Echrys, n. shocking Echrysder, n. direfulness Echrysiad, n. shock of horror Echrysiant, n. a malignant distemper Echryslawn, a. horrible Echrysder, n. direfulness Echrysloni, v. to be direful Echryslonrwydd, n. direfulness Echrysol, a. shocking, horrid Echu, v. to go aside, to retire Echudd, n. a seclusion Echuddio, v. to seclude Echur, n. anguish, pain Echw, n. what has a motion; a horse Echwa, v. to be on a horse-back Echwaint, n. a being riding Echweg, a. luscious to the taste Echwith, a adverse; awkward Echwng, a. contiguous: v. to envelope Echwraint, n. a state of rest Echwydd, n. cessation; autumn; eve Echwyddo, v. to be still Echwyn, n. a loan, or hire Echwyna, v. to borrow; to lend Echwyniad, n. a borrowing Echwynwr, n. a lender, or giver upon trust; creditor Echwynydd, n. a creditor Echwyrth, a. sottish, dull Echyngu, v. to approximate Echyr, n. a reach Ed, n. aptitude; velocity Edaf, n. thread, or yarn Edafeddog, a. full of thread Edafeddu, v. to form into thread Edau, n. thread, or yarn Edefyn, n. dim, single thread Edeifniad, n. one that is trained up, educated, or chilised Edfryd, n. restoration: v. to restore, to return Edfrydiad, n. restoration Edfrydol, a. tending to restore Edfrydydd, n. a restorer Edfudd, n. interest, profit Edfyn, n. cast off; departure Edfyn, v. to go off; to depart Edfynt, n. cast off; departure Edgyllaeth, n. dejection, separion Edifar, a. penitent, sorry Edifarhâd, n. a repenting Edifarhau, v. to repent Edifaru, v. to repent Edifarus, a. penitent, contrite Edifarhawr, n. a repenter Edifeiriol, a. repenting, penitent Edifeirwch, n. repentance Edlaes, a. slack, trailing Edlid, n. vexation; irritation Edlin, n. heir apparent Edliw, n. reproach, upbraiding: v. to upbraid, to reproach Edliwiad, n. an upbraiding Edliwiant, n. a reproach Edliwied, v. to reproach Edliwiwr, n. an upbraider Edlwg, n. a review, a view Edlygiad, n. a reviewing Edlygu, v. to review, to view Edlym, a. pungent, piercing Edlymiad, n. a making acute Edlymu, v. to make acute Edlyniad, n. a smearing Edlynu, v. to smear, to daub Edmyg, n. reverence, honour: a. reverent; honoured Edmygedd, n. reverent Edlymgiad, n. reverencing Edlymygu, v. to revere Edn, n. a fowl, a bird Ednain, n. the winged Ednan, n. a bird Ednarmes, n. augury Ednarmu, v. to augurise Ednawg, a. having wings Ednawl, a. relating to birds Ednid, n. entanglement Ednogaeth, n. ornithology Ednogyn, n. a fly; a gnat Ednydd, n. a writhe Ednyddu, v. to writhe back Ednyfedd, n. that is refined Ednyw, n. essence: spirit Edrif, n. recounting Edrifo, v. to recount Edrin, n. a murmuring noise Edrinaw, v. to reverberate Edriniad, n. a remurmuring Edring, n. a leese, or holding Edrith, n. a simulation Edrwyth, n. a resolvent Edrych, n. appearance; v. to look, to behold Edrychedigaeth, n. appearance Edrychiad, n. a looking Edryd, n. a resource; a stock: v. to restore, to renew Edrydiad, n. a restoration Edrydd, n. a teller Edryf, n. a resource, origin Edryfiad, n. a reassuming Edryfu, v. to ressume Edrysedd, n. superfluity Edryw, n. instinct; scent Edrywant, n. a trace by scent Edrywedd, n. instinct: scent Edryweddu, v. to trace by scent Edw, a. fady, faded, withered Edwad, n. fading, away Edwaint, n. a fading, a decay Edwedd, n. a state of decay Edwi, v. to decay, to fade Edwica, v. to extort, to forestal Edwin, a. fading, withering Edwinaw, v. to fade, to decay Edwiniad, n. a withering Edyn, n. a winged one, a fowl Edyrn, n. sovereignty Edd, n. an instant, a gliding Eddain, n. a move, or glide: v. to pass on; to glide Ediestl, n. a fleet one, a steed Eddestr, n. a chariot horse Eddeu, v. to give impulse Eddi, n. thrums; fringe Eddrin, n. a whispering: v. to whisper Eddrith, n. varied appearance Eddu, v. to press on, to go Eddwll, a. covered; submissive Eddyl, n. relation; attribute Eddyllder, n. submission Eddyllu, v. to be humble Ef, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

It is used as a prefix, of a similar signification to ex; and also, as a termination of feminine personal nouns, and of the third person of verbs Esbyd, n. guests, strangers Esg, n. what shoots out Esgaeth, a. void of restraint Esgaidd, a. nimble, brisk Esgair, n. a shank, a leg Esgar, n. separation; a foe Esgarant, n. adversary Esgardio, v. to make chaps Esgardd, n. rupture, ruption Esgardde, n. a dispersion Esgaredd, n. separation Esgariad, n. a separating Esgario, v. to separate, to part Esgeiddig, a. moving gracefully Esgeirca, v. to move the shanks Esgeiriog, a. having shanks Esgemydd, n. a bench Esgeulus, a. negligent, heedless Esgeulusdod, n. disregard Esgeulusdra, n. negligence Esgeulusiad, n. a neglecting Esgeuluso, v. to disregard, to neglect Esgeuluswr, n. a neglecter Esgid, n. a shoe Esglyw, n. defence, shelter Eglwyn, v. to defend, to protect Esgob, n. a bishop, a diocesan Esgobaeth, n. bishopric Esgobawd, n. diocese Esgobdy, n. a bishop’s house Esgobol, a. episcopal Esgor, n. partage; parturition, v. to separate; to bring forth Esgorol, a. parturient Esgordd, n. strangers Esgoredig, a. delivered Esgoredigol, a. parturent Esgoreddfa, n. place of deliverance Esgori, v. to get over; to bring forth Esgoriad, n. parturition Esgorwraig, n. midwife Esgoryd, to part from, to deliver Esgorydd, n. an accoucheur Esgud, a. nimble; flippant Esgudogyll, n. wood lark Esgus, n. apology; excuse Esgusodiad, n. excusation Esgusodol, a. excusing Esgusodydd, n. an excuser Esgusol, a. excusatory Esgymol, a. unassociating Esgymun, a. excommunicate Esgymu, v. to dissolve society Esgyn, v. to ascend, to rise Esgynedigaeth, n. ascension Esgynol, a. ascending, rising Esgynfa, n. an ascend, a rise Esgynfaen, n. horse-block Esgyniad, n. ascension Eggyniaith, n. a climax Esgynlawr, n. scaffold; platform Esgyr, n. a day’s ploughing Esgyrndy, n. a bone house Esgyrniad, n. ossification Esgyrniog, a. bony, having bones Esgyrnol, a. ossific, bony Esgyrnygu, v. to grin Esill, n. offspring, progeny Esilling, n. origin, source Esillydd, n. offspring, issue Esing, n. act of bursting out Esiw, a. in a state of want Esiwydd, n. a state of want Esiwyddu, v. to feel want Esmwyth, a. soft, smooth; easy Esmwythâad, n. softening; a mollifying, an assuaging Esmwythâu, v. to soften, to ease Esmwythder, n. easiness, quietness, tranquillity, rest Esmwythiad, n. a quieting Esmwythid, n. state of ease Esmwytho, v. to smooth, to ease Esgoryn, n. the mumps Esplydd, a. delicate, tender Esplydden, n. a pippin Est, n. a state of separation Estriciad, n. a bustling Estrico, v. to bustle, to haste Estrig, a. apt to dart away Estron, n. a stranger, foreigner Estroneiddio, v. to estrange Estrones, n. the stranger Estroniad, n. estrangement Estronol, a. strange, foreign Estl, n. what ranges Estyll, n. staves, shingle Estyllen, n. a shingle, a board Estyllodi, v. to slit into boards Estyllu, v. to do with shingles Estyn, n. an extent, a grant Estyn, v. to extend, to reach Estynedig, a. extended, stretched Estyniad, n. a reaching out Estynol, a. extending Estynwr, n. an extender Estyr, n. that darts away Esu, v. to push away Eswrn, n. a fetlock joint Esyddyn, n. a mansion Esyllt, n. that is fair, or open Esyth, n. sharp sticks, waggets Esythu, v. to drive a stake Etewyn, n. a firebrand Etifaw, v. to inherit; to own Etifedd, n. heir, an infant Etifeddes, n. an heiress Etifeddiad, n. an inheriting Etifeddiaeth, n. an inheritance Etifeddog, a. having a child Etifeddol, a. hereditary Etifeddu, v. to inherit Etifiant, n. an heirship Eto, con.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

A pall of profound ignorance hung over the island, and although, with the revival of letters in the seventeenth century the light of intellect dawned over western Europe, not a ray of it was permitted to reach the Spanish colonies.
— from The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. A. (Rudolph Adams) Van Middeldyk

It was therefore their purpose to push on until the southern slope of Cro' Nest was reached, but they became so chilled and despondent over their seemingly impossible task that they stopped on an eminence near a rank of wood.
— from Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe

It appears that however carefully his traps were set in the mouth of the exit, the badger came every night and rolled on them and struck them, as they will do [31] when they suspect any human infernal machine.
— from The Badger: A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir

To this testified the sixteen superb columns of that same Saint Agnes, columns of various marbles filched from various gods; the one and twenty columns of Santa Maria in Trastevere, columns of all sorts of orders torn from a temple of Isis and Serapis, who even now are represented on their capitals; also the six and thirty white marble Ionic columns of Santa Maria Maggiore derived from the temple of Juno Lucina; and the two and twenty columns of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, these varying in substance, size, and workmanship, and certain of them said to have been stolen from Jove himself, from the famous temple of Jupiter Capitolinus which rose upon the sacred summit.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 by Émile Zola

"The Ballad of a Rose" is lovely and pathetic; and in "Riding to Vote" the poet approaches the excellent naturalness and reality of "The Mower in Ohio," which is so simple and touching, so full of homelike, genuine feeling, unclouded by the poet's unhappy mannerism, that we are tempted to call it his best poem, as a whole, and have little hesitation in calling it one of the few good poems which the war has yet suggested.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

“If you ain't on that horse in half a second, Seitz, we'll go off and leave you, and the Johnnies will skin you alive!” etc., etc. Not a ripple of emotion would roll over Seitz's placid features under the sharpest of these objurgations.
— from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy

Curious as it is to find a city where every soul is so much absorbed by the law, that men and women, girls and boys, of all ages and all conditions of life, season their common speech with the slang of legal phrases, and destructive of not only all literary and liberal taste, but of all the joyous intercourse of life, as it is to hear every night a rehearsal of Jeffrey’s sarcasm, or Cockburn’s joke of the morning; yet the Parliament-house of the Athens is a [199] spirit-stirring scene, and very delightful, compared with the gloomy desolation of Westminster-hall.
— from The Modern Athens A dissection and demonstration of men and things in the Scotch Capital. by Robert Mudie

Though emphatically now a region of forest, there is reason to believe that vast areas at present under timber were once prairies, fed over by innumerable herds of buffalo, whose paths and wallows can still be traced in the woods.
— from Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Charles Mair