"Would to God," cried he, hardly repressing his tears of rage, "that the rebels were even now at the doorstep!
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

With the exceptions noted above, the diphthong eu , as it appears in Latin, is always of secondary origin ( 48 ), the result of the two vowels e and u meeting in composition: as, neu , neither , from nē-ve ; neutiquam , from nē and utiquam ( 124 ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Or were they Spanish Stamps, still travelling, 30 That are become as Catholique as their King, Those unlickt beare-whelps, unfil'd pistolets That (more than Canon shot) availes or lets; Which negligently left unrounded, looke Like many angled figures, in the booke 35 Of some great Conjurer that would enforce Nature, as these doe justice, from her course; Which, as the soule quickens head, feet and heart, As streames, like veines, run through th'earth's every part, Visit all Countries, and have slily made 40 Gorgeous France , ruin'd, ragged and decay'd; Scotland , which knew no State, proud in one day: And mangled seventeen-headed Belgia .
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Ever since then the Seagull flies to and fro over the sea, and every now and then dives below the surface, looking for the lead he's lost; while the Bat is so afraid of meeting his creditors that he hides away by day and only comes out at night to feed; and the Bramble catches hold of the clothes of every one who passes by, hoping some day to recognise and recover the lost garments.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

others Ereinnwg, n. pear orchard Eres, a. marvellous, strange Eresi, n. amazement, wonder Eresu, v. to marvel Erf, n. briskness: a. brisk Erfai, a. brisk, gay, lively Erfawr, a. very great, vast Erfid, n. junction; conflict: v. to come in contact Erflawdd, a. tumultuous Erfyn, n. dim, a weapon; a tool: n. petition, prayer Erfyniad, n. a petition Erfyniaw, v. to petition Erfyniol, a. supplicatory Erfyniedydd, n. a beseecher Erfyniwr, n. one who solicits, or begs, an implorer Erganiad, n. celebrating Erganu, v. to sing, to celebrate Erglyw, n. listening, attention Erglywed, v. to listen, to hear Erglywiad, n. a listening Ergryd, n. a trembling, dread: v. to tremble; to terrify Ergrydiad, n. tremulousness Ergrydio, v. to cause, to quake Ergrydiol, a. tending to agitate Ergryf, a. endowed with strength Ergryn, n. terror, horror, dread Ergrynawd, n. trepidation Ergrynedig, a. made to tremble Ergryniad, n. tremulation Ergrynig, a. apt to tremble Ergrynol, a. terrifying Ergrynu, v. to tremble Ergwydd, n. a tumble, a fall Ergwyn, n. cause of complaint Ergwyno, to make to complain Ergyd, n. a propulsion, throw, cast; shot; stroke Ergydiad, n. a striking Ergydio, v. to propel, to throw, to cast; to shoot; to charge Ergydiol, a. propulsive Ergydiwr, n. thrower, shooter Ergyr, n. impulse, thrust Ergyrch, n. an onset, an attack Ergyrchiad, n. an attacking Ergyrchu, v. to make an onset Ergyriad, n. an impulsion Ergyrio, v. to impel, to thrust Ergyriol, a. impulsive Erhelfa, n. a hunting party Eriaw, v. to make progress Erin, a. moving, progressive Erioed, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

On the way, Hansel broke his in his pocket, and, stooping every now and then, dropped a crumb upon the path.
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Wilhelm Grimm

I am not such a bigot to Slawkenbergius as my father;——there is a fund in him, no doubt: but in my opinion, the best, I don’t say the most profitable, but the 137 most amusing part of Hafen Slawkenbergius, is his tales——and, considering he was a German, many of them told not without fancy:——these take up his second book, containing nearly one half of his folio, and are comprehended in ten decads, each decad containing ten tales——Philosophy is not built upon tales; and therefore ’twas certainly wrong in Slawkenbergius to send them into the world by that name!——there are a few of them in his eighth, ninth, and tenth decads, which I own seem rather playful and sportive, than speculative—but in general they are to be looked upon by the learned as a detail of so many independent facts, all of them turning round somehow or other upon the main hinges of his subject, and added to his work as so many illustrations upon the doctrines of noses.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Thus every new and true doctrine, coming from these "wise men of the east," was, as it were, a new day arising, and dissipating the clouds of intellectual darkness and error.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

A surge of passionate hate swept over her even now, against the dead woman whose pretty face had swerved Ambrose North from his old allegiance.
— from Flower of the Dusk by Myrtle Reed

A Copper "Curfew" Sanctuary Knocker, Durham Cathedral Anglo-Saxon Crucifix of Lead Detail, Bayeux Tapestry Flemish Tapestry, "The Prodigal Son" Tapestry, Representing Paris in the 15th Century Embroidery on Canvas, 16th Century, South Kensington Museum Detail of the Syon Cope Dalmatic of Charlemagne Embroidery, 15th Century, Cologne Carved Capital from Ravenna Pulpit of Nicola Pisano, Pisa Tomb of the Son of St. Louis, St. Denis Carvings around Choir Ambulatory, Chartres Grotesque from Oxford, Popularly Known as "The Backbiter" The "Beverly minstrels" St. Lorenz Church, Nuremberg, Showing Adam Kraft's Pyx, and the Hanging Medallion by Veit Stoss Relief by Adam Kraft Carved Box—wood Pyx, 14th Century Miserere Stall; An Artisan at Work Miserere Stall, Ely; Noah and the Dove Miserere Stall; the Fate of the Ale-wife Ivory Tabernacle, Ravenna The Nativity; Ivory Carving Pastoral Staff; Ivory, German, 12th Century Ivory Mirror Case; Early 14th Century Ivory Mirror Case, 1340 Chessman from Lewis Marble Inlay from Lucca Detail of Pavement, Baptistery, Florence Detail of Pavement, Siena; "Fortune," by Pinturicchio Page xix Ambo at Ravello; Specimen of Cosmati Mosaic Mosaic from Ravenna; Theodora and Her Suite, 16th Century Mosaic in Bas-relief, Naples A Scribe at Work; 12th Century Manuscript Detail from the Durham Book Ivy Pattern, from a 14th Century French Manuscript Mediæval Illumination Caricature of a Bishop Illumination by Gherart David of Bruges, 1498; St. Barbara Choral Book, Siena Detail from an Italian Choral Book Page 1 ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES CHAPTER
— from Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

The seed that yields this powder is no doubt also a mimosacea; for the Ottomacs, according to Father Gili, designate even now, at the distance of one hundred and sixty leagues from the Amazon, the Acacia niopo by the name of curupa.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

Towards evening scattered flocks kept the sky lively as they circled around on their long wings a hundred feet or more above the ground, hunting moths and beetles, interrupting their rather slow but strong, regular wing-beats at short intervals with quick quivering strokes while uttering keen, squeaky cries something like pfee , pfee , and every now and then diving nearly to the ground with a loud ripping, bellowing sound, like bull-roaring, suggesting its name; then [70] turning and gliding swiftly up again.
— from The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir

Only at intervals has he sight of it, as the sky is mottled with masses of cloud, that every now and then, drifting over the moon's disc, shut off her light with the suddenness of a lamp extinguished.
— from Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

It must be remembered that fifty years ago, there were but a few white men to the westward of the Alleghany Mountains; that the states of Kentucky and Tennessee were at that time as scanty in population, as even now are the districts of Ioway and Columbia; that by the institutions of the Union a district required a certain number of inhabitants before it could be acknowledged as even a district; and that previous to such acknowledgment, the people who had squatted on the land had no claim to protection or law.
— from Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat

He declared that extreme necessity and the despair of the people had forced him into war, and protested that he should always think it a privilege to lay down life for his Majesty.
— from France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV by Francis Parkman

The supreme legislature of the United States is seriously deliberating, not upon the welfare of our own citizens, but upon the relative circumstances of two European nations; and this deliberation has not for its object, the relative benefits of their markets to us, but which form of government is best and most like our own, which people feel the greatest affection for us, and what measures we can adopt which will best humble one and exalt the other.
— from The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by John Marshall