[transitive] chill, freeze &c. (render cold) 385; horripilate[obs3], make the skin crawl, give one goose flesh.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Talk to me of love!' said Bella, contemptuously: though her face and figure certainly rendered the subject no incongruous one.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

2. "A faculty" cannot resolve to act; cannot have a preference; and cannot determine itself at all .
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

As for Andreev, he was nothing more or less than our local shopkeeper, a very eccentric fellow, a self-taught archæologist who had a passion for collecting Russian antiquities and sometimes tried to outshine Stepan Trofimovitch in erudition and in the progressiveness of his opinions.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

One of them is a letter of instructions from Colonel Ross.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

—The Catholic Church, and before it all ancient education, controlled the whole domain of means through which man was put into certain unordinary moods and withdrawn from the cold calculation of personal advantage and from calm, rational reflection.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

far, afar off prô-currô, -ere, -currî ( -cucurrî ), -cur-sus [ prô , forward , + currô , run ], run forward proelium, proeli , n. battle, combat .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

"Halloa, friend," cried Robin, coming forward at last, "who art thou that sittest there?
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Till Harold laughed and snatched the harp, The kinsman of the King, A big youth, beardless like a child, Whom the new wine of war sent wild, Smote, and began to sing— And he cried of the ships as eagles That circle fiercely and fly, And sweep the seas and strike the towns From Cyprus round to Skye.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“What is your little one’s name?” “Cosette.” For Cosette, read Euphrasie.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

I have asked for a little time to consider, because my family circumstances require some consideration, in his interests as well as in mine.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

None In alliance with Ottoway, Chipeway, Ochangras Tomaw Thomas Carron Thomas Carron First chief; received commission as such, and flag Shawonoe Neckech VI.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

These wretched beings can be found clustered round the bars of liquor-stores in low neighborhoods, begging for the price of a glass of gin.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

Both of us have so long, like gamesters, thrown, Till fate comes round, and gives to each his own.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by John Dryden

col. 1, l. 33, for "collecion" read "collection"; p. 449.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

For Christ reasons with men, and addresses the very highest form and quality of mind; He sets before men the alternative courses of life, and beseeches them to accept the straight and narrow way leading to repentance.
— from Bible Characters by Dwight Lyman Moody

Oriana and Mailah, attended by their faithful companion Rodolph, walked down to the edge of the river, to see the fishermen embark in their frail vessel; and, for some time, they watched the sport with considerable interest, and admired the skill with which Coubitant pierced and brought up several large fish.
— from The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers by Mrs. (Annie) Webb-Peploe