There he found four round rolls wrapped up in dressed sheepskin; one of these rolls he opened; then his mouth gaped and his eyes stared, I wot, as though they would never close again, for what did he see but fifty pounds of bright golden money?
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

The abolition of the jizya, freedom from religious restraint, control over the ancient feudatories of his house, and the restoration of all sequestrations, distinguish the other articles, and amply attest the improving attitude of Mewar, and the rapid decay of the Mogul empire.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

hreddan to free from, recover, rescue, save , Cr ; Æ: take away .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

]; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear; go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne[Fr], faire le diable a quatre[Fr], play the deuce.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving. beard &c. (roughness) 256; ramification; strand.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

I was properly sensible of his attention, but without wishing to profit by it and quite determined upon the journey to Berlin, I sighed after the moment in which I was to see my lord marshal, persuaded I should in future find real repose and lasting happiness nowhere but near his person.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful; horrid, horrible; dire; rank, peccant, foul, fulsome; rotten, rotten at the core.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

829. agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger; give one a shock, give one a turn; strike all of a heap; stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify. irritate, sting; cut to the heart, cut to the quick; try one's temper; fool to the top of one's bent, pique; infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil; lash into fury &c. (wrath) 900. be excited &c. adj.; flush up, flare up; catch the infection; thrill &c. (feel) 821; mantle; work oneself up; seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave; run mad &c. (passion) 825.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

About this time a schoolmate of mine whom I had not seen since boyhood, came tramping in on foot from Reese River, a very allegory of Poverty.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

As the superior Federal force rapidly recovered from its surprise, it became dangerous for those who had lingered to depart from the city.
— from Notes of a Private by John Milton Hubbard

"I'm going to follow father right round the world," said Tom.
— from Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father by Anonymous

17 Of whyche there flowed foure ryvers ryght clere, Sweter than Nysus or Ganges was theyr odoure, Tygrys or Eufrates unto them no pere.
— from The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem by Stephen Hawes

I was half way down—for rowing is faster wark than rinning—ere they could get at their arms; and then it was flash, flash, flash—rap, rap, rap—from the edge of the road; but my head was too jumbled to think anything either of that or
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

The reply was: "Induced to go to sea against the wishes of friends from reading Robinson Crusoe."
— from The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest, Sir

These Parks are important bird refuges, and Mr. Walter Fry, Forest Ranger, reports in them the presence of 261 species of birds, none of which may be hunted or shot.
— from Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

Nationality: noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French Ethnic divisions: Basques and Bretons (French fishermen) Religions: Roman Catholic 98% Languages: French Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982) total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% Labor force: 2,850 (1988) by occupation: NA @Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Government Names: conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon conventional short form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon local long form: Departement de Saint-Pierre et
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

hich many had fled for refuge, requiring asylum, and had been admitted as citizens.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

And Alice, pussy’s friend, although at times she may use the furry favourite rather roughly, is kind to her in the main.
— from The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables