intimidad , f. , intimacy; familiarity or close connection.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

At Antioch the change was not introduced till about the year 375 A.D. What considerations led the ecclesiastical authorities to institute the festival of Christmas?
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

"When at last we got to the island where we had left the rest of our ships, we found our comrades lamenting us, and anxiously awaiting our return.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

In his descriptions of external nature—of the Lithuanian forests or of the scene around Soplicowo on the moonlight night just before the foray—Mickiewicz shows a genius for throwing a glamour of poetic beauty over the face of common things such as has never been surpassed.
— 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

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— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Poor Celinda's countenance gave such indications of melancholy and dismay, that he could not omit asking the cause of her disquiet, and she, at his earnest request, was prevailed upon to communicate the dreadful salutation of the preceding night, which she considered as an omen of death to some person of the family, in all probability to herself, as the groan seemed to issue from one corner of her own apartment.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Jo's upset the cake again!" caused a momentary flurry, which was hardly over when a flock of cousins arrived, and "the party came in," as Beth used to say when a child.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

For some reason the engineer had wines and cigars sent from abroad—duty free; somebody sent him caviare and baliki gratis; he did not pay rent for his house because his landlord supplied the railway with kerosene, and generally he and his daughter gave me the impression of having all the best things in the world at their service free of charge.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The Thursday brought us another letter from our client.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

St. Clare's rules are severe: But grown antiquated and neglected, many of late years have either been forgotten, or changed by universal consent into milder punishments.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

The dark conspiracy to deceive and enslave mankind, and the systematized measures to keep the world in ignorance, which constitutes a permanent feature of Catholic polity, could derive no aid from a liberal diffusion of Pagan erudition.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger

The first Spanish poet who followed the example of Boscan was Garcilaso de la Vega, a young Castilian, descended from a family of consideration in Toledo, and born, according to the statements of different authors, either in 1500 or 1503.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

It was decayed and full of cracks and chinks, one of which she enlarged with her fingers, cautiously and without noise, until she could obtain a plain view of the old hag and the taller ruffian, whom they called Levitt, seated together beside the decayed fire of charcoal, and apparently engaged in close conference.
— from The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Walter Scott

To found or create; 2. To get, gain, obtain, acquire, possess; 3.
— from Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? by Isaac Allen

Fun, of course.
— from Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

KNIGHT & SONS' Illustrated Catalogue, containing Description and Price of the best forms of Cameras and other Apparatus.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

And in spite of it all, we cannot kindle the flame of charity in your icy hearts.”
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

I am sorry for it too, as to thy part; for two reasons—one, that I think thy motive for thy curiosity was fear of consciousness: whereas that of the arch-thief was vanity, intolerable vanity: and he was therefore justly sent away with a blush upon his cheeks to heaven, and could not brag—the other, that I am afraid, if she dislikes thee, she dislikes me: for are we not birds of a feather?
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

he cried, with a loud tremulous voice, and, as he saw for an instant the face of Campan at the opposite door, a flash of joy passed over his face.
— from Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach