Although I had eaten nothing since the evening before, my fears prevented my feeling hunger.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

When he had reached the age of fourteen a friend of his late father, an agent for a foreign preserved milk firm, having given him an opening as office-boy, he was discovered one foggy afternoon, in his chief’s absence, busy letting off fireworks on the staircase.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Why need we say splendid for pretty, magnificent for handsome, horrid for unpleasant, immense for large, thousands, or myriads, for any number more than two?
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

pt. s. , S; uloȝen , pl. , MD; flayn , pp. , MD; flean , HD.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Frosche , sb. frog, Voc.; froske , MD, H; froskes , pl. , MD; froskis , H; frosses , MD.—AS. frox ; cp. Icel. froskr .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

My father pat me frae his door, My friends they hae disown'd me a';
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Now Herod was an active man, and soon found proper materials for his active spirit to work upon.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Words of those heathen people For Man lac for Woman paranpaon for Young woman beni beni for Married woman babay [ 189 ] for Hair boho for Face guay for Eyelids pilac for Eyebrows chilei for Eye matta for Nose ilon for Jaws apin for Lips olol for Mouth baba for Teeth nipin for Gums leghex for Tongue dilla for Ears delengan for Throat liogh for Neck tangip for Chin queilan for Beard bonghot for Shoulders bagha for Spine licud for Breast dughan 367 for Body tiam Armpit ilot for Arm botchen for Elbow sico for Pulse molanghai for Hand camat for the Palm of the hand palan for Finger dudlo for Fingernail coco for Navel pusut for Penis utin for Testicles boto [ 191 ] for Vagina 368 billat for to have Communication with women jiam for Buttocks samput for Thigh paha for Knee tuhud for Shin bassag bassag 369 for Calf of the leg bitis for Ankle bolbol for Heel tiochid for Sole of the foot lapa lapa for Gold balaoan for Silver pilla for Brass concach for Iron butan for Sugarcane tube for Spoon gandan for Rice bughax baras for Honey deghex for Wax talho for Salt acin for Wine tuba nio nipa for to Drink minuncubil for to Eat macan for Hog babui for Goat candin for Chicken monoch for Millet humas for Sorgo batat for Panicum dana 370 for Pepper manissa for Cloves chianche [ 193 ] for Cinnamon mana for Ginger luia for Garlic laxuna for Oranges acsua for Egg silog for Cocoanut lubi for Vinegar zlucha for Water tubin for Fire clayo for Smoke assu for to Blow tigban for Balances tinban for Weight tahil 371 for Pearl mutiara for Mother of pearl tipay for Pipe
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Occasionally some unreasonable and irate customer would appear, storming at having to wait a few precious moments for her change, or at not being able to find the same glove that her friend purchased the week before—the chances being quite good that her friend might have bought the glove in another store.
— from The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford

His fancy performed miraculous feats How many instruments cannot clever women play upon Huntress with few scruples and the game unguarded I rather like to hear a woman swear.
— from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete by George Meredith

He determined to burn his bridges behind him before he called on his old friend Philip Manson, for he knew instinctively that Manson would strongly disapprove of the course he had laid out for himself, and, remembering his great esteem and affection for Manson, he was not sure enough of himself to venture within the circle of his influence without some extraneous aid to hold him to his purpose.
— from The Speculations of John Steele by Robert Barr

He who is in search of occult knowledge, by the means indicated in the foregoing pages, must fortify himself throughout the whole course of his efforts by the understanding that after persevering for some time he may have made suitable progress without becoming conscious of it in the precise way which he had expected.
— from The Way of Initiation; or, How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds by Rudolf Steiner

Here he came to an abrupt stop, walked on a pace or two, then turned to his companion with a vehemence which startled her—"Miss Leslie, you heard your friend praise me for humanity—courage—what not?
— from Vassall Morton: A Novel by Francis Parkman

I’ll go to Alderman Fondlewife by and by, and get fifty pieces more from him.
— from The Comedies of William Congreve: Volume 1 [of 2] by William Congreve

Thereupon they rode off at a fair pace, my father having recovered somewhat from the first shock of his wound, I following as best I could on foot.
— from With the King at Oxford: A Tale of the Great Rebellion by Alfred John Church

Mr. Madison .—The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzsimons ) has put this question on its proper ground; if gentlemen do not mean to oppose the commitment to-morrow, they may as well acquiesce in it to-day; and, I apprehend, gentlemen need not be alarmed at any measure it is likely Congress will take; because they will recollect, that the constitution secures to the individual States the right of admitting, if they think proper, the importa
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress