The heart and circulation are always affected; the face reddens or becomes purple, with the veins on the forehead and neck distended.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

bōcrǣding f. reading of books , WW.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Whether he was affected by generalizations from reading or by the insuperable habit of looking at things objectively, which so often hinders people from living, but Vera's ecstasies and suffering struck him as affected, not to be taken seriously, and at the same time rebellious feeling whispered to him that all he was hearing and seeing now, from the point of view of nature and personal happiness, was more important than any statistics and books and truths. . . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The count got out helped by the footmen, and, passing among men and women who were entering and the program sellers, they all three went along the corridor to the first row of boxes.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He had a wife about fifteen years his junior, but no children; and they entered the neighbourhood with the usual fair report of being very respectable, agreeable people.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

2 for results of bad action to make themselves felt.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

American expression , derived from RACCOON or BEAR-HUNTING .
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

Let us take into consideration, no longer the person who has a confirmed will to do right, but him in whom that virtuous will is still feeble, conquerable by temptation, and not to be fully relied on; by what means can it be strengthened?
— from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The children at school get free dinners and clothing, and the family is favourably reported on by the Church.
— from New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Meanwhile, in the Department of the South a full regiment of blacks has been enlisted under Gen. Saxton; is already uniformed and armed, and has been actively drilling for the last seven weeks.
— from History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

It is more distressing still when, in the recollection of the young lady, there are yet lingering the faint relics of brighter and better hopes.
— from Penelope: or, Love's Labour Lost, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

Neale's flesh crept, he was almost glad that he had escaped the fearful responsibility of being on the Varsity.
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Some of these brakesmen were so used to tramps that they would confess a fear to run a train that had none, much the same as sailors look for rats on board a ship.
— from Beggars by W. H. (William Henry) Davies

The answer signifies this much, that, instead of having any relief or ease they are hereby the more tormented, and that by fresh recollections, or by bringing afresh their former ill-spent life, while in the world, into their remembrance.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

He could see nothing but the formidable rifle of Bois-Rose directed towards him, although in obedience to Fabian’s wishes, Bois-Rose would not finish the combat by striking his foe to the ground.
— from Wood Rangers: The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid