Adj. cunning, crafty, artful; skillful &c. 698; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing &c.v.; strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving[obs3]; artificial; tricky, tricksy[obs3]; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand &c (hidden) 528; subdolous[obs3]; deceitful &c. 545; slippery as an eel, evasive &c. 623; crooked; arch, pawky[obs3], shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle|!; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

‘Of modern writers, I have received the greatest light from Geraldus, Pontanus, Ficinus, Vives, Comes, Scaliger, Sabinus, Pierius, and the crown of the latter, the Viscount of St. Albans.’
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

8, from various causes, each capsule being a distinct serous membrane.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

ON SANCHO I am the esquire Sancho Pan— Who served Don Quixote of La Man—; But from his service I retreat-, Resolved to pass my life discreet-; For Villadiego, called the Si—, Maintained that only in reti— Was found the secret of well-be—,
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Almighty God ( qui nisi custodiat civitatem, frustrà vigilat custos ) grant that her majesty evermore rightly esteem and rule this city; and he give grace, that the citizens may answer duty, as well towards God and her majesty, as towards this whole realm and country.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

fricō , rub down fricāre fricuī frictus Perfect participle also fricātus (Vitr.), cōn-fricātus (Varr., Plin.), dē-fricātus (Catull., Col., Plin.), īn-fricātus (Col., Plin.), per-fricātus (Vitr., Plin.).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The author takes the case of a pair of animals, producing during their lifetime two hundred offspring, of which, from various causes of destruction, only two on an average survive to pro-create their kind.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

She seemed disappointed and sad; when I heard a faint voice call her name.—It was from a poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage, and had excited the sympathy of every one on board.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

At Nikolsköe she had at her disposal a splendid, tastefully furnished mansion, a beautiful garden, and a range of orangeries (the late Odintsov having denied himself in nothing); but inasmuch as she made but rare appearances in the town, and then only on flying visits connected with business, the provincial gentry conceived a grudge against her, and took to gossiping of her marriage with Odintsov, and relating such impossible tales as that she had assisted her father in his nefarious schemes, that she had had her reasons for going abroad, and that certain unfortunate results of that tour had had to be concealed.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

The above lines were displayed by the worthy proprietor, in the pride of his heart, to all English travellers, as a tribute of respect for the resemblance of his paternal chateau to the Leasowes, and a striking coincidence between Shenstone's versification and his own.—We do not mean to insinuate that Mr. Spencer's French verses (" Cy gist un povre menestrel," with an Urn inscribed W. R. S. at the top) are precisely a return in kind for the quatrain above quoted: but we place it as a beacon to all young gentlemen of poetical propensities on the French Parnassus.
— from The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Just then he heard a familiar voice calling to him.
— from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf

The thought flashed through his mind that he must be [147] dreaming, but he had sense enough left to leap aside when a feminine voice called "Look out!"
— from On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved by Government Agents by William Nelson Taft

" Feeling very confused, Eric replaced the pistols carefully, their owner watching him with a malign glare which boded him no good.
— from The Wreckers of Sable Island by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

The thin female voice came across the speaker phone clearly.
— from Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau

He thought the committee had abundant materials before them completely to refute the first proposition; and he was surprised, knowing that these documents were in the hands of every member, that the gentleman from Virginia could expect to impress their minds with the idea that no indignity whatever had been offered by the French Government to this country in that transaction.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Though both Maud Greening and Kitty Harrison had become more friendly, Vera Clifford and Muriel still held aloof from Patty, and it was owing to them that an unpleasant incident occurred one day which caused the latter much distress.
— from The Nicest Girl in the School: A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

“And so you see, mother,” she concluded, “I feel very confident that he is in this ship—for the man could have no reason to lie to me about it.
— from A Sister to Evangeline Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand Pré by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

The Groote Kerk (1470-1498), dedicated to St Lawrence, is a handsome building and contains the tomb of Floris V., count of Holland (d. 1296), a brass of 1546, and some paintings (1507).
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg