Hence, at the Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia June 19–21, 1900, we find that astute past-master of the science of government by parties, Senator Lodge, boldly throwing off the mask thus: We make no hypocritical pretense of being interested in the Philippines solely on account of others.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

deorc ‘ dark ,’ obscure, gloomy , B, Ps : sad, cheerless : sinister, wicked , Lk, Sat .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Of gentle blood (part shed in honour’s cause While yet in Britain honour had applause)
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

It seemed the great Black Parliament sitting in Tophet.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

sārgian (±) to cause pain, afflict, wound, grieve : be pained, suffer, languish , CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

General Baden- Powell says, italicizing the words:
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

While the girl was gone on this errand, Mrs. Nickleby hastily swept into a cupboard all vestiges of eating and drinking; which she had scarcely done, and seated herself with looks as collected as she could assume, when two gentlemen, both perfect strangers, presented themselves.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

[As you Like It]; wail. cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber[obs3], whimper, pule; pipe one's eye; drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear; melt into tears, burst into tears; fondre en larmes[Fr]; cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out; yammer.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

And lank is Mr. Peattie's shape, But with a dreamy, sensuous grace, Beseeming Peattie's swinging pace, Hangs Mr. Peattie's cape!
— from Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson

"It is a selfish quality in this case, which can only be gratified by preserving silence.
— from Red Money by Fergus Hume

She crept forward like a cat, crouched,—and a great black paw shot around with a clutching sweep.
— from The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

It is seen on a stone 5 feet high by 3 feet broad, and from 2 to 16 inches thick, at Skjern, in North Jutland (Fig. 80 ), which is here reproduced from the engraving given by Professor Stephens, who thus describes the figure:—“In the centre is the head of Thor, wild and bearded.
— from Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron Age by Joseph Anderson

"Let thy game be played!" said Ailill then, "for it pleaseth me none the less:" And Queen Maev and Fraech at the chess-board sate, and they played at the game of chess.
— from Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Volume 2 by Arthur Herbert Leahy

After the addresses were concluded, the body was borne to the grave by persons selected from the last named phratry, followed, first, by the sachems and chiefs, then by the family and gens of the decedent, next by his remaining phrators, and last by the members of the opposite phratry.
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

The funds of the institution are gathered by popular subscriptions among individuals and societies.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer

In all these respects there is a close agreement with the facts given by Professor Sedgwick in his celebrated memoir in the "Geological Transactions," and by Sir R. I. Murchison in his various excellent discussions on this subject.
— from Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete by Charles Darwin