Supposeing we had went on, Capt Lewis and my Self halted at the mouth of White River & wend up a Short Crossed &, this river is about 400 yards, the water Confined within 150 yards, the Current regularly Swift, much resembling the Missourie, Sand bars makeing out from the points, Some Islands we Sent up two men to go up this river one Day and Meet us to morrow we proceeded on passed a Small Island Covered with Ceder timber, & great number of rabits, no game except rabits, and Camped on the S. S. opposit a large Creek, on which there is more wood than usial on Creeks in this quaterr this creek raised 14 feet last rain I Killed a Buck elk & a Deer
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

ANT: Run, glide, elide, rotate, flow.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

(8) Groves, E. R. "Psychic Causes of Rural Migration," American Journal of Sociology , XXI (1916), 623-27.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

That general effervescence results which is characteristic of revo [Pg 211] lutionary or creative epochs.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Gregory III, Pope, 2 n. Guest, editorial reference to, 32 n. Guthfrid, Abbot of Lindisfarne, 301 , 302 .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

This little sunny-faced girl with the dimpled cheek and rosy lips; the satin-smooth hazel hair, and the radiant hazel eyes?” (I had green eyes, reader; but you must excuse the mistake: for him they were new-dyed, I suppose.)
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

"Get 'em ready, then.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

hábito m garb ( esp. religious); habit.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Having cut my load, I strapped it together, and got everything ready for starting.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

1 January 2009: seats by party - PLN 25, PAC 16, PML 5, PUSC 5, PASE 1, PFA 1, PRN 1, independent 3 Cote d'Ivoire unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (225 seats; members are elected in single- and multi-district elections by direct popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: elections last held 10 December 2000 with by-elections on 14 January 2001 (elections originally scheduled for 2005 have been repeatedly postponed by the government) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FPI 96, PDCI-RDA 94, RDR 5, PIT 4, other 2, independents 22, vacant 2 note: a Senate was scheduled to be created in October 2006 elections that never took place Croatia unicameral Assembly or Sabor (153 seats; members elected from party lists by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 25 November 2007 (next to be held in November 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; number of seats by party - HDZ 66, SDP 57, HNS 6, HSS 6, HDSSB 3, IDS 3, SDSS 3, other 9 Cuba unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (number of seats in the National Assembly is based on population; 614 seats; members elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 20 January 2008 (next to be held in January 2013) election results: Cuba's Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed Cyprus unicameral - area under government control: House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to the Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots; note - only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Assembly of the Republic or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It is true that detachments of the German extreme right got as far afield as Creil, on the evening of September 2, and Chantilly on the following morning, but they were no more than a flank guard.
— from The Battle of the Marne by G. H. (George Herbert) Perris

There had been a hurried consultation in whispers in the great examination room.
— from An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

Nothing is more certain, than that many curious Pieces have escap’d the search of those who have publish’d Volumes of this Nature, either because they are grown extreamly Rare; or, perhaps, those who Translated were not Masters of the Languages in which they were Writ, or else for want of sufficient Information; since, as no Man can know all Things, neither can any be acquainted with all Books.
— from The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

Turkey and Greece, in the south-east; Portugal, in the south-west; Sweden and Norway, [1] in the bleak north, have yet to become members of the great European railway system.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 by Various

Both girls were handsome—Miriam tall, dark and oriental-looking, with flashing eyes and an imperious curve to her lips; Grace was also tall, with wavy, chestnut hair, fine gray eyes, regular features, a full, generous chin and cheeks glowing with health.
— from Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Josephine Chase

"So I've got 'em ready.
— from The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

“Then you must have very good eyesight,” remarked Jerry cuttingly, “for you were in your car, and how you could observe the calf, when it is so small that it doesn’t come to the top of our radiator, is more than I can understand.”
— from The Motor Boys Over the Ocean; Or, A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air by Clarence Young

"And we'll unpack and press our dresses and get everything ready for Class Day, won't we Mother?" said Mary Jane, "I think that'll be as much fun as seeing things." CLASS DAY FUN—AND TROUBLES
— from Mary Jane in New England by Clara Ingram Judson