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gray eyes rather near
"Those deep gray eyes rather near together—and the delicate irregular nose with a sort of ripple in it—and all the powdered curls hanging backward.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

gray eyes rather near
" The cousin was so close now, that, when he lifted his hat, Dorothea could see a pair of gray eyes rather near together, a delicate irregular nose with a little ripple in it, and hair falling backward; but there was a mouth and chin of a more prominent, threatening aspect than belonged to the type of the grandmother's miniature.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

grave earnestness relaxed no
With a face whose grave earnestness relaxed no whit, with firmly compressed lips and knitted brow, the serious person shuffled and double-shuffled, and swung and teetered, and flailed the floor with his rattling soles, till the perspiration poured in rivulets down his solemn face.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

generally every rational nature
This principle, that humanity and generally every rational nature is an end in itself (which is the supreme limiting condition of every man's freedom of action), is not borrowed from experience, firstly, because it is universal, applying as it does to all rational beings whatever, and experience is not capable of determining anything about them; secondly, because it does not present humanity as an end to men (subjectively), that is as an object which men do of themselves actually adopt as an end; but as an objective end, which must as a law constitute the supreme limiting condition of all our subjective ends, let them be what we will; it must therefore spring from pure reason.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

great effort realized next
Simpson felt the cool air upon his cheek and uncovered head; realized that he was shivering with the cold; and, making a great effort, realized next that he was alone in the Bush— and that he was called upon to take immediate steps to find and succor his vanish
— from The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

greatly endowed Rhiniad n
n. setting in a row Rheiad, n. a radiating Rheian, n. a streak, a stripe Rheianu, v. to streak, to stripe Rheio, v. to radiate, to gleam Rheibes, n. a witch, a charmer Rheibiad, n. a bewitching Rheibiadaeth, n. witchery Rheibiadu, v. to fascinate Rheidiadus, a. fascinating Rheibiaeth, n. rapacity Rheibiant, n. a forcible possessing Rheibiedig, a. seized; fascinated Rheibio, v. to seize, to snatch, to captivate, to bewitch Rheibiol, a. seizing; bewitching Rheibioldeb, n. a seized state Rheibog, n. power of digestion Rheibus, a. rapacious, greedy Rheidedd, n. necessity, want Rheidiannu, v. to necessitate Rheidiant, n. necessity, need Rheidio, v. to necessitate; to need Rheidiol, a. necessary, needful Rheidioldeb, n. necessariness Rheidioli, v. to render needful Rheidus, a. necessitous, needy Rheidusni, n. neediness, need Rheiduso, v. to render needy Rheiddin, a. radiating; profuse Rheiddio, v. to radiate; to dart Rheiddyn, n. a dart, a glance Rheiniad, n. a throwing a lance Rheinio, v. to throw a lance Rheitheg, n. canon of speech Rheithfawr, a. greatly just Rheithiad, n. a regulation Rheithiadol, a. canonical Rheithiadur, n. a regulalor Rheithio, v. to fix a law Rheithiol, a. established as law Rheithioreg, n. rhetoric Rheithiwr, n. a juryman Rhelyw, n. a trail; a residue, the rest Rhem, n. what runs out Rhemiad, n. a running out: n. a muttering Rhemmwth, n. a gorbelly; a glutton Rhemp, n. an excess; frenzy: a. bewitched: crazy Rhempiad, n. an infatuation Rhempian, v. to snatch greedily Rhempio, v. to run to excess Rhen, n. the supreme, the Lord Rhenc, n. a row, rank Rhenciad, n. placing in a row Rhencio, v. to place in a row Rhent, n. an income; a rent Rhentu, v. to get income, to rent Rheol, n. a rule, an order Rheolaidd, a. orderly, regalar Rheoledigaeth, n. regulation Rheoli, v. to order, to sway Rheolus, a. orderly, regular Rheolwr, n. ruler Rhes, n. a row, a rank Rhesel, n. a rack, a grate Rheselu, v. to form a rack Rhesio, v. to set in a row Rhestog, n. plaited work; mat Rhestr, n. array, order, rank Rhestredigaeth, n. arrangement Rhestriad, n. an arranging Rhestrig, n. a row, a range Rhestrog, a. rowed; plaited, matted Rhestrol, a. ordinal; arrayed Rhrestru, v. to range, to marshal Rhesu, v. to place in a row Rheswm, n. reason, sense Rhesymeg, n. logic; reasoning Rhesymiad, n. a reasoning Rhesymol, a. rational; tolerable Rhesymoldeb, n. rationality Rhesymu, v. to reason, to argue Rheth, n. a pervading quality Rhrethren, n. a pike, a lance Rhëu, v. to run about; to move Rheuedd, n. activity, agility Rhew, n. what is slippery; frost Rhewi, v. to freeze; to be ice Rhewiad, n. a freezing Rhewlyd, a. freezing, frosty Rhewyn, n. a drain, a gutter Rhewys, a wanton, lusting Rhi, n. what is specific; a chief Rhiaidd, a. notable, pre-eminent Rhial, n. an original lineage Rhiallu, n. hundred thousand Rhian, n. a dame, a lady Rhianaidd, a. feminine; female Rhianon, n. a goddess, a nymph Rhiaint, n. a parent, a source Rhiol, a. noble, royal Rhib, n. a streak; a dribblet Rhibin, n. scanty row, streak Rhibio, v. to streak; to dribble Rhibib, n. a reed pipe; a hautboy Rhic, n. a notch; to groove Rhicio, v. to notch; to groove Rhiciol, a. notching; grooving Rhid, n. a drain; semen Rhidio, v. to drain; to secrete Rhidyll, n. a riddle, a sieve Rhydyllio, v. to riddle, to sift Rhidys, n. a drain; a rill Rhidysio, v. to flow dribbling Rhidd, n. a centre; an obstacle Rhiddio, v. to centre; to repel Rhieddu, v. to act as a chief Rhieniol, a. feminine Rhieni, n. ancestry, parents Rhieniaeth, n. parentage Rhieniol, a. parental Rhies, n. a dame, a lady Rhif, n. what divides; number Rhifadwy, a. numerable Rhifedigaeth, n. numeration Rhifedydd, Rhifiedydd, n. a numerator Rhifedd, n. numerousness Rhifiad, n. a numbering Rhifiannol, a. numerary Rhifiannu, v. to numerate Rhifiog, a. numerous, many Rhifnod, n. a numeral Rhifnodol, a. numerical Rhifnodiad, n. numeration Rhifo, Rhifnodi, v. to numerate, to number, to count, to reckon Rhifol, a. numeral, numerical Rhifyddeg, n. arithmetic Rhifyn, n. a single number Rhifyddiaeth, n. numeration Rhiff, n. what divides or parts Rhifft, n. what is divided, a rift Rhig, n. a notch, a groove; the pillory Rhign, n. a notch, a groove Rhignedd, n. a notched part Rhigo, v. to notch, to groove Rhigod, n. a pillory Rhigol, n. a groove; trench Rhigoliad, n. a grooving; a trenching Rhigolydd, n. groove plane Rhilgwm, n. a long row; rote Rhigymu, v. to say by rote Rhing, n. a creak, a clink Rhingwar, n. a clamp Rhyngyll, n. a serjeant Rhingyllaeth, n. serjeantship Rhil, n. an interstice Rhill, n. a row; trench; drill Rhilio, v. to row; to drill Rhim, n. a rim, an edge Rhimio, v. to rim, to edge Rhimp, a rim, an extremity Rhimpyn, n. an extremity; a rhyme Rhimyn, n. a rim, an edge Rhimynu, v. to form a rim Rhin, n. what pervades; a channel; a virtue, a secret; a charm Rhinc, n. a creak; a gnash; a quail Rhincio, v. to creak; to gnash Rhinciol, a. creaking; clacking Rhincyn, n. a creak, a clink, a gnash, a clack Rhinfawr, a. greatly endowed Rhiniad, n. an using of mystery Rhinio, v. to endure with a virtue; to use mystery Rhiniol, a. mysterious, secret Rhint, n. a notch, a groove Rhintach, a. notched, grooved Rhinwedd, n. virtue; mystery Rhinweddol, a. virtuous Rhip, n. a skip, an over-skip Rhipai, n. a hatchel Rhipio, v. to pass or skip over Rhis, n. what is broken into points Rhisellt, n. a grater; a rasp Rhisg, n. bark, rind Rhisgen, n. a dish or bowl of bark Rhisgl, n. bark, coat or rind Rhisglad, n. a barking Rhisglo, v. to bark, to strip bark Rhisglog, a. having bark Rhisglyn, n. a piece of bark Rhisgo, v. to bark, to strip of bark, to peel Rhith, n. guise, appearance, semblance, an embryo Rhithedd, n. apparentness Rhithiant, n. appearance Rhithio, v. to appear, to seem Rhithiol, a. appearing, apparent Rhithiogaeth, a. appearance Rhithiogi, v. to give appearance Rhiw, n. a drift; a slope Rho, n. what is put off; a gift Rhoc, n. a rocking, a shake Rhocas, n. a lad, a youth Rhocian, v. to keep rocking Rhocos, n. broken particles Rhoch, n. a grunt, a groan Rhochain, v. to keep grunting Rhochiad, n. a grunting Rhochi, v. to grunt, to growl Rhôd, n. an orb; a wheel; the ecliptic Rhodell, n. a whirl, a spindle Rhoden, n. a switch, a whip Rhodfa, n. a circular course Rhodiana, v. to stroll about Rhodienai, n. a gadding gossip Rhodienol, a. ambulatory Rhodio, v. to walk about Rhodl, n. a paddle; a scull Rhodle, n. a course, a range Rhodli, v. to paddle, to scull Rhodol, a. wheeling; wandering Rhodres, n. ostentation; pomp Rhodresgar, Rhodresol, a. ostentatious, pompous Rhodresu, v. to swagger Rhodreswr, n. a boaster, a swaggerer Rhodwedd, n. an orbit, a course Rhodwydd, n. an open course Rhodd, n. a gift, a present Rhoddedigaeth, n. a donation Rhoddi, v. to give, to bestow Rhoddiannol, a. donative Rhoddiant, n. a donation Rhoddol, a. giving, bestowing Rhoddwyr, n. a giver, a bestower Rhogl, n. scent, odour, smell Rhoi, v. to give to bestow Rhol, n. a roll, a cylinder Rholbren, n. a rolling-pin Rholen, n. a roll, a roller Rholiad, n. a rolling Rholian, v. to be rolling about Rholio, v. to roll or turn about Rholyn, n. a roll, a roller, a chub Rhon, n. a tail; a pike, a lance Rhonc, n. a sinking Rhonca, a. sinking Rhoncian, v. to sink, to become hollow Rhonell, n. a tail; hair of a tail Rhonellog, a. having a tail Rhonos, small broken particles Rhont, n. a frisk, to gambol Rhonta, v. to frisk, to gambol Rhonten, n. a merry frisker Rhontyn, n. a frisker Rhos, n. moist land, a moor: n. rose Rhosb, n. a whim, a trick; a doggerel Rhosbai, n. a doggerel rhymster Rhosdir, n. fenny ground Rhoslyd, a. fenny, marshy Rhost, a. dried, browned, over roasted Rhostio, v. to brown over, to roast Rhostog, n. the plover Rhoth, a. loose; hollow Rhu, n. a loud utterance, a roar Rhuad, n. a roaring; loquacity Rhuadol, a. roaring Rhuadu, v. to make a roaring Rhaudwy, a. roaring Rhuch, n. a film; a husk Rhuchion, n. husks Rhuchioni, v. to clear of husks Rhuchionyn, n. a husk; a film Rhud, n. a cast or drive forward Rhudd, a. ruddy hue, crimson: a. ruddy, crimson; callow Rhuddain, a. crimson Rhuddo, v. to make crimson Rhuddog, n. the redbreast Rhudded, n. a red streak; a path Rhuddel, n. a ruddy hue; a glow Rhuddeli, n. a red slave Rhuddell, n. ruddle, red ochre to mark sheep Rhuddellen, n. one of a ruddy hue Rhuddellu, v. to stain with crimson Rhuddem, n. a ruby Rhudden, n. a red streak Rhuddfa, Rhuddfan, n. parched spot Rhuddfelyn, n. orange yellow Rhuddgoch, a. pink red Rhuddiad, n. a turning to crimson Rhuddin, n. heart of timber Rhuddion, n. husks Rhuddlas, a. crimson blue Ruddlwyd, a. russet colour Rhuddos, n. the marigold Rhuddwern, n. bird cherry tree Rhuddugl, n. the radish Rhuf, n. what breaks out; a flush Rhufell, n. the fish roach Rhufon, n. a reddened one; a warrior Rhug, n. what has breaks or points Rhugl, a. free, ready; fluent; rife Rhugledd, n. quick motion, fluency Rhuglen, n. a drum Rhuglgroen, n. a rattle made of dry skin with stones in it Rhugliad, n. friction; clearance Rhuglo, v. to clear, to smooth, to rub Rhull, a. rife; frank; rash; hasty Rhum, n. what projects or swells Rhumen, n. a paunch Rhumog, a. rotund: n. paunch Rhumwth, n. a greedy-gut Rhun, n. a lavish one Rhuo, v. to roar; to talk Rhuol, a. roaring, loquacious Rhuor, a. roaring, blustering Rhus, a start, a recoil; reynard Rhuso, v. to start; to hesitate Rhusol, a. starting; hesitating Rhusgar, a. apt to start; restive Rhusiad, n. a starting from Rhuth, n. breaking out or from Rhuthr, n. a gust, a rush, an assault, an attack; a good while Rhuthro, v. to rush; to assault Rhuthrol, a. rushing; assailing Rhuthriad, n. a rushing on Rhuwch, n. exterior coat; a rug Rhuwchen, n. a rough coat; a rug Rhwb, n. a rub, a chafe Rhwbiad, n. rubbing; friction Rhwbio, v. to rub, to chafe Rhwch, n. what is rough; a grunt Rhwchiad, n. a grunting Rhwchial, n. a shrill grunting Rhwchiala, v. to grunt Rhwchiawl, a. grunting Rhwchws, n. a ray, a skate Rhwd, n. sediment; smut; rust Rhwdog, a. covered with rust Rhwf, n. what swells or puffs out Rhwg, n. what projects; a ruff Rhwgn, n. a rub, a friction Rhwng, n. an intermediacy Rhwmp, n. a borer, an anger Rhwn, what covers over Rhwnc, n. snore; rattle Rhwnciad, n. a rattling, guggling Rhwncian, v. to rattle, to guggle Rhwnen, n. a single pear Rhwnsi, n. a rough coated horse Rhwnt, n. what covers over Rhwnyn, n. pears Rhws, n. cultivated region Rhwtio, v. to corrode; to fret Rhwtion, n. dregs Rhwtioni, v. to produce dregs Rhwtws, n. broken parts; dregs Rhwth, a. wide, gaping, yawing Rhwy, n. excess, superfluity Rhywol, a. excessive superfluity Rhwych, n. whaf extends Rhwyd, n. a net, a snare Rhwyden, n. a small net; a caul Rhwydiad, n. a reticulation Rhwydo, v. to net, to ensnare Rhwydog, a. reticulated, netted Rhwydd, a. free, easy, tolerable Rhwyddâd, n. a making easy Rhwyddâu, v. to facilitate Rhwydd-deb, n. facility; success Rhwyddineb, n. easy, free state Rhwyddoli, v. to facilitate Rhwyddyni, v. to facilitate Rhwyf, n. what impels; ambition; a ruler; an oar Rhwyfadain, n. a directing fin Rhwyfadur, n. a swayer Rhwyfain, v. to be swaying Rhwyfan, n. impulse; sway: v. to sway; to lead Rhwyfaniad, n. domination Rhwyfanu, v. to dominate Rhwyfanus, a. imperious Rhwyfiad, n. a swaying; a rowing Rhwyfiant, n. domination Rhwyfo, v. to sway; to row Rhwyfol, a. swaying; rowing Rhwyfolaeth, n. dictatorship Rhwyfoldeb, n. a state of sway Rhwyfus, apt to sway; haughty Rhwyg, n. a rent, a rupture Rhwygo, v. to rend, to tear Rhwygol, a. rending tearing Rhwyll, n. a ring-fence; a paddock: n. an interstice, fret work; a casement Rhwyllo, v. to form insterstices Rhwyllog, a. fretted; cross-barred; grated Rhwym, n. a bond, a tie: a. bound, tied, fastened Rhwymedigaeth, n. restriction Rhwymedigol, a. restrictive Rhwymtdd, n. restraint; bondage Rhwymiad, n. a binding, a tying Rhwymiant, n. restriction Rhwymo, v. to bind, to tie Rhwymyn, n. a band: a swathe Rhwymynu, v. to swaddle Rhwyn, n. a wind, a twist Rhwyno, v. to bind, to tie Rhwyoli, v. to render excessive Rhwys, n. vigour; wantonness; luxurance Rhwysedd, n. vigourousness Rhwysg, n. a carreer; sway Rhwysglo, v. to run headlong Rhwysglyd, a. froward, restive Rhwysgol, a. swaying; risking Rhwysiad, n. invigoration Rhwysog, a. vigorous, luxuriant Rhwysol, a. invigorating Rhwysogi, v. to luxuriate Rhwysoldeb, n. vigour Rhwysoli, v. to invigorate Rhwystr, n. hinderance; let Rhwystredig, a. hindering Rhwystri, n. hindrance; let Rhwystro, to hinder, to obstruct Rhwystrusi, n. hindrance Rhwyth, n. what pervades; juice Rhwytho, v. to pervade, to ooze Rhy, n. excess, superfluity Rhyado, v. to leave utterly Rhyaddo, v. to promise overmuch Rhyal, n. a procreation Rhybarch, n. extreme regard Rhybed, n. a clinched state Rhybediad, n. a clinching Rhyborthi, v. to support fully Rhybrynu, v. to purchase fully Rhybuch, n. earnest longing Rhybudd, n. notice, warning Rhybuddio, v. to give notice Rhybuddiol, a. warning Rhyburo, v. to purify fully Rhybwyso, v. to over-weigh Rhybwyth, n. a retort; over-play Rhych, n. a trench, a furrow Rhychio, Rhychu, v. to trench, to furrow Rhychwant, n. a span length Rhychwantu, v. to span Rhychware, n. excess of play Rhyd, n. a course; a ford Rhydaf, n. an overspreading Rhydain, n. a young deer, a fawn Rhydalu, v. to over-pay Rhydanu, v. to spread greatly Rhydarf, n. excessive rout Rhydeddu, v. to render supreme Rhyderig, a. barren, as to breeding Rhydgoch, a. of a russet colour Rhydio, v. to ford, to pass Rhydle, n. a fording place Rhydlyd, a. apt to rust, rusty Rhydni, n. rustiness, rust Rhydöi, v. to overspread Rhydollt, n. sawdust Rhydres, n. arrogance Rhydresol, a. supercilious Rhydu, v. to rust, to grow rusty Rhydweli, n. an artery Rhydwf, n. exuberance Rhydwng, n. an anathema Rhydyllu, v. to perforate Rhydyn, a. overstrained Rhydd, n. liberty, freedom: a. at large; free; liberal Rhyddâd, n. a liberating Rhyddadlu, v. to dispute overmuch Rhyddail, n. second leaves Rhyddaol, a. loosening, freeing Rhyddâu, v. to free, to liberate Rhydd-did, Rhyddid, n. liberty Rhydderchafu, v. to over exalt Rhyddewyllys, n. freewill Rhyddiaith, n. free language; prose Rhyddiant, n. relaxation liberation Rhyddineb, n. freedom, facility Rhyddogni, v. to over-supply Rhyddonio, v. to gift greatly Rhyddrent, n. gavelkind Rhyerchi, v. to ask earnestly Rhyfion, n. currants Rhyfael, n. excessive gain Rhyfai, n. an extreme fault Rhyfail, n. a prepossession Rhyfaint, n. an excess Rhyfalu, v. to grind extremely Rhyfanu, v. to impress Rhyfarnu, v. to pre-judge Rhyfawrth, n. March wind Rhyfedd, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddod, n. a surprise, a wonder Rhyfeddol, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddu, v. to wonder, to be surprised Rhyfel, n. war, warfare Rhyfela, v. to wage war, to war Rhyfelog, a. belligerent.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

greatest extent runs nearly
Their country was of a triangular form, and watered by the Nile, which, passing through it in its greatest extent, runs nearly down the middle.
— from An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged by William Playfair

great Eastern Road nigh
He might have pushed on along the great Eastern Road, nigh as Derbe was to the passes through the Taurus Range which led directly to Cilicia and Tarsus.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 by George Thomas Stokes

gladly escaped resolving not
(to the maid, who again gladly escaped, resolving not to re-enter till the case was decided).
— from Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe

great earthen ramparts now
Bayonne, the fortress city, looked peaceful enough with its tapering cathedral spires rising above the great earthen ramparts, now grass-grown and long disused to war.
— from Europe from a Motor Car by Russell Richardson

GUTENBERG EBOOK ROYAL NAVAL
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Explained, by Thomas Brassey *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROYAL NAVAL ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS *** *****
— from The Organisation of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers Explained by Brassey, Thomas Brassey, Earl

gentlemanly estate resembling now
He continued to accompany me, it is true, but thrust from his high gentlemanly estate, resembling now rather those bleary, dilapidated Glasgow porters that greet one’s arriving vessel, his frail form, like theirs, begirt and bandaged in order to support the few light belongings I now dared to entrust to his feebleness.
— from The Joys of Being a Woman, and Other Papers by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland

geographiae et rei nauticae
m. Genus dicatum Jano Huigenio Linschotenio, geographo, navarcho, itineratori seculi XVI., qui historiae naturalis, imprimis vero geographiae et rei nauticae progressui eximie profuit.
— from Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by T. L. (Thomas Livingstone) Mitchell

great emotions restored Nature
And yet there, the reverence that comes from great emotions restored Nature’s first and imperishable, and most lovely, and most noble Law,—THE INEQUALITY BETWEEN MAN AND MAN!
— from Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

good ever remains nothing
But there cannot be a supreme evil; because, as was shown above (Q. 48, A. 4), although evil always lessens good, yet it never wholly consumes it; and thus, while good ever remains, nothing can be wholly and perfectly bad.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

good education replied Nancy
‘You gave us a good education,’ replied Nancy, still in the same tone, ‘and we might have associated with very different people from those you have been speaking of; but education alone isn’t enough.
— from In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing


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