This constitution, like other physical conformations, is hereditary, and is transmitted to sons as well as daughters; but it is possible, and probable, that the nervous temperament (as it is called) is inherited by a greater number of women than of men.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

V. D. Contains a great number of words italicized as Cant , low, or barbarous.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

No, don't go; no one will come in here; it is sure to be for Torvald.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

Now the great king makes his marches not only well furnished 192 from home with provisions for his table and with cattle, but also taking with him water from the river Choaspes, which flows by Susa, of which alone and of no other river the king drinks: and of this water of the Choaspes boiled, a very great number of waggons, four-wheeled and drawn by mules, carry a supply in silver vessels, and go with him wherever he may march at any time.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself, and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be, she could not entirely repress a doubt, while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit, of his being altogether completely agreeable.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Gostegion priodas, bans of matrimony Gostegiad, n. a silencing Gostegu, v. to silence, to still Goategwr, n. the crier of a court, who commands silence; a silencer Gostrodyr, n. a pannel Gostwng, n. a lowering: v. to bring down Gostyngedig, a. lowered; humble; humbled, abased Gostyngeiddio, v. to become abased, to become humble Gostyngiad, n. a lowering Gostyngu, v. to lower, to abase Gostyngwr, n. one who abases, inclines, lowers, or humbles Goswydd, n. a petty office Goswyn, n. a slight charm Gosymdaith, n. provision, support Gosymdeithiad, n. a provisioning Gosymdeithio, v. to provide sustenance Gosymerth, n. the gossamer Gosymmaith, n. support, food Gosymu, v. to warble Gosymud, n. a slight move Gosymwy, n. warbling, trilling Gosyn, a. half amazed Gosynio, v. to half consider Gosyrthio, v. to totter Got, n. incontinence Gotiar, n. a coot, a moor-hen Gôtio, v. to commit adultery Gotoew, n. a spur Goth, n. repulsion; pride Gothi, v. to scorn; to be proud, to act proudly Gowaered, n. declivity, a slope Gowanu, v. to divide; to gash Gowci, n. a jackdaw Gowel, a. transparent, clear Gowelu, n. somewhat pale Gowenu, v. to half smile Gower, n. a croft, a close Gowni, n. basting stitch Gowregysu, v. to gird slackly Gowrid, n. a slight blush Gowrthodi, v. to half reject Gowybod, v. to know partly Gowych, a. somewhat brave Göyfed, n. a slight nipping Göysu, v. to half consume Gra, n. frieze of cloth Grab, n. a bluster, exuberance Graban, n. what is clustered Grabin, a. clasping; scrambling Gradd, n. degree, rank, state Graddeb, n. a climax Graddedigaeth, n. a graduation Graddiad, n. a graduation Graddiannu, v. to graduate Graddiant, n. graduation Graddineb, n. graduality Graddio, v. to confer rank Graddogi, v. to graduate Graddol, a. progressive Graddoli, v. to graduate Grae, n. what is asperate, sharp, or rough Graean, n. gravel, course sand Graeanol, a. granular, gritty Graeander, n. granulosity Graeandde, a. granular Graeanen, n. a grain Graenllyd, a. gravelly, gritty Graeanu, v. to granulate Graen, n. asperity; grief, asperate; grievous Graender, n. poignancy Graenon, n. gravelly particles Graenu, v. to make rough Graf, n. the garlic Grafel, n. a lubber; a ruffian Grai, n. a blight, a blast Groiad, n. a blighting Graid, n. sun heat; ardency, a. ardent, vehement Grain, n. a socket; a ring Gram, n. a sign, a symbol Grammadeg, n. a grammar Grammadegol, a. grammatical Grammadegwr, a grammarian Grammadegydd, n. a grammarian Gran, n. the cheekbone: a. precipitous, shelvy Granwg, n. side of the face Granygre, n. the visage Gras, n. grace Grawg, n. a horrid uproar Grawn, n. berries; grain; roe of fish.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

It is evident, according to the principles above-mentioned, that when an object produces any passion in us, which varies according to the different quantity of the object; I say, it is evident, that the passion, properly speaking, is not a simple emotion, but a compounded one, of a great number of weaker passions, derived from a view of each part of the object.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

He flourished in the time of Sylla, and composed a great number of works; amongst which were five books on Rome.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Rosamond, examining some muslin-work, listened in silence, and at the end gave a certain turn of her graceful neck, of which only long experience could teach you that it meant perfect obstinacy.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Then the Paleface took from his clothes a great necklace, on which strange figures were drawn, and showing it to my father, said, 'Your Pale Grandfather of the United States has given me the property in all the land stretching from Antelope's Fall to Buffalo Lake.
— from The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War by Gustave Aimard

When Constantine removed the capital of the Roman empire to the ancient Byzantium, he sought to beautify it by all means in his power, and for this purpose he removed a great number of works of art from Rome to Constantinople, and among them these bronze horses of Lysippus.
— from St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 by Various

And yet Marie was not a pretty girl: no one would have thought for a moment of calling her pretty.
— from Beth Woodburn by Maud Petitt

We had suffered severely from the sting of insects, but we had withstood the insalubrity of the climate; we had passed without accident the great number of waterfalls and bars, which impede the navigation of the rivers, and often render it more dangerous than long voyages by sea.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

"My errand," the man said in a silken tone that gloved grimmest menace, "is much the same as yours--quite naturally--but more fortunate; for I shall get not only what I came for, but something more." "What--?" "The opportunity to plead with you, face to face.
— from Red Masquerade Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter by Louis Joseph Vance

The "Reprisal" was commanded by Capt. Lambert Wickes, a gallant naval officer who had been cruising during the summer before in the West Indies, where he had shown himself worthy of the people's trust.
— from The Boys of 1812 and Other Naval Heroes by James Russell Soley

And now, that there may be no mistake as to our country, we will have some cheese—fromage de Roquefort, Gruyère, Neufchatel, or whatever you like—and a beaker of Burgundy after, and then remove the cloth, for I hate dabbling in dowlas after dinner is done.
— from Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Robert Smith Surtees

"—I could only envy these lines of gold; not one word of them had any reference to me: for I was still but a child.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai