After the year 1843 the one literary work which he never neglected was to furnish a Christmas story for his readers; and it is due in some measure to the help of these stories, brimming over with good cheer, that Christmas has become in all English-speaking countries a season of gladness, of gift giving at home, and of remembering those less fortunate than ourselves, who are still members of a common brotherhood.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

" At this Guy of Gisbourne gave another harsh laugh.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

THIS EXPLAINS THE RAPID GROWTH OF GREAT GENERALS, AND WHY A GENERAL IS NOT A MAN OF LEARNING.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

As, however, all was said under the guise of giving good advice, Cortes answered them very mildly, as nearly as possible in these words: "Much of what you have been representing to me has not escaped my own notice; but, what I have seen above all things, and of which I have gained the most convincing proofs, is this, that the whole world could not produce Spaniards who are so brave, and fight so courageously, and who could bear hardships as well as we do.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Nothing has been written on this topic which can be considered as decisive—and accordingly we find every where men of mechanical genius, of great general acuteness, and discriminative understanding, who make no scruple in pronouncing the Automaton a pure machine, unconnected with human agency in its movements, and consequently, beyond all comparison, the most astonishing of the inventions of mankind.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Geldüberweisung money transfer Geldüberweisungsdienst money transmission service Geldumlauf circulation of money Geldumlauf cycle of money Geldumlauf monetary circulation Geldverlegenheit pecuniary embarrassment Geldverleiher money lender Geldvermittler money broker Geldverschwendung waste of money Geldversorgung money supply Geldvolumen money supply Geldvolumen volume of money Geldwechsler money change Geldwechsler money changer Geldzuflüsse money inflows gelegen situated Gelegenheit occasion Gelegenheit opportunity Gelegenheit; günstiges Angebot bargain Gelegenheitsarbeit casual employment Gelegenheitsarbeit casual labour Gelegenheitsarbeit casual work Gelegenheitsarbeit odd job Gelegenheitsarbeiten odd jobs Gelegenheitsarbeiten verrichten jobbing Gelegenheitsarbeiter casual worker Gelegenheitsbeschäftigter casual employee Gelegenheitsbeschäftigung casual employment Gelegenheitskauf; günstige Gelegenheit bargain sale Gelegenheitskunde stray customer gelegentlich casual gelegentlich occasional gelegentlich auftretendes
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

18 Which, literally translated, means: Go out, good girls, and look and see, Go out, good girls, and see; For all your clothes are carried away, And the good man has the money.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

Ever she avoided the throng of the blessed gods and lived in a shadowy cave, and there the Son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph at dead of night, while white-armed Hera lay bound in sweet sleep: and neither deathless god nor mortal man knew it. (ll. 10-11) And so hail to you, Son of Zeus and Maia; with you I have begun: now I will turn to another song! (l. 12) Hail, Hermes, giver of grace, guide, and giver of good things!
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

When I depict it as a beautiful case, you see, miss," Mr. Bucket goes on, glancing gravely at Sir Leicester, "I mean from my point of view.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The thunders of eloquence being hushed, flashes of lightning, or, as the vulgar say, glasses of gin , gleamed about.
— from Paul Clifford — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

They crossed a narrow belt of timber and emerged upon a stretch of gently undulating prairie, which was densely covered [219] with a luxuriant growth of gramma grass, and over which they traveled at a lively gait until after sundown before again reaching timber and water.
— from Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by G. O. (George O.) Shields

Every one here is rich,—millionaire Russians and Lombards, Venetian Eccelenzas, Grandees d’Espagne, &c., are around us on every side; and the whole Lake is a gala of gay gondolas and dressy signoras, which figure not only reflected in the water, but once more and less pleasantly in one’s bank account.
— from Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

"Their manners of course are uncultivated, and their habits are what you would call unrefined—and no one would wish they should be cursed with the desire for elegancies, which habit has rendered indispensable with us, but which must be unattainable to them; but the germs of generosity, gratitude, and self-sacrifice for the good of others, may be found in many a one who would be puzzled to express his ideas in words."
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

The whizzing and whirring lead one to the bushes from a distance, and on approaching one is met by the brown spindle-like birds, darting out from the blooming shrubs, gleams of green, gold, and scarlet glancing from their gorgets.
— from A-Birding on a Bronco by Florence Merriam Bailey

Runolf gave Otkell good gifts, and said they should not see one another again.
— from The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor by Unknown

His lessons hadn’t done him much good; he would like to have seen good old Gordon Galorey again; he loved him—he had no use for Ruggles, no use—it had been all his fault.
— from The Girl From His Town by Marie Van Vorst

The prevailing ground colors are greenish olive, "ecru-olive," "lime green," or "grape green"; a few eggs are more buffy, "cream buff" to "deep olive buff."
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent

It was well adapted to its purpose as a refuge from the heat of the summer day, for the walls were lined with cool, colored earthenware tiles, the floor was a brightly-tinted mosaic of patterns on a ground of gold glass, and in the circular central ornament of this artistic pavement stood the real source of freshness: a basin, two man's length across, of brown porphyry flecked with white, from which a fountain leaped, filling the surrounding air with misty spray.
— from The Bride of the Nile — Volume 01 by Georg Ebers