Himseeming they recked less of the world and lived more merrily than other folk, as was indeed the case, he questioned divers persons of their condition and hearing from all that they were poor men and painters, he took it into his head that it might not be they lived so blithely of their poverty, but concluded, for that he had heard they were shrewd fellows, that they must needs derive very great profits from some source unknown to the general; wherefore he was taken with a desire to clap up an acquaintance, an he might, with them both, or at least with one of them, and succeeded in making friends with Bruno.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Fell , sb. skin, S3; fel , MD, S2, G, P; felle , S2; felles , pl. , S; uelles , S; fellys , S2.—AS. fell ; cp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

under these circumstances there seems to be but a gloomy prospect for subsistence on any terms; we therefore took it into serious consideration what measures we were to pursue on this occasion; it was at once deemed inexpedient to wait the arrival of the salmon as that would detain us so large a portion of the season that it is probable we should not reach the United States before the ice would close the Missouri; or at all events would hazard our horses which we lelft in charge of the Chopunnish who informed us that they intended passing the rocky mountains to the Missouri as early as the season would permit them wich is as we believe about the begining of May.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Therefore, lady, let us, as I say, forestall his schemes by our activity, and let us depart at once in quest of fair fortune; for your highness is only kept from enjoying it as fully as you could desire by my delay in encountering your adversary.” Don Quixote held his peace and said no more, calmly awaiting the reply of the beauteous princess, who, with commanding dignity and in a style adapted to Don Quixote’s own, replied to him in these words, “I give you thanks, sir knight, for the eagerness you, like a good knight to whom it is a natural obligation to succour the orphan and the needy, display to afford me aid in my sore trouble; and heaven grant that your wishes and mine may be realised, so that you may see that there are women in this world capable of gratitude; as to my departure, let it be forthwith, for I have no will but yours; dispose of me entirely in accordance with your good pleasure; for she who has once entrusted to you the defence of her person, and placed in your hands the recovery of her dominions, must not think of offering opposition to that which your wisdom may ordain.” “On, then, in God’s name,” said Don Quixote; “for, when a lady humbles herself to me, I will not lose the opportunity of raising her up and placing her on the throne of her ancestors.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

any S96 , 1855 , and Grolier ( perhaps from some copy of 1633 ) 23-4 punctuation from MSS: at their best, Sweetnesse, and wit they'are, but, Mummy , possest.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

It was a pretty scene outside the house: the farmers and their families were moving about the lawn, among the flowers and shrubs, or along the broad straight road leading from the east front, where a carpet of mossy grass spread on each side, studded here and there with a dark flat-boughed cedar, or a grand pyramidal fir sweeping the ground with its branches, all tipped with a fringe of paler green.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

But the elder Wife saw her husband growing grey with great pleasure, for she did not like to be mistaken for his mother.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

These Coffee Pots Are Widely Used in Sweden for Boiling Coffee Left, copper pot with wooden handle and iron legs designed to stand in the coals—Center, glass-globe pot, for stove use, enclosed in felt-lined brass cosey—Right, hand-made hammered-brass kettle for stove use] Already, in the more progressive homes, and in the best hotels and restaurants, the coffee is uniformly good, and the service all that it should be.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

A judicial institution which obtains the suffrages of a great people for so long a series of ages, which is zealously renewed at every epoch of civilization, in all the climates of the earth and under every form of human government, cannot be contrary to the spirit of justice.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

We have got projects for schools and research centers.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Verdict found ' Not guilty '—prisoner forthwith set free, 'Mid cheers the Court pretends to disregard!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

"This instruction was given to Generaless Praskóvya Feódorovna Saltykóff, by Feódor Avkséntievitch, Archpriest of the Church of the Life-giving Trinity"; again, some item of political news, like the following: "In the ' Moscow News ,' it is announced that Premier-Major Mikhaíl Petróvitch Kolýtcheff has died.
— from A Nobleman's Nest by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

These priests knew more about good places for settlements than most other persons, because travelers from everywhere came to Delphi and the priests were wise enough to inquire about all parts of the world.
— from Introductory American History by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Das good place for stop, eh?” “No,” said Macdonald Bhain, gravely, “you need to stop before that.”
— from The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor

"Importunate insistence on Nationality"—the words come home to us now with a new meaning when we learn that in Belgium, now perforce "dependent on a foreign culture," babies are registered under German names and newspapers printed in "the dominant language," and that already "forty newspaper vendors in Brussels have been sentenced to long terms of hard labour in German prisons for selling English, French, and Belgian newspapers.
— from The War and Democracy by John Dover Wilson

The Cape May golf course stretches over miles of beautiful downs and the clubhouse is the gathering place for society at this summer resort.
— from Madge Morton's Victory by Amy D. V. Chalmers

The old man had been wheezing and grunting painfully for some minutes, opening and shutting his hands, and actually scratching the table-cloth in his distress.
— from Nautilus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Leaves deep greenish purple, fair size.
— from The Subtropical Garden; or, beauty of form in the flower garden. by W. (William) Robinson

[ As Freyja and the gods pass from sight beyond the cliffs, Fenris gnaws at his chain in inarticulate fury. ]
— from Fenris, the Wolf: A Tragedy by Percy MacKaye

"Don't get paid for sitting."
— from Michelangelo's Shoulder by John Moncure Wetterau