Συγκυρία, ας, ἡ, (συγκυρέω, to happen together, σύν & κυρέω, to happen) concurrence, coincidence, change, accident; κατὰ συγκυρίαν, by change, accidentally, Lu. 10.31.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Olim vile mancipium, nunc in omni aestimatione, nunc ars haberi caepta, &c. 1412 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In the chronicle of St. Antonino, however, we have him called " Chinghiscan rectius Tamgius Cam " (XIX. c. 8).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

after diner we proceeded on to a bad rapid at the lower point of a Small Island on which four Lodges of Indians were Situated drying fish; here the high countrey Commences again on the Stard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

And so her cradled child, the moist red eyes Had never shut, nor slept since it saw light; Poppie she knew, she knew the mandrakes might, And tore up both, and so coold her childs blood; Unvirtuous weeds might long unvex'd have stood; 170 But hee's short liv'd, that with his death can doe most good.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

" His complete conviction overwhelmed my mind and soul.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Next day he cornered Chum Frink and crowed, “Well, old son, I finished it last evening!
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Volenti non fit injuria —An injury cannot be done to a consenting party, i.e. , if he consents or connives, he cannot complain.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

—(Green) Prosperity, a happy marriage, handsome children; (clover, barley, wheat, etc.)
— from Everybody's Book of Luck by Anonymous

Year after year they perform their patchwork charities with a patience which would be commendable in the pursuit of science, and which, while it astonishes the writer at its stupidity, nevertheless commands from him, as he cheerfully confesses, a sort of respect, if not admiration; for many of these charity-doers are really the best of people at heart, and would doubtless, if they knew how, do better, act more wisely.
— from Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives by George S. McWatters

By many of his Catholic contemporaries he was looked upon as a secret rebel against received authority, and in truth as the real intellectual force of the whole Lutheran movement.
— from The Eve of the Reformation Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English people in the Period Preceding the Rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIII by Francis Aidan Gasquet

He offered his patient the use of his chariot to carry him to his inn, and at the same time whispered in his ear, `That if he wanted any money, he would furnish him.' “The poor man was not now capable of returning thanks for this generous offer; for having had his eyes for some time stedfastly on me, he threw himself back in his chair, crying, `Oh, my son!
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

You know—or perhaps you don’t, for I am afraid I never told you‘—he remembered that he had carefully concealed his connection with the Croppy from his friends at Ballymoy, and paused—‘I have done some little writing.
— from Hyacinth by George A. Birmingham

"Never a word; and where Gertrude goes, I go," said Brockway, taking the proffered hand with what show of indifference he could command.
— from A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde

How her children could have found their way here, and still more, how they could ever have been discovered and identified in such a teeming, bustling, bewildering city, she could not imagine.
— from Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

But though he spoke cheerfully, John knew enough of the sudden storms that burst upon the Sea of Galilee to be aware that, long before he could cross the mile and a half of water, which separated them from the eastern shore, the storm would be upon them; and indeed, they were not more than half way when it burst.
— from For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Yet, that his contemporaries put no epitaph on his tomb, that there was nothing but the sod over the cold clay, that no tradition even exists to show where he once lay, seems to prove that the Puritans were in the ascendancy on that sad day when the “stranger” was conveyed to his last home; and that they were meet ancestors of those who have since “restored” the old church, and have cleverly concealed the beauties of its interior.
— from The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3) From original and authentic sources by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.