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horrible Erchylldod n ghastliness Erchyllrwydd
against, opposite Erbyniad, n. a receiving Erbyniwr, n. a receiver Erch, n. dark brown, or dun: a. dusky, dun: dismal Erchi, to ask, to demand Erchlais, n. a dismal noise Erchlias, n. raven grey Erchliw, n. a dun colour Erchryn, a. agitating, quaking Erchryniad, n. agitating Erchrynu, v. to agitate Erchwyn, n. a side or stead Erchwynedig, a. transitive Erchwyniad, n. transition Erchwynio, v. to make a transit Erchwys, n. a pack of hounds Erchyll, a. ghastly, horrible Erchylldod, n. ghastliness Erchyllrwydd, n. frightfulness Erchyllu, v. to make gastly Erchynu, v. to uplift Erchywynu, v. to transmigrate Erdolygu, v. to beseech Erdd, n. impulse, forward: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

his estate not good enough
get it how he could, which was a high speech, and by all men’s discover, his estate not good enough to spend so much.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

her even now greater extent
The Allied Princes issued at Frankfort, a manifesto on the 1st of December in which the sovereigns announced their belief that it was for the interests of Europe that France should continue to be a powerful state, and their willingness to concede to her, even now, greater extent of territory than the Bourbon kings had ever claimed—the boundaries, namely, of the Rhine, the Alps, and the Pyrenees.
— from Military Career of Napoleon the Great An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny"; Authentic Anecdotes of the Battlefield as Told by the Famous Marshals and Generals of the First Empire by Montgomery B. Gibbs

hee entertained no grosse earthly
My heroicall master exceeded in this supernaturall kinde of wit, hee entertained no grosse earthly spirite of auarice, nor weake womanly spirit of pusillanimity and feare that are fained to be of the water, but admirable, airie, and firie spirites, full of freedome, magnanimitie and bountihood.
— from The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Thomas Nash

him expecting nothing good either
The associate in the gold eye-glasses said nothing, and gloomily and determinedly looked in front of him, expecting nothing good either from his wife or from the world.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

him expecting nothing good either
The member with the gold spectacles said nothing, but only looked gloomily in front of him, expecting nothing good, either from his wife or life in general.
— from Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

he experienced no great esthetic
As his memory was not full of historical facts, he experienced no great esthetic or archeological thrills, and no sympathy whatsoever with the various herds of tourists that went about examining old stones.
— from Cæsar or Nothing by Pío Baroja

her even now greater extent
The sovereigns announced their belief that it was for the interest of Europe that France should continue to be a powerful state, and their willingness to concede to her, even now, greater extent of territory than the Bour [Pg 399] bon kings had ever claimed—the boundaries, namely, of the Rhine, the Alps, and the Pyrenees.
— from The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

his expanded nostrils give evidence
“Not as interesting as the recital would be to the ignorant,” said Eliot, with voice which did not, like his expanded nostrils, give evidence of his superior position in the discussion.
— from It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries by Wilbur Gleason Zeigler

had evidently not gone empty
These two had evidently not gone empty-handed, moreover, a few silver plates and other light articles having vanished at the same time!
— from 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God by Jósika, Miklós, báró

had exhibited no great enthusiasm
Nuremberg had exhibited no great enthusiasm against heretics.
— from The Story of Nuremberg by Cecil Headlam

had enjoyed no greater educational
It would be quite natural for a boy who had enjoyed no greater educational advantages than our hero to consider how he should address people into whose presence his calling would bring him; and he had prepared several little addresses of this sort, for the several different kinds of people whom he expected to encounter.
— from Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright by Oliver Optic


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