Examples: unique, universal, single, matchless, instantaneous, triangular, everlasting, infinite, mortal; uniquely, singly, eternally, mortally.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge
But that when a thing is in motion, it will eternally be in motion, unless somewhat els stay it, though the reason be the same, (namely, that nothing can change it selfe,) is not so easily assented to.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
When a Body is once in motion, it moveth (unless something els hinder it) eternally; and whatsoever hindreth it, cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees quite extinguish it:
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Upon these the Ornithorhynchus voyaged in peace; voyaged from clime to clime, from hemisphere to hemisphere, in contentment and comfort, in virile interest in the constant change of scene, in humble thankfulness for its privileges, in ever-increasing enthusiasm in the development of the great theory upon whose validity it had staked its life, its fortunes, and its sacred honor, if I may use such expressions without impropriety in connection with an episode of this nature.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
“My book is made up,” said Egremont; “and I stand or fall by Caravan.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
my father, your child is most unhappy.” “Sybil,” exclaimed Gerard in a tone of tender reproach, “this is womanish weakness; I love, but must not share it.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It shows them in perspective, it makes us see enough to persuade us that they really do exist, but not enough to make known any truth precisely, exactly, practically, or experimentally—in a word, scientifically.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various
It made Ursula start, even when spoken solemnly by her own husband.
— from John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
It was beautiful and religious, but it did not even profess to be logical; and accordingly I tried to complete it by considerations of my own, which are to be found in my University Sermons, Essay on Ecclesiastical Miracles, and Essay on Development of Doctrine.
— from Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
I mustered up spunk enuff ter speak to the feller, and he told me 'twas a tame bar, thet belonged ter him, thet hed got loose thet day, and he'd bin up a-findin' him.
— from The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens
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