But, his popular name was Rumty, which in a moment of inspiration had been bestowed upon him by a gentleman of convivial habits connected with the drug-markets, as the beginning of a social chorus, his leading part in the execution of which had led this gentleman to the Temple of Fame, and of which the whole expressive burden ran: 'Rumty iddity, row dow dow, Sing toodlely, teedlely, bow wow wow.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

It has its mental reservation ( reservatio mentalis ): as in the drawing up of a public treaty in such terms as we can, if we will, interpret when occasion serves to our advantage; for example, the distinction between the status quo in fact ( de fait ) and in right ( de droit ).
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

SYN: Invest, robe, drape, dress, array, attire, cover.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

, Water is rationed during droughts.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Such another excellent compound water I find in Rubeus de distill.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

And as it flew it rained down darkness upon the land.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

She leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Her tranquil, tender affection for Philip, with its root deep down in her childhood, and its memories of long quiet talk confirming by distinct successive impressions the first instinctive bias,–the fact that in him the appeal was more strongly to her pity and womanly devotedness than to her vanity or other egoistic excitability of her nature,–seemed now to make a sort of sacred place, a sanctuary where she could find refuge from an alluring influence which the best part of herself must resist; which must bring horrible tumult within, wretchedness without.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

It is the merest truism to say that religion strikes its roots deeper down into human nature than speculative opinion, and is accordingly independent of any particular set of beliefs.
— from The Unseen World, and Other Essays by John Fiske

455 M. Berthelot in Revue des Deux Mondes , 15th August 1891, p. 817.
— from Gunpowder and Ammunition, Their Origin and Progress by H. W. L. (Henry William Lovett) Hime

"What is it?" repeated Dr. Dean.
— from Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul by Marie Corelli

"I'll tell you a single incident," replied Dupétrain, delighted to find that Tobie paid some attention to what he said.—"A young woman, whose husband was travelling——" At that moment, the waiter opened the door of the salon and said: "A messenger is here, asking for Monsieur Célestin de Valnoir."
— from Sans-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Paul de Kock

I a history man en I recollects dat de history say de North was freed 20 years fore de South was."
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

(Back) Footnote 868: J. Gascon y Marin, La réforme du régime local en Espagne, in Revue du Droit Public , April-June, 1909.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

At this Enright, meetin' the Red Dog chief half-way, whispers back that later, if Red Dog desires the same, we'll jump in an' move old Holt a whole lot to Headboard Hollow.
— from Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories by Alfred Henry Lewis

We are forced to believe that this characteristic must have its roots deep down in the traditions of Germans and the institutions of their race, since it called forth the especial indignation of Immanuel Kant.
— from Spies and Secret Service The story of espionage, its main systems and chief exponents by Hamil Grant