Even so, methinks, when Earth to being sprang, Dawned the first days, and such the course they held; 'Twas Spring-tide then, ay, Spring, the mighty world Was keeping: Eurus spared his wintry blasts, When first the flocks drank sunlight, and a race Of men like iron from the hard glebe arose, And wild beasts thronged the woods, and stars the heaven.
— from The Georgics by Virgil

= KEY: Eminent, [See HIGH].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

= KEY: Eminently, [See HIGHLY].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

= KEY: Ensconce, [See HIDE].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

It's real good in him, I declare, and I shall begin to have some faith in white folks, after all.—Wednesday night," continued she; "very well—we shall be here, if the Lord spare us;" and, kissing Emily, she hurried off, to impart the joyful intelligence to her husband.
— from The Garies and Their Friends by Frank J. Webb

“Guess we didn’t know enough,” said Hans.
— from Won in the Ninth The first of a series of stories for boys on sports to be known as The Matty Books by Christy Mathewson

Does it not afford an almost uninterrupted series of the most scandalous violations of the rules which a king especially should hold sacred—the rules of religion, of morals?
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

He had a liking for the young officer, whom he had known ever since he had left St. Cyr, and he showed himself much affected.
— from The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War by Émile Zola

"These white gentlemen who know everything still have need of the old negro," said he, and he set out for the French camp (June 10, 1802).
— from World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by François Guizot