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= KEY: Right \a.\. SYN: Straight, upright, direct, lawful, correct, exact, just, fair, fit, proper, suitable, equitable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
Kitty rose as she spoke, and stood before him with a beseeching little gesture, and a confiding air quite captivating to behold.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott
Kanaúga ra ang silya sa sílung, Go get the chairs downstairs.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
King Arthur came then to King Rience, and said, Sir king, ye are welcome: by what adventure come ye hither?
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
"Dearest Mrs. Winter," cried Kate, clasping that worthy little woman in her arms; "good bye;" and the tears she had long, with difficulty, restrained, poured down her cheeks; then turning to the kind, rough artist, she, somewhat to his surprise, bestowed an equally affectionate embrace on him, with such childlike simplicity and sincere feeling, that he was [117] inexpressibly touched.
— from Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Mrs. Alexander
It was first exhibited at the Kilburn Royal Agricultural Society's show.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various
Jinnie’s knees relaxed and she staggered back against the wall.
— from Rose O'Paradise by Grace Miller White
Juvenal, in his eleventh ‘Satire,’ alludes to a spendthrift who, after consuming his estate, has nothing but his ring:— At length, when nought remains a meal to bring, The last poor shift, off comes the Knightly ring, And sad Sir Pollio begs his daily fare, With undistinguished hands, and fingers bare.
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.
The passing cloud unveils her kindly ray, And slowly sails its weary length away; While broken fragments from its fleecy side, In dusky bands before it swiftly glide; Their misty texture changing with the wind, A strange and scatter'd group, of motley kind As ever earth or fruitful ocean fed, Or ever youthful poets fancy bred.
— from Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters by Joanna Baillie
Upon learning from Murchison, the factor, that the lower Coppermine, from Kendall River northward to the coast, had been thoroughly explored and prospected without finding gold, he decided to abandon the usual route by way of Dease Bay, Dease River, the Dismal Lakes, and the Kendall River, and swing southward to the eastern extremity of Conjuror Bay of Great Bear Lake, and then head straight across the barrens, to strike the upper reaches of the Coppermine in the region of Point Lake.
— from Snowdrift: A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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