It seemed that the General was the kind of man who, though easily led by the nose (provided it was done without his knowledge) no sooner got an idea into his head than it stuck there like a nail, and could not possibly be extracted; and all that the wily secretary succeeded in procuring was the tearing up of a certain dirty fragment of paper—even that being effected only by an appeal to the General’s compassion, on the score of the unhappy fate which, otherwise, would befall Chichikov’s wife and children (who, luckily, had no existence in fact).
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

wide above which the boat Came too, I joined them late at night, and Call this Creek Night Creek the winds favourable all Day, I killed a fat buck
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Asen y frân, spare rib of pork Asgell, n. a wing Asgellhaid, n. wing-swarm Asgellog, a. winged Asgellu, v. to wing; to fly Asgellwrych, n. spray Asgellwynt, n. side-wind Asgen, n. harm, damage Asgethru, v. to splinter Asglinen, n. a stem, a lineage Asglod, n. a chip Asgre, n. the heart; the bosom Asgri, n. a tremour Asgwn, a. depressed, debased Asgwrn, n. a bone Asgyrneiddio, v. to become bone Asgyrniad, n. ossification Asgyrnig, a. bony, large boned Asgyrnog, a. bony, full of bone Asgyrnu, v. to ossify Asiad, n. a joining, a soldering: or cementing Asio, v. to join, to solder Astrus, a. perplexed Astrusi, n. perplexity, trouble Asur, n. the blue sky, azure Aswy, n. the left, the sinister Aswyniad, n. a craving Asyn, n. a male ass At, prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

H2 anchor Liberty And Necessity Consistent Liberty and Necessity are Consistent: As in the water, that hath not only Liberty, but a Necessity of descending by the Channel: so likewise in the Actions which men voluntarily doe; which (because they proceed from their will) proceed from Liberty; and yet because every act of mans will, and every desire, and inclination proceedeth from some cause, which causes in a continuall chaine (whose first link in the hand of God the first of all causes) proceed from Necessity.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

He slept but little all night, and chanted his prayers.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Janetta did her best to be cheerful and talkative to Mrs. Brand, and she fancied that he liked to listen; for he sat on with them in the blue room long after Nora and Cuthbert had disappeared into the garden and the children were romping in the wood.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

In her proud little heart she wanted them to see that she was trying to earn her living and not accepting charity.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Would he not bid adieu to money-making and all the advantages of commerce, and caring little for troops of friends and acquaintances abroad, and all that he might learn about nations and cities, would he not approve the wisdom of the son of Neocles 380 who bids us “Live in obscurity” ?
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Mr. Hall, your favourite parson, has been with them ever since six o'clock, exhorting them, praying with them, and even waiting on them like any nurse; and Caroline's good friend, Miss Ainley, that very plain old maid, sent in a stock of lint and linen, something in the proportion of another lady's allowance of beef and wine."
— from Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

I made it look as natural as could be.
— from Baseball Joe on the School Nine; or, Pitching for the Blue Banner by Lester Chadwick

I lie at night and can hear Florian over in the stall snuffling, it's so quiet.
— from Royal Highness by Thomas Mann

A negro servant opened the door and ushered them into a parlour where Mr. Elmer Skidder, sprawling over the débris of breakfast, laid aside newspaper and coffee cup and got up to receive them in bath robe and slippers.
— from The Crimson Tide: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

They have a downward look, albeit not as conspirators; and in them the earth carries a burden like their own, or but little more buoyant.
— from Ceres' Runaway, and Other Essays by Alice Meynell

At last, a new and controlling incident here occurred.
— from The Women of The American Revolution, Vol. 1 by E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet

Give, for four or five nights half a grain of calomel on the tongue; and if much diarrhœa is present, give her a grain of white bismuth three times a day, with one or two drops of laudanum at night; and complete the cure by infinitesimal doses of quinine, with cod-liver-oil and raw meat, if there be much emaciation.
— from Cats: Their Points and Characteristics With Curiosities of Cat Life, and a Chapter on Feline Ailments by Gordon Stables

The voices within were loud, and no answer came.
— from Donal Grant by George MacDonald

A more serious difficulty arises from the circumstance, that the bookselller used more than one language, and none always correctly.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 by Various