If four men to a bench were to be employed, then Sanudo seems to calculate for his smaller galleys 220 men actually rowing (see pp.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

After he had done speaking, he still moved about, half in absence of mind, and Rosamond sat perfectly still.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

: misbileue , suspicion, C3; misboden , injured, C, CM; misdede , misdeed, S, PP; misdeparten , to divide amiss, C2; misdo , to do amiss, PP, S, S2, C2; misfaren , to behave amiss, S; mysfare , to miscarry, PP; misgouernaunce , misconduct, C2; misgyed , misguided, C2; mys-happen , to meet with misfortune, PP; myshopand , despairing, H; misleuen , to believe wrongly, S; misliken , to displease, to be displeased, S, S2; misliking , displeasure, S2; myspay , to displease, H; misrede , to advise ill, S; misrempe , to go wide of the mark, S; mysreule , to misgovern, S3, PP; myssayde , abused, rebuked, slandered, PP; misseid , S2; missemand , misemand , unseemly, H; misteoðien , to mistithe ( mis-iteoðeget , S); mistriste , to mistrust, C3; mysturne , to pervert, W, W2.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

render content &c. adj.; set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify &c. 829.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Partridge making no ready answer to his question, he proceeded to comment on the beauty of the moon, and repeated some passages from Milton, who hath certainly excelled all other poets in his description of the heavenly luminaries.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

He may also recollect such passages of his life, as were sufficient to deter him from reappearing at Presburg or Vienna.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Enter SIR PETER TEAZLE, LADY TEAZLE, MARIA, and ROWLEY SIR PETER.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The colonel, thinking it all over, made up his mind not to pursue the matter further, but then for his own satisfaction proceeded to cross-examine Vronsky about his interview; and it was a long while before he could restrain his laughter, as Vronsky described how the government clerk, after subsiding for a while, would suddenly flare up again, as he recalled the details, and how Vronsky, at the last half word of conciliation, skillfully manœuvered a retreat, shoving Petritsky out before him.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

As there is a high degree of pleasure connected with the performance of deeply rooted function or habit, so the performance of all function is attended with some modicum of pleasure, except in such isolated moments as render suicide possible.
— from A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams

[10] referred to above: There was a long-haired "hooshier" from Indiana, a couple of smart-looking "suckers" from the southern part of Illinois, a keen-eyed, leather-belted "badger" from the mines of Ouisconsin, and a sturdy, yoemanlike fellow, whose white capot, Indian moccasins and red sash proclaimed, while he boasted a three years' residence, the genuine "wolverine," or naturalized Michiganian.
— from The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Sarah A. Finley Wrigley

But the free spirit of the Gaul now made a mighty effort to rend asunder the bonds which encircled it; and a countless multitude, after ravaging Spain, poured down into Italy: the Roman empire rocked to its foundation, when Marius, hastening over from his African conquests, saved his country by the glorious and bloody victory of Aquæ Sextiæ.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

This incident afforded me a remarkably striking proof of the extraordinary difficulty of observing the movements of troops in thick bush, and of the great care every commander must exercise in estimating the value of such reports.
— from My Reminiscences of East Africa by General von (Paul Emil) Lettow-Vorbeck

A most remarkable peculiarity is at once obvious in the extraordinary development of the frontal sinuses, owing to which the superciliary ridges, which coalesce completely in the middle, are rendered so prominent, that the frontal bone exhibits a considerable hollow or depression above, or rather behind them, whilst a deep depression is also formed in the situation of the root of the nose.
— from Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

“That'll suit me all right,” said Pole, as he took the key and looked at the number on the brass tag.
— from Pole Baker: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben