I need only say that my dress wasn't ready, or that my cab came late.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

He comes in quietly with his hat on, appropriates the most comfortable chair, lights his pipe, and commences to puff in silence.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

all She had & if they were not received She would Scarrify her Self in a horid manner &c. Capt Lewis recovring fast.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Mr. CALEB COPE, Lancaster.
— from American Historical and Literary Curiosities: Second Series, Complete by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith

arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge, give in custody; subjugate &c. 749.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

curs m. malediction , ‘ curse ,’ Ct, LL, Sc .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Manus ad cubitum nuda, coram astans, fortius intuita, tenuem de pectore spiritum ducens, digitum meum pressit, et bibens pedem pressit; mutuae compressiones corporum, labiorum commixtiones, pedum connexiones, &c. Et bibit eodem loco, &c. 5062 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

If the Major had twitched before, he started now, and slapped the bamboo on the ground with an emphasis which made Miss Clapp cry, "Law," and laugh too.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

I'll order two dozen for my own special benefit the minute my check comes," laughed Judith.
— from Jane Allen, Right Guard by Edith Bancroft

The Iceberg Express The Mermaid’s magic comb changes little Mary Louise into a mermaid.
— from Dick and Dolly by Carolyn Wells

" "You excite my curiosity," cried Louis XV.
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

On the day that preceded the relief of Londonderry, they defeated six thousand Irish papists at a place called Newton-Butler, and took their commander Macarty, commonly called lord Moncashel.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The term adulterated cream shall mean cream containing less than eighteen per centum of milk fat, or cream taken from milk drawn from cows within eight days before or four days after parturition, or cream from milk to which has been added or introduced any coloring matter or chemical or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any foreign substance whatsoever, or cream from milk drawn from cows kept in a filthy or unhealthy condition, or cream from milk drawn from any sick or diseased cow or cow having ulcers or other running sores, or cream from milk drawn from cows fed unwholesome food, or cream contaminated by being kept in stables containing cattle or other animals, or cream to which has been added or into which has been introduced any coloring matter or chemical or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any foreign substance whatsoever, or cream in any stage of putrefaction, provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the sale of pasteurized milk or cream to which viscogen or sucrate of lime has been added solely for the purpose of restoring the viscosity, if the same be distinctly labeled in such manner as to advise the purchaser of its true character; and providing that nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of milk commonly known as 'skimmed milk,' when the same is sold as and for 'skimmed milk.'
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

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— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

Similar blues have been obtained by Messrs Crace Calvert, Lowe, and Clift.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

Mayster , adj. chief; maister , C, C2; leister , S.—OF. maistre .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew