== mægden mǣdencild n. female child, girl , AO ; Æ.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Nor white whale, nor man, nor fiend, can so much as graze old Ahab in his own proper and inaccessible being.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

I felt my naked feet clinging to the steps of an iron ladder.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

When they had reached the middle of the forest the father said: “Now, children, go and fetch a lot of wood, and I’ll light a fire that you may not feel cold.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Jack that instant applied for leave; and, as it was refused him on the eve of a general action, my gentleman took it, and never fired a pistol again: except against an officer who questioned his courage, and whom he winged in such a cool and determined manner, as showed all the world that it was from prudence and a desire of enjoying his money, not from cowardice, that he quitted the profession of arms.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Let neither night nor day stop you from diligently performing any of your promises to me; neither for cost of gold nor of silver let them be hindered, nor yet for number of troops, wherever it may be that their presence is needed; but with Artabazus, an honourable man whom I send you, boldly advance my objects and yours, as may be most for the honour and interest of us both.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

But as he still continued to stay, as time went on, the rich man became accustomed to the smell, and feeling no manner of inconvenience, made no further complaints.
— from Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Aesop

She feared to provoke that again, so made no fishing comment; but she was abundantly curious of what his choice would be.
— from Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett

Neither matter nor force can be increased nor diminished.
— from The Gods From 'The Gods and Other Lectures' by Robert Green Ingersoll

'It is not usual,' said Mr. Noah, 'for champions to require assistance with dragons.'
— from The Magic City by E. (Edith) Nesbit

In order that you may not feel called upon to visit this place again to satisfy your curiosity, I will point out to you the objects of interest.
— from Quill's Window by George Barr McCutcheon

But they are settling to their fate, and the time must come when [ 192 ] all their peculiar distinctive marks and traditions will be forgotten.” 1 This article is based principally on a Monograph on the Banjāra Clan , by Mr. N. F. Cumberlege of the Berār Police, believed to have been first written in 1869 and reprinted in 1882; notes on the Banjāras written by Colonel Mackenzie and printed in the Berār Census Report (1881) and the Pioneer newspaper (communicated by Mrs. Horsburgh); Major Gunthorpe’s Criminal Tribes ; papers by Mr. M. E. Khare, Extra-Assistant Commissioner, Chānda; Mr. Nārāyan Rao, Tahr., Betūl; Mr. Mukund Rao, Manager, Pachmarhi Estate; and information on the caste collected in Yeotmāl and Nimār.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

The action, it is true, may not follow closely; it may be the result of years of mental adjustment; it may even take place in another body from the one where it originated.
— from A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore) Bostwick