mild, mollient Meddfu, v. to become mild Meddiad, n. a possessing Meddiannedigaeth, n. possession Meddiannedigol, a. possessory Meddiannol, a. possessing Meddiannu, v. to possess, to own Meddiannwr, Meddiannydd, n. a possessor, an owner Meddiant, n. possession Meddlys, n. intoxicating herbs Meddu, v. to be able; to possess Meddw, a. circling; drunk Meddwad, n. an intoxicating Meddwdod, n. drunkenness, intoxication Meddwi, v. to intoxicate Meddwl, m. thought, mind: v. to think, to mind; to intend Meddwol, a. intoxicating Meddwyn, n. a drunkard Meddyg, n. a doctor, a physician Meddyges, n. a doctress Meddygfys, n. ring finger Meddygiad, n. a doctoring Meddygin, a. curative, medicinal Meddyginiaeth, n. medicine Meddyginiaethol, a. medicinal, belonging to healing Meddyginiaethu, v. to cure Meddygiad, n. a making a cure, a doctoring Meddyglyn, n. hydromel; mead Meddygol, a medicinal Meddygu, v. to doctor, to heal, to cure Meddygyn, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

His activity was fed in wholesome measure, without either exhaustion or satiety; his taste and genius found worthy expression in each of the modes human beings have invented to encage and manifest the spirit of beauty; the goodness of his heart made him never weary of conducing to the well-being of his fellow-creatures; his magnificent spirit, and aspirations for the respect and love of mankind, now received fruition; true, his exaltation was temporary; perhaps it were better that it should be so.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

But you disappointed it; I found you changed, and you were able to give me no reason for the change.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

When the curtain rises on that little three-walled room, when those mighty geniuses, those high-priests of art, show us people in the act of eating, drinking, loving, walking, and wearing their coats, and attempt to extract a moral from their insipid talk; when playwrights give us under a thousand different guises the same, same, same old stuff, then I must needs run from it, as Maupassant ran from the Eiffel Tower that was about to crush him by its vulgarity.
— from The Sea-Gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

My own case, however, was very different indeed, and left me no room for any similar idea; for I did not wish to keep awake, but to be aroused from slumber at regular intervals of time.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

If there was, the subterranean current must necessarily run from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, from the sole cause of difference of level.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

There are hundreds of emblems which find herein no place; and there are explanations of symbols current to which I make no reference, for they are simply exoteric .
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

and he might not return for some time . . .
— from The Portygee by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

GUAM (territory of the US) @Guam:Geography Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines Geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 47 E Map references: Oceania Area: total: 541.3 sq km land: 541.3 sq km water: 0 sq km Area-comparative: three times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 125.5 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water) with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills in center, mountains in south Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan) Land use: arable land: 11% permanent crops: 11% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 18% other: 45% (1993 est.)
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Lucy frowned angrily, but made no reply, for Berintha had quoted her very words.
— from Homestead on the Hillside by Mary Jane Holmes

She had broken a much needed rest from France to give temporary relief from pressure; so an extra hour or two did not matter.
— from Far-away Stories by William John Locke

The farmer chanced to be from home, and his wife, thinking he might not return for a time, ventured to prepare a comfortable meal for the poor traveller; but, as fate would have it, he returned before the weary traveller had partaken of the meal prepared for her.
— from Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past by Harriet S. Caswell

To this threat we made no reply, for it was useless to bandy words with the fellow, who held us securely in his power.
— from With Porter in the Essex A Story of His Famous Cruise in the Southern Waters During the War of 1812 by James Otis

Geography Micronesia, Federated States of Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia Geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 15 E Map references: Oceania Area: total: 702 sq km note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae (Kosaie) water: 0 sq km (fresh water only) land: 702 sq km Area - comparative: four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only) Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 6,112 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Dolohmwar (Totolom) 791 m Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals Land use: arable land: 5.71% permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (1998 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Santa Maria! said my mozos —"no respect for the church!"
— from Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

I can see Mandeville now, rising from his armchair and swinging his long arms as he strides to the window, and looks out and up, with, "Well, I declare!"
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner