"I don't know, miss," returned Charley, putting her head forward and folding her hands tight upon the band of her little apron, which she always did in the enjoyment of anything mysterious or confidential, "but it's a gentleman, miss, and his compliments, and will you please to come without saying anything about it."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

I am as heartily sorry as any of my readers can possibly be, that such an occasion was given: but this prince happened to be so curious and inquisitive upon every particular, that it could not consist either with gratitude or good manners, to refuse giving him what satisfaction
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

The Egyptian granite was beautifully encrusted with the precious green marble of Numidia; the perpetual stream of hot water was poured into the capacious basins, through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Bientôt trois autres titres en partenariat avec MobiPocket seront disponibles en format MobiPocket Reader compatible Palm OS, Psion, Windows CE: Un, et autres mécomptes, de Daniel Bouillot, On achève bien les cadavres, de Fred Belin, et Loto Meurtrier, de François Quentin (Prix Edmond Locard 1999).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

ðēod f. people, nation, tribe , Chr, Lk ; AO, CP; Mdf: region, country, province ,
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Messengers were sent to all the gayest and most refined Courts, particularly to the Court of France, to seek out everything rare and precious to adorn the Princess, although her beauty was so perfect that nothing she wore could make her look prettier.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

In fact, my resolution coincides precisely with yours.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

O miserable Romans, consider, pause, and repent.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

His castle, he added, was not more than a day's journey from where they were; and there, if she chose, she could make her preparations in security, and after more mature reflection could proceed on her way into the fair, wide world.
— from Seven Legends by Gottfried Keller

The passion for national freedom, as well as the proud contempt, illtreatment, and oppression of the German margraves, rendered Christianity peculiarly hateful to the Wends, and it was only after their freedom and nationality had been completely destroyed and the Slavic population had been outnumbered by German or Germanized colonists, that the Church obtained a firm footing in their land.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

The higher the percentage of soluble silica and alumina, the more thoroughly decomposed, in all probability, is the soil as a whole and the more readily can plants secure their nutriment from the soil.
— from Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe

“Perhaps it will rain,” said Jonathan cheerfully—the sight of the molly hawk, which David had dexterously plucked and cut in two, the same as he had done the cape pigeon on the previous day, making him feel ravenously hungry, and limiting all his considerations to the present, instead of his being impressed with their future needs, as was the case with his more reflective companion, “Perhaps it will rain, David.
— from Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

Roederer, M. Rohan, Cardinal Prince de. Roland, Madame, urging secret assassinations of the king and queen; and Robespierre; death of.
— from The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge

"We are between two shores, maybe islands both, maybe the lee shore is the main," replied Coppin peering through the darkness.
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

ken't, know it, killt, killed, kin', kind; nature; sort; agreeable, also somewhat; in some degree kin'ness, kindness, kirk, church, kirkyaird, churchyard, kirkyard, churchyard, kist, chest; coffer; box; chest of drawers, knicht, knight, koft, bought, kye, cattle; cows, laad, lad; boy, term of commendation or reverence laads, lads; boys, term of commendation or reverence laddie, boy, term of affection laddies, boys, term of affection lads, boys, term of commendation or reverence laidders, ladders, laird, landed proprietor; squire; lord, lairick, larch (type of tree), lairt, stuck fast (in mud or snow), laith, loath; unwilling; reluctant, laithly, loathsome; foul; repulsive, Laitin, Latin, lan', land; country; ground, lane, lone; alone; lonely; solitary, lanes, lone; alone, lang, long; big; large, also slow; tedious langer, longer, lang's, long as, langsyne, ancient; (old) times; long ago, lan's, lands; estates, lass, girl; young woman, term of address lasses, girls; young women, lassie, girl, term of endearment lat, let; allow, lat gang to dirt an' green bree, go to pot; go to ruin, lat's, let's; let us; let his, latten, let; allowed, lattin', letting; allowing, lauch, laugh, lauchin', laughing, lave, rest; remainder; others, also leave laverock, lark (type of bird), lawfu', lawful, layin', laying, lea', leave, lear, learning; education; lore, also teach learn, learn, also teach learnin', learning, also teaching learnt, learned, also taught leddies, ladies, leddy, boy; lad; laddy, also lady lee, pasture; fallow ground, also shelter from wind or rain lee'd, lied; told lies, lees, lies, leest, least, leeve, live, leevin', living; living being, leevit, lived, leeward, towards the grassland, also towards the sheltered side len', lend; give; grant, also loan len'th, length, leuk, look; watch; appearance, licht, light, lichtin', lighting, lickit, thrashed; punished; struck, lift, load; boost; lift; helping hand, also sky; heavens like, like; likely to; looking as if to, also as it were; as if likesna, does not like, likin', liking, likit, liked, liltin', singing softly; humming, lingelt, fastened; fettered; hobbled, lippen, trust; depend on, livin', living, 'll, will, loch, loch; lake, lodd, loaded, lo'denin', loading, lo'dent, loaded, lo'e, love, lo'esome, loveable; lovely; winsome, lood, loud, lookin', looking, loon, rascal; rogue; ragamuffin, loons, rascals; rogues; ragamuffins, loot, let; allowed; permitted, Losh!, corrupt form of 'Lord', exclamation of surprise or wonder low, flame, lowin', flaming, lowse, loose; free, lowsed, loosened; let loose; freed, lucifer spunks, lucifer-matches, lug, ear, also shallow wooden dish luggin', lugging, lugs, ears, luik, look, luikin', looking, luikit, looked, luiks, looks, lum, chimney, lyin', lying, lythe, shelter, 'm, him, mainner, manner, mainners, manners, mainteen, maintain, mair, more; greater, mairtins, martins (type of bird), maist, most; almost, 'maist, almost, maister, master; mister, maistly, mostly; almost, maitter, matter, maitters, matters, mak, make; do, mak', make; do, makin', making; doing, maks, makes; does, mankin', mankind, mappies, young rabbits, diminutive maun, must; have to, maunna, must not; may not, mavis, song-thrush (type of bird), mayhap, perhaps; maybe, mayna, may not, mealock, crumb (of oatcake etc.), meanin', meaning, meen, moon, meenute, minute, meeserable, miserable, meesery, misery, meetin', meeting, mem, Ma'am; Miss; Madam, mendit, mended; healed, menseless, ill-bred; boorish; unmannerly, mentionin', mentioning, mercifu', merciful; favourable, merriage, marriage, merry, marry, also merry merryin', marrying, mervel, marvel, mervellous, marvellous, mesel', myself, me't, it to me, micht, might, michtna, might not, michty, mighty; God, midden, dunghill; manure pile, midge, midge; gnat; mosquito, mids, midst; middle, miltin', melting, min', mind; recollection, also recollect; remember mincin', mincing, minnin, minnow, minnister, minister, min's, minds; reminds; recollects, mint, aimed at; intended to; attempted, mintit, minded; remembered, mirricle, miracle, mischeef, mischief; injury; harm, misguidit, wasted; mismanaged; ill-used, mistak, mistake, mither, mother, mony, many, moo, mouth, moo', mouth, moo'fu's, mouthfuls, mornin', morning, mornin's, mornings, motes, motes; specks; crumbs, reference to Matthew 7:3-5 mou'fu', mouthful, moul', mould; loose earth; top soil, mould, mould; loose earth; top soil, muckle, huge; enormous; big; great; much, mune, moon, muntains, mountains, murderin', murdering, muv, move; affect, My certie!, Take my word for it!, My certy!, Take my word for it!, my lane, on my own, mysel, myself, mysel', myself, na, not; by no means, nae, no; none; not, nae wise, nowise; in no way, naebody, nobody; no one, naegait, in no wise; nowhere, naething, nothing, naither, neither, naitral, natural, nait'ral, natural, nane, none, nat'ral, natural, natur, nature, natur', nature, near han', nearly; almost; near by, nearhan', nearly; almost; near by, necessar', necessary, neebour, neighbour, needcessity, necessity; state of need, needfu', needful; necessary; needy, needna, do not need; need not, neepers, neighbours, negleckit, neglected, neiper, neighbour, neist, next; nearest, nepkin, large handkerchief, nestie, little nest, diminutive 'neth, beneath; under, neuk, nook; recess; interior angle, news, talk; gossip, nicht, night; evening, nichts, nights, nick, score; mark (as signature), also cut nickum, mischievous and tricky boy, niffer, exchange; barter, nigher, nearer; closer, nipperty, mincing; affected, no, not, no', not, noo, now, nor, than; although; if, also nor nor'-easter, northeast wind, notwithstan'in', notwithstanding, noucht, nothing; not, nowt, cattle; oxen, o', of; on, obleeged, obliged, obligatit, obligated; obliged, o'er, over; upon; too, offerin', offering, ohn, without; un-, uses past participle not present progressive ohn expeckit, unexpected, on't, on it, ony, any, onybody, anybody; anyone, onything, anything, oogliest, ugliest, oogly, ugly, ook, week, ooks, weeks, oolets, owls, oonprovidit, unprovided, oor, our, oor lanes, on our own, oors, ours, oorsel's, ourselves, oot, out, ootcast, outcast, or, before; ere; until; by, also or ordinar', ordinary; usual; natural, also custom; habit orra, odd job (man), also idle; having no settled occupation o't, of it, ou, oh, oucht, anything; all, also ought ow, oh, exclamation of surprise ower, over; upon; too, owershot, very fast; racing; exploding, owre, over; upon; too, owse, ox, oye, grandchild; grandson; nephew, pairt, part, pairts, parts, pale, pointed piece of wood for fencing, paling, fence of pales, passin', passing; occasional, pastern, ankle (between hoof and fetlock), pasturs, pastures, pat, put; made, pawkiness, shrewdness; cunning, peelt, skinned, peeramid, pyramid, peetied, pitied, peety, pity, percaution, precaution, perfec', perfect; thorough; utter, perfeckly, perfectly; thoroughly; utterly, perplexin', perplexing, perris, parish, persuaudit, persuaded, perswaud, persuade, perswaudin', persuading, perswaudit, persuaded, pey, pay, peyed, paid, peyin', paying, pit, put; make, pitawtas, potatoes, pits, puts; makes, pitten, put; made, plaguit, plagued; troubled, plet, plate; dish, plooed, ploughed, plottin', plotting; planning, ploy, amusement; sport; escapade, poassible, possible, pooch, pocket, pooer, power, poun', pound (sterling), practeesed, practised, prankit, played tricks on, also played fast and loose with prayin', praying, prayt, prayed, preachin', preaching, preacht, preached, prech, preach, precher, preacher, pree, taste; try; prove; experience, preevileeges, privileges, prentit, printed, press-bed, box-bed with doors, prest, pressed, preten'it, pretended, priestie, little priest, diminutive pris'ner, prisoner, prood, proud, provokin', provoking, pruv, prove, pruv't, proven; proved, pu', pull, puckle, small quantity, puir, poor, pump, beer-shop, also pump putten, put, pyke, pick; pluck, quaiet, quiet, quaiet sough, quiet tongue, quaietest, quietest, quaitet, quieted; silenced, quest'ons, questions, quo', swore; said; quoth, railly, really, raither, rather, rale, real; true; very, randy, rough; wild; riotous, also coarse-tongued; abusive rant, make merry; revel, rase, rose, rave, tore, rax, extend; overdo it; stretch, raxed, extended; overdone it; stretched, reacht, reached, readin', reading, red, rid; free, redd, set in order; tidy; clean, reef, roof, refar, refer, refeese, refuse, reid, red, reik, smoke, releast, released, repentit, repented, reyn, rein, richt, right; correct, also mend richtly, certainly; positively, ridic'lous, ridiculous; unseasonable (weather), riggin', ridge; roof, rigs, ridges (in a ploughed field),
— from Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald

By Dudley Miles, Robert C. Pooley & Edwin Greenlaw.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Inferno: Canto IV Ruppemi l'alto sonno ne la testa un greve truono, si` ch'io mi riscossi come persona ch'e` per forza desta; e l'occhio riposato intorno mossi, dritto levato, e fiso riguardai per conoscer lo loco dov'io fossi.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

She had a beauty that is sometimes wanting in perfect faces, and, lacking which, the most splendid loveliness will pall at last upon eyes that have grown weary of admiring; she had a charm for want of which the most rigidly classical profiles, the most exquisitely statuesque faces, have seemed colder and harder than the marble it was their highest merit to resemble.
— from John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes 1-3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon