John loves Emma with a reasonable and therefore not a blind affection, and Isabella always thinks as he does; except when he is not quite frightened enough about the children.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

56 The nights are bright, and, at the extremity of the island, so short, that the close and return of day is scarcely distinguished by a perceptible interval.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

In that respect the latter would rather apply to the Crossoptilon auritum , which is nearly as big as a turkey, or to the glorious Múnál (Lopophorus impeyanus) , but then that has no length of tail.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Suddenly, during the nuptial mass, the beadle, by moving to one side, enabled me to see, sitting in a chapel, a lady with fair hair and a large nose, piercing blue eyes, a billowy scarf of mauve silk, glossy and new and brilliant, and a little spot at the corner of her nose.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

I did not like this iteration of one idea—this strange recurrence of one image, and I grew nervous as bedtime approached and the hour of the vision drew near.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

n k.o. kerosene torch made from bamboo or a bottle into which a tube nearly as big around as the mouth is inserted.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I pray Arobaith, n. earnest expectation Arobrid, n. desert, merit Arobrwyo, v. to reward Arobryn, n. desert, merit Arodawr, n. a rhetorician Aroddefiad, a. passiveness Aroediad, n. assignation Arofni, v. to overawe Arofydd, n. an upper graduate Arofyn, n. intent, design; v. to intend, to design Arogl, Arogledd, n. scent, smell Aroglber, a. odoriferous Arogldarthu, v. to burn incense Arogliad, n. a scenting Arolygu, v. to survey Arolli, v. to split, to lay open Aros, Arosi, v. to stay, to wait Arosiad, n. a tarrying Arosol, a. tarrying, lingering Arsangiad, n. a treading upon Arsangu, to tread upon, to press Arsarig, a. very perverse Arsathru, v. to trample upon Arsawr, n. savour, or scent Arseddiad, n. a sitting upon Arsefydliad, n. a stationing Arseibiant, n. leisure Arseiniad, n. a resounding Arswyd, n. dread, terror Arswydiad, n. a dreading Arswydo, v. to dread, to be afraid Arswydol, Arswydus, a. terrible Arsylw, n. a keen look, a stare Arsylwedd, n. substance Arsylliad, a. gazing earnestly Arsyllu, v. to gaze Arsyn, a. astonished; stupified Arsyth, a. upright; rigid Artaith, n. torment, torture Arteithfa, n. a place of torture Arteithiad, n. a tormenting Arteithio, v. to torture Arteithiol, a. torturing Arteithydd, n. a torturer Arth, n. a bear Arthaidd, a. bear-like Arthes, n. a she bear Arthiad, n. a barking Arthiaw, v. to bark, to growl Arthog, a. bearish, gruff Aru, v. to plough, to till Aruchaf, a. upmost, topmost Aruchel, a. very high, lofty Aruthredd, n. amazement Aruthriad, n. a wondering Aruthro, v. to wonder Aruthrol, a. amazing Arwain, v. to conduct, to lead, to guide Arwasgodi, v. to overshadow Arwasgu, v. to overpress Arwawdio, v. to laud, to praise Arwawl, n. a luminary Arwe, n. tecture; a woof Arwedd, n. a carriage Arweddawd, n. a conveyance Arweddiad, n. a conveying Arweddu, v. to convey, to bear Arweiniad, n. a conducting Arweiniol, a. leading Arweithiad, n. superstruction Arwel, a. conspicuous, manifest Arweled, v. to perceive Arwenu, v. to simper Arwep, n. the visage Arwerth, n. public sale Arwerthu, v. to sell by auction Arwest, n. vocality; vocal music Arwisg, n. an upper garment Arwisgo, v. to enrobe, to array Arwnïad, n. a quilting Arwr, n. a hero, a worthy; a ploughman Arwraig, n. a heroine Arwredd, n. heroism, bravery Arwron, n. a hero, a worthy Arwydd, n. a sign, a banner Arwyddair, n. a motto Arwyddfardd, n. herald bard Arwyddfarddoniaeth,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

If the latter be the case, it follows, that property, which is the object of justice, is also distinguished by a simple original instinct, and is not ascertained by any argument or reflection.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

In addition to his other ailments he was now attacked by an asthmatical dropsy, which no efforts of his physicians could remove.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Not a bad accomplishment, all in all, don't you think?" "Not bad at all, Raidmaster.
— from The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

“Not a bit, Ames; at least, only two minutes, and that doesn’t count,” cried Inglefield, cordially, feeling very much “in opposition.”
— from John Ames, Native Commissioner: A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Bertram Mitford

“But the gold,” inquired one, as if the question had not already been asked and answered a hundred times.
— from Diego Pinzon and the Fearful Voyage He Took Into the Unknown Ocean A.D. 1492 by John Russell Coryell

Eleanor did not answer, but after a moment she rose and turned away.
— from Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

I finished the narrative, and began another, a rather exciting one, connected with the breaking of a carriage wheel and an exile from Monte Carlo; but never once did curiosity or any other emotion impair the rigidity of that nun.
— from The House of Martha by Frank Richard Stockton

Elephants are bred over all those Provinces, and of wonderful greatness; though some report, they cannot kneel, nor lie down, they can do both, and have their Joynts as other Creatures for use: With their Fore-feet they will leap upon Trees to pull down the Boughs, and are of that strength, they will shake a great Cocao Tree for the Nuts, and pull down a good Tree with their Tusks, to get the Leaves to eat, as well as Sedge and long Grass, Cocao Nuts and Berries, &c. which with their Trunk they put in their Mouth, and chew it with their smaller Teeth; in most of those Provinces, are many rich Mines, but the Negroes opposed the Portugueses for working in them. {MN} Wild Elephants. {MN} The Kingdom of Angola is wonderful populous, and rich in Mines of Silver, Copper, and most other Metals; fruitfull in all manner of Food, and sundry sorts of Cattel, but Dogs Flesh they love better than any other Meat; they use few Clothes, and no Armour; Bows, Arrows, and Clubs are their Weapons.
— from The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America From Ann. Dom. 1593 to 1629 by John Smith

D’Arcy’s nearly as big an ass as you are yourself, to trust you.”
— from The Cock-House at Fellsgarth by Talbot Baines Reed

He had bought himself a leather-backed notebook as big as a young ledger, just as a green kid just out of [Pg 110] high school would have done, and he had a long, new, shiny, freshly sharpened lead pencil sticking out of the breast pocket of his coat.
— from The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb