It was evident that he was one of these thorough Church-and-king men, who connect the idea of devotion and loyalty; who consider the Deity, somehow or other, of the government party, and religion “a very excellent sort of thing, that ought to be countenanced and kept up.” When he joined so loudly in the service, it seemed more by way of example to the lower orders, to show them that, though so great and wealthy, he was not above being religious; as I have seen a turtle-fed alderman swallow publicly a basin of charity soup, smacking his lips at every mouthful and pronouncing it “excellent food for the poor.” When the service was at an end, I was curious to witness the several exits of my groups.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

whence mighty rivers flow And not a brook returns; add to these counts The Tyrol with its lovely azure mounts And France with her historic fleurs-de-lis; Come now, decide, what 'tis your choice must be?'
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

The face of the country, except the sea-coast, and the valley of the Jordan, is covered with mountains, which appear, for the most part, as naked and barren rocks; and in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, there is a real scarcity of the two elements of earth and water.
— 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

In the first place, they agree in prescribing actions as means to an end distinct from, and lying outside the actions; so that they both lay down rules which are not absolute but relative, and only valid if they conduce to the end.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

The other did not answer, but ran after him and gazed at him with the same imploring but yet inflexible expression.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The surplus was much in the way, taking up as it did so much of the narrow and bad roads, and consuming so much of the forage and other stores brought up by the trains.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

The persecution of the Imperial family, to which Theodosius himself had been indebted for his fortune, was now aggravated by recent and repeated injuries.
— 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

to adapt Addaw, n. a promise Addawd, n. a repository Addawedig, a. promised Addawiad, n. promising Addawl, n. worship Addawydd, n. a promiser Addef, v. to acknowledge, to own Addefedig, a. confessed Addefiad, n. confession Addefol, a. confessing Addefwr, n. a confessor Addewid, n. a promise Addewidiol, a. promissory Addfed, a. ripe, mature Addfediad, n. a ripening Addfedrwydd, n. ripeness Addfedu, v. to ripen Addfwyn, a. gentle, meek, mild Addfwynder, n. gentleness Addoed, n. an appointed time Addoedi, v. to set a time; to defer Addoediad, n. prorogation, a respiting Addoer, a. frigid; chilly Addoeredig, a. chilled Addoeri, v. to chill Addoeriad, n. refrigeration Addoladwy, a. adorable; divine Addoledig, a. praised; worshipped Addoli, v. to worship, to adore Addoliad, n. a worshipping Addoliadol, a. devotional Addoliant, n. worship, adoration Addolwr, n. worshipper Addon, n. fruit; offspring Addu, v. to go, to proceed Adduned, n. a vow; a desire Addunedu, v. to make a vow Addunedwr, n. vower Adduniad, n. a vowing Addunwr, n. one that makes a vow Addurn, n. an ornament Addurnedig, a. ornamented Addurniad, n. adornment Addurniaeth, n. ornature Addurno, v. to ornament Addurnol, a. ornamental Addurnwr, n. a decorator Addfwynfryd, n. a virtuous mind Addygg, n. instruction Addysgediff, a. instructed Addysgiad, n. an instructing Addysgu, v. to instruct, to teach Addysgiadol, a. dictatic Addysgwr, n. an instructor Aed, n. a going; a proceeding Aeg, n. faculty of utterance Ael, n. a jut out; a brow Aeldrem, n. a leering Aeldrwm, a. stern, frowning Aele, a. woeful, sad, piteous Aeled, n. an ailment Aelfawr, a. big browed Aelgerth, n. the check bone Aeliog, a. browed; full browed Aelod, n. a limb, a number Aelodi, v. to form a member Aelodiad, n. forming a member Aelodog, a. limbed Aelwyd, n. a hearth; family Aelwydiad, n. a hearth-full Aelwyd, a. prosperous Aer, n. slaughter; battle; heir Aerfan, n. a field of battle Aeron, n. fruits of trees Aerwy, n. a collar; torques Aes, n. a flat body; a target Aesel, n. verjuice; vinegar Aeserw, n. plank Aeth, n. a point, a furse: v. he went; he has gone Aethawl, a. pungent, poignant Aethiad, n. a smarting Aethnen, n. an aspen, a poplar Aethwellt, n. latter-math Aethwydd, n. aspen wood Af, n. progress, a going on; a prefix to words, answering to UN Afach, n. a grapple, a holdfast Afaeth, n. blandishment Afal, n. an apple Afaleua, v. to gather apples Afall, n. an apple tree Afallach, n. an orchard Afallen, n. an apple tree Afallwydd, n. apple trees Afan, n. raspberries: a. high, loud Afanc, n. a crocodile Afanen, n. a raspberry Afanwydd, n. a raspberry-brake Afiach, a. unwell, unhealthy Afiaeth, n. blandishment Afiechyd, n. indisposition Aflafar, n. loss of speech; dumb Aflafarwch, n. lack of utterance Aflan, a. unclean, poluted Aflanhad, n. a polluting Aflanhau, v. to pollute Aflariaidd, a. ungentle Aflathr, a. without polish Aflathraidd, a. unpollished Aflawen, a. not merry Afleferydd, n. dumbness Aflendid, n. uncleanness Aflerw, a. slovenly, untidy Afles, n. disadvantage; hurt Aflesol, a. disadvantageous Aflesrwydd, n. disadvantage Aflesu, v. to damage, to hurt Aflonder, n. uncheerfulness Aflonydd, a. unquiet, restless Aflonyddiad, n. molestation Aflonyddu, v. to disquiet Aflonyddwch, n. disquietude Aflonyddwr, n. a molester Afloyw, a. not clear, muddy Afloywder, n. muddiness Aflun, a. void of form Afluniad, n. deforming Afluniaidd, a. deformed Aflunieiddio, v. to disfigure Aflwfr, a. uncowardly; daring Aflwydd, n. misfortune Aflwyddianus, a. unprosperous Aflwyddiant, n. misfortune, want of prosperity Aflwyddo, v. to miscarry, to fail Aflwyddol, a. unprosperous Aflyfnder, n. ruggedness Aflym, a. blunt; not sharp Aflymder, n. want of sharpness Aflywodraeth, n. misrule Aflywodraethus, a. ungovernable Afon, n. a river Afonig, n. a brook, rivulet, a rill Afonol, a. like a rivet Afr, n. a flowing principle Afrad, n. waste Afradiad, n. a lavashing Afradlawn, a. extravagant Afradlondeb, n. prodigality Afradloni, v. to waste, to lavish Afradloniad, n. lavishing Afradlonrwydd, n. prodigality Afradu, v. to squander, to lavish Afraid, a. needless, unnecessary Afreol, n. disorder, misrule Afreolaidd, a. irregular Afreolaeth, n. irregularity Afrif, a. numberless Afrifad, n. innumerableness Afrifed, a. innumerable Afrifo, v. to miscount Afrllad, n. consecrated wafers Afrlladen, n. a cake, a wafer Afrugl, a. faultering, hesitating Afrwydd, n. difficulty: a. unprosperous Afrwydd-deb, n. unpropitiousness Afrwyddiad, n. a retarding Afrwyddo, v. to retard, to hinder Afrwyddol, a. unpropitious Afrwym, a. unbound, untied Afrywiaeth, n. degeneracy Afrywiedig, a. degenerated Afrywio, v. to degenerate Afrywiog, a. harsh, degenerate Afrywiogi, v. to grow rough Afrywiogrwydd, n. degeneracy, rigour; harshness Afu, n. the liver Afuad, n. the rot Afuol, a. hepatical Affwys, n. a precipice: a. steep Ag, n. f. an opening, a cleft: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Now it seems to follow that in everything (substance) there is something which is absolutely internal and which antecedes all external determinations, inasmuch as it renders them possible; and that therefore this substratum is something which does not contain any external relations and is consequently simple (for corporeal things are never anything but relations, at least of their parts external to each other); and, inasmuch as we know of no other absolutely internal determinations than those of the internal sense, this substratum is not only simple, but also, analogously with our internal sense, determined through representations, that is to say, all things are properly monads, or simple beings endowed with the power of representation.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

For all these allusions are capable of explanation on the same principle with those of Holy Scripture, namely, as being relative and explanatory to man.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone

Although without any definite government amongst themselves, or any allegiance to the little republics which had sprung up over the Vaal, a certain number of Dutch farmers in the new Sovereignty would not accept British rule, and they were speedily aided by the Transvaal Boers under Pretorius in a direct attack upon Bloemfontein.
— from South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I Comprising a History of South Africa and its people, including the war of 1899 and 1900 by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

Yet not believing their condemnation by the law really, they do not also believe really and effectually the law that doth condemn them.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

Under his administration, the Rhine has been passed to seize the Duc d'Enghien, and the Elbe to capture Sir George Rumbold; the Hanse Towns have been pillaged, and even Emden blockaded; and the representations against, all these outrages have neither been followed by public reparation nor a becoming resentment; and was it not also Baron von Hardenberg, who, on the 5th of April, 1795, concluded at Basle that treaty to which we owe all our conquests and Germany and Italy all their disasters?
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

The young ladies, Norma and Blanche, rose as one woman—loud in denunciation, vehement in protest—fell upon the scheme, and verbally sought to annihilate it.
— from Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland

The humanising effects of gardening are not appreciated by Russians, and the jealously watered compounds of the officials enclose only scraggy trees and stuccoed buildings.
— from The Heart of Asia A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times by Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir

Its style is lofty and eloquent, written with candour, neither exaggerating vices of character, nor reviving national animosities, but rendering a just tribute to virtue, wherever found.
— from A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by J. S. (John Solomon) Rarey

Horsemen were galloping here and there, yelling forth words of command, big guns roared out on the night air, bugles rang, and musketry roared, and fire flashed in every direction.
— from Shireen and her Friends: Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Gordon Stables