I sang out, I could not help it now; and giving a sudden grunt of astonishment he began feeling me.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Original THERE are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

THE CRAB AND THE FOX A Crab once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland, which looked very nice and green and seemed likely to be a good place to feed in.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

And whereas commonwealths and kingdoms cannot have, next after God, any surer foundation than the love and goodwill of one man towards another, that also is closely bred and maintained in cities, where men by mutual society and companying together, do grow to alliances, commonalties, and corporations.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Cos, n. an itching Coygordd, n. a retinue Cosi, v. to assuage itching Cosiad, n. a scratching Cosp, n. chastisement Cospad, n. a chastising Cospadwy, a. punishable Cospedig, a. chastised Cospedigaeth, n. punishment Cospedigol, a. castigatory Cospi, v. to chastise, to punish Cospiad, n. a punishing Cospol, a. castigatory Cospwr, n. a chastiser; a punisher Cost, n. a coast; cost, charge Costio, v. to expend; to cost Costiol, a. relating to cost Costog, a. sluggish; morose Costogi, v. to grow surly Costrel, n. a flaggon; a jar Costrelaid, n. a jar full Costrelan, n. a phial; a jar Costrelig, n. a small jar Costrelu, v. to put in a jar Costrelwr, one that puts in a jar Costus, a. chargeable, dear Coswr, n. a scratcher Cosyn, n. a single cheese Cot, n. a short tail or crop Coten, n. a little dag or tail Cotwm, n. a dag-wool; cotton Cotymog, a. dagged, ermined Cothi, v. to squirt, to eject Cothwr, n. an ejector Cowyllu, v. to envelop Cowyn, n. the plague Cowynog, a. full of biles Crab, n. a crinkle, a shrink Crach, n. scabs; itch; maneg Crachen, n. a scab; a crust Crachenu, v. to form a scab Crachfeddw, a. half drunk Crachfeddyg, n. a quack Crachlyd, a. apt to be scabby Crachog, a. full of scabs Craf, n. cloves; claws; garlic Crafangiad, n. gripe; handful Crafangc, n. a claw, a crab fish Crafangiad, a clawing, a griping Crafangio, v. to claw, to gripe Crafangwr, n. a clawer, a griper Crafell, n. a scraper Crafellu, to use a slice; to scrape Crafen, n. a flake; a crust Crafiad, n. a scraping Crafu, v. to scrape, to scratch Crafwr, n. a scratched Craff, n. a clasp; a cramp: a. securing, sure; keen Craffder, n. keeness; skill Craffiad, n. a securing Craffiniad, n. scarification Craffinio, v. to scarify Craffu, v. to secure hold; to ken Craffus, a. penetrating, piercing Craffwr, n. perceiver Crag, n. a hard crust Cragen, n. a shell Cragenaidd, a. crustaceous Cragenog, a. having a shell Crai, n. heat; potency; the heart; the eye of a needle; a. vivid: fervid; fresh Craid, n. vehemency; force Craidd, n. a centre; the heart Craig, n. a crag; a rock Crair, n. a token; a relic Craith, n. a scar; a cicatrice Cram, n. an incrustration Cramen, n. a scab over a sore Crameniad, n. scabbing Cramenog, a. covered with scab Cranenu, v. to scab over Crammwyth, n. a pancake Crammwythen, n. a fritter Crangc, n. a crab; a cancer Crangen, n. a wen Crangenog, a. full of wens Crap, n. a grapple, a catch Crapiad, n. a grappling Crapio, v. to grapple; to snatch Crapiog, a. grappling, snatching Crapiwr, n. a grappler Crâs, what is parclied; a toast: a. parched, acrid; saucy Crasaidd, a. of a parching nature; acrid Crasair, n. sauciness Crasboeth, a. acrid, pungent Crasboethi, v. to parch with heat Crasboethiad, n. a parching, or a drying with heat Crasdant, n. a sharp note Crasder, n. aridity; sauciness Crasdir, n. parched ground Crasedig, a. parched; toasted Craseiriog, a. malepert Crasgalaf, n. the herb flavin Crasgnoi, v. to scranch Crasiad, n. a parching; a roasting Crasiedydd, n. a roaster Crasol, a. parching, drying Crasu, v. to parch, to roast Craswr, n. a parchet; a dryer Crasyd, n. parched corn Crawen, n. a crust Craweniad, n. incrustation Crawenog, a. crusted, crusty Crawenol, a. incrustating Crawenu, v. to become crusty Crawn, n. a collection; pus Crawni, v. to collect; to form Crawnllyd, a. purulent Crawnol, a. collecting Crëad, n. a creation Crëadol, a. creating, plastic Crëadur, n. a creature Crëaduriaeth, n. creation Crëawd, n. formation, creation Crëawdwr, n. a creator Crebach, n. what is shrunk: a shrunk, withered Crebachiad, a. shrinking Crebachlyd, a. apt to contract, or shrink Crebachu, v. to shrink Crebachwr, n. one that shrinks Crebog, a. shrunk, withered Crebwyll, n. fancy, intention Crebwyllo, v. to imagine Crebwylliad, n. an imagining Creciad, n. a chirping Crecian, v. to chirp, to chatter Creciar, n. the darker hen Crech, n. a shriek, a scream; a rough, rugged, curled Crechiad, n. a shrieking out Crechian, v. to shriek, to crash Crechol, a. screaming Crechwen, n. a shrill laugh Crechwenu, v. to laugh out Cred, n. belief; faith; religion Credad, n. a believing Credadwy, a. credible Credadyn, n. a believer Crededd, n. belief, credibility Credin, a. believing, credulous Crediniaeth, n. a belief Credo, n. a belief, a creed Credol, a. believing, crediting Credu, v. to believe, to credit Credus, a. inducing belief Credwr, n. a believer Creddiad, n. temperament Creddu, v. to dispose Crëedig, a. created, formed Crëadigaeth, n. creation Cref, a cry, a scream: a. strong, powerful Crefiad, n. a craving; a suing Crefiant, n. a craving Crefol, a. craving, imploring Crefu, v. to cry, to crave Crefydd, n. devotion; religion Crefyddol, a. devout, religious Crefyddoldeb, n. religiousness Crefyddu, v. to act religiously Crefyddwr, n. a religionist Crefft, n. a handy-craft; a trade Crefftwr, n. a handy-craftsman, a mechanic; a tradesman Creffyn, n. a brace, a clasper Creffyniad, n. a bracing Creffynu, v. to brace, to plate Creg, a. hoarse, of rough voice Cregen, n. an earthen vessel Cregenu, v. to make pottery Cregenydd, n. a potter Creglais, n. a hoarse voice Creglyd, a. apt to hoarse Cregu, v. to become hoarse Creyna, v. to gather shells Cregynog, a. having shells Cregynol, a. testaceous Cregyr, n. a screamer, heron Creiad, n. a freshening Creider, n. fresness; purity Creiddiad, n. pervasion Creiddiol, a. pervasive Creiddyn, n. what juts into Creifion, n. scrapings Creigiaidd, a. rocky Creigio, v. to grow rocky Creigiog, a. rocky, craggy Creigiogrwydd, n. rockiness Creigiol, a. apt to be rocky Creilwg, n. charred furse Creiniad, n. a wallowing Creinio, v. to wallow Creiniol, a. wallowing, rolling Creiniwr, n. a wallower Creio, v. to freshen, to brisken Creirâu, v. to swear by the relics Creirdŷ, n. a house for relics Creirfa, n. a reliquary Creiries, n. a jewel, a beauty Creisier, n. a calcinatory Creision, n. calcined matter; dross of anything burnt Creisioni, v. to calcine Creithen, n. a cicatrice, a scar Creithiad, n. cicatrization Creithio, v. to cicatrize Creithiog, a. full of scars Creithiol, a. cicatrisive Cremog, n. a pancake Crencyn, n. a small crab Crepa, n. a crabbed dwarf Crepian, v. to creep, to hobble Crepaniog, a. creeping Crepog, a. shrunk; withered Cres, n. a hardening by heat Cresiad, n. inflamation Crest, n. scum, dregs; scurf Cresten, n. a crusted surface Crestenu, v. to gather scurf Crestiad, n. incrustation Crestog, a. being crusted over Crestol, a. apt to incrustate Crestu, v. to incrustate Cresu, v. to parch, to scorch Creth, n. disposition, purpose Crëu, v. to create Creuan, n. the cranium Creuled, a. drenched in gore Creulon, a. bloody, cruel Creulonaeth, n. cruelty Creuloni, v. to wax cruel Creulonrwydd, n. cruelty Creulys, n. groundsel Creuol, a. gory, bloody Crew, n. a shout, an outcry Crëwr, n. a creator, a former Crewt, n. a faint cry Crewtian, v. to whine, to pule Cri, n. a cry, a clamour: a. rough, rude; raw, fresh Criad, n. a crying, a bawling Crib, n. a comb; a crest, a top Cribach, n. a hay-hook Cribarth, n. a ridged hill Cribddail, n. extortion; pillage Cribddeilio, v. to extort Cribddeiliwr, n. an extortioner Cribell, n. a cock’s comb Cribiad, n. a combing Cribin, n. a hay-rake Cribiniad, n. a raking Cribinio, v. to rake Cribiniwr, n. a raker Cribion, n. combings Cribo, v. to comb, to card Cribog, a. indented; crested Cribwr, n. a comber, a carder Cricell, n. a cricket Cricellu, v. to chirp, to chatter Criciad, n. a cricket Criciedydd, n. a creaker Crif, n. a row of notches Crifellu, v. to notch, to grave Crifiad, n. a notching Crig, n. a crick Criglyn, n. a faint trace Crigyll, n. ravine; creek Crimmell, n. a sharp ridge Crimmog, n. a shin, a greave Crimmogiad, n. a shinning; a kick on the shin Crimmogio, v. to shin Crimp, n. a sharp ridge Crimpiad, n. a crimping Crimpio, v. to crimp Crin, a. brittle, fragile; niggard Crinad, n. a growing brittle Crinder, n. brittleness Crinell, n. what is clung Crinelliad, n. crepitation Crinellu, v. to cling; to cracle Crinlys, n. the violet Crino, v. to wax brittle, to clung Crintach, a. niggardly Crintachrwydd, n. niggardliness Crintachu, v. to grow niggardly Crintachwr, n. a niggard Crinwydd, n. dry brushwood Crio, v. to cry, to clamour Crip, n. a scratch; a notch Cripiad, n. a scratching Cripio, v. to scratch, to claw Cripiog, a. having scratches Cripiol, a. scratching, clawing Cripiwr, n. a scratcher Cris, n. a scale, a hard crust Crisb, n. a crisp coating Crisbin, a. crumbling, crisp Crisbinio, v. to crisp, to dry Crisial, n. crystal Crisialad, n. crystalization Crisialaidd, a. crystaline Crisialu, v. to crystalize CRIST, n. Christ, Messiah Cristion, n. a christian Cristionogaeth, n. christianity Cristionogaidd, a. christianly Cristionogol, a. christianly Croca, a. crooked, tortuous Croch, a. rough, forcible; eager Crochan, n. a boiler, a pot Crochanaid, n. a pot-full Crochenu, v. to make pottery Crochenydd, n. a potter Crochenyddiaeth, n. pottery Crochenyn, n. a little pot Crochlais, n. a rough voice Crochlef, n. a shrill shout Crochlefain, n. a scream Crochlefwr, n. a great shouter Crochleisio, v. to vociferate Croen, n. a skin, a hide Croendew, n. thick-skinned Croenog, a. having skin Croenol, a. cutaneous Croenen, n. a cuticle Croengyrchu, v. to wrinkle a skin Croeni, v. to skin, to skin over Croeniad, n. a skinning Croes, n. a cross; a crucifix: a. cross, transverse Croesaw, n. a welcome Croesawgar, a. hospitable Croesawiad, n. a welcoming Croesawl, a. transversial Croesawu, v. to welcome Croesawus, a. hospitable Coesdroi, v. to contort Croesdynu, v. to contend Croesen, n. a coquette; a jilt Croesffon, n. a cross staff Croesffordd, n. a cross road Croesgynghanedd, n. alliterative consonancy Croeshoeliad, n. crucifixion Croeshoelio, v. to crucify Croesi, v. to cross, to put across Croesiad, n. a crossing Croesineb, n. crossness Croeslath, n. a purlin Crog, n. a cross, a crucifix; a. hanging, overhanging Crogadwy, a. that may be hung Crogbren, n. a gallows Crogedyf, n. a dropwort Crogell, n. a place to hang meat Crogen, n. a gill; a jaw Crogi, v. to hang, to suspend Crogiad, n. a hanging Croglath, n. a springe Croglen, n. a hanging; a curtain Croglith, n. the mass of the cross Crogwr, n. a hangman Crom, a. bending, boughed Cromen, n. a dome, a cupola Cromglwyd, n. a thatch hurdle Crombill, n. the craw, crop or gorge of a bird Cromilaid, n. a crop full Cromlech, n. an incumbent flag, a stone of covenant Cron, a. round, circular Cronbleth, n. a bobbin Cronnel, a. a globule; a globe Cronellog, a. globular Cronellu, v. to glomerate Cronen, n. a globe, a sphere Cronfa, n. a receptacle; a dam Cronglwyl, n. a roof hurdle Croni, v. to board, to dam Croniad, n. a damming Cropa, n. a crop, or a craw Cropiad, n. a creeping Cropian, v. to creep, to crawl Cropiedydd, n. a creeper Crotawg, a. plump, round Croten, n. a little plump girl Croth, n. a bulge; a womb Crothawg, gibbous; big-bellied Crothell, n. a bulge; a bansticle Crothi, v. to bulge, to swell Croyw, a. clear; brisk; fresh Croywder, n. freshness Croywi, v. to freshen; to brisk Cru, n. a hollow rotundity Crub, n. a swelling out Crud, n. a cover, a case Crug, n. a heap, a tump Crugo, v. to heap, to swell Crugog, a. having heaps Crugdardd, n. a pustule Crugdarddu, v. to imposthumate Crugiad, n. a heaping up Crugyll, n. a place of tumps Crugyn, n. a small heap Crygynu, v. to pile, to heap Crygynog, a. full of tumps Crwb, n. a round hunch Crwbach, n. a hook, a crook Crwban, n. a tortoise Crwc, n. a bucket, a pail Crwca, a. crooked, bowed, bent Crwcau, v. to bow, to curve Crwcwd, n. a round squat Crwm, a. bending, concave Crwmach, n. convexity Crwn, a. round, circular Crwt, n. a crust; a dumpy one Crwtyn, n. a little dumpy one Crwth, n. a bulge, a trunk; a belly; a violin Crwybr, a. a scum; honeycomb Crwydr, n. a wandering Crwydrai, n. a wanderer Crwydrol, a. wandering Crwydredigaeth, a. vagrancy Crwydriad, n. a vagabond Crwynllys, n. the gentian Crwynwr, n. the skinner Crybwyll, n. a hint; an idea Crybwylliad, n. a hinting Crybwyllo, v. to intimate Crybychawl, a. crinkling Crybychiad, n. a crinkling Crybychu, v. to crinkle Crycydu, v. to squat down Crŷch, n. a wrinkle; a ripple; a. wrinkled; rippling Crychedd, n. roughness Crychiad, n. a wrinkling, crepature; a shake in music Crychiant, n. curliness Crychias, n. a rough boiling Crychlais, n. a broken voice Crychlam, n. a caper Crychlamiad, n. a capering Crychnaid, n. a skip, a frisk Crychneidio, v. to skip Crychni, n. curliness Crychrawn, a. frizzly, haired Crychu, v. to ruffle; to ripple Crychydd, n. a ruffler; a heron; crane Cryd, n. a quake; a fever Crydiad, n. a shivering Crydian, v. to keep shivering Crydio, v. to shiver, to quake Crydiol, a. shivering, quaking Crydu, v. to tremble, to shudder Crydus, a. shivering, trembling Crydwst, n. a shivering fit Crydd, n. a shoemaker Cryddiaeth,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

I had my horses to buy, my establishment to arrange, my entree into the genteel world to make; and, having announced my intention to purchase horses and live in a genteel style, was in a couple of days so pestered by visits of the nobility and gentry, and so hampered by invitations to dinners and suppers, that it became exceedingly difficult for me during some days to manage my anxiously desired visit to Mrs. Barry.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Or else, why did she not go out of the neighborhood, and get a situation where she was not known?
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

I drew a sketch of the plan and rules that would be necessary, and got a skilful conveyancer, Mr. Charles Brockden, to put the whole in form of articles of agreement to be subscribed, by which each subscriber engag'd to pay a certain sum down for the first purchase of books, and an annual contribution for increasing them.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

When in better circumstances, owns to having been in the constant habit of drinking ale and beer; says he is not certain whether he did not twice a week, for twenty years, taste “dog’s nose,” which your committee find upon inquiry, to be compounded of warm porter, moist sugar, gin, and nutmeg (a groan, and ‘So it is!’ from an elderly female).
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

And they soon were gone, for when they understood Jerry's dodge they got out, calling him all sorts of bad names and blustering about his number and getting a summons.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

The outward Exercise of Prayer , as needing a greater and superadded Influence and Motion of the Spirit, as it cannot be continually practised, so neither can it be so readily, so as to be effectually performed, until his Mind be some Time acquainted with the Inward ; therefore such as are diligent and watchful in their Minds, and much retired in the Exercise of this inward Prayer , are more capable to be frequent in the Use of the Outward , because that this holy Influence doth more constantly attend them, and they being better acquainted with, and accustomed to, the Motions of God’s Spirit , can easily perceive and discern them.
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay

I remember her raising her hand to her neck and givin' a spiteful sort of jerk to the braid that fetched it outside the slip-knot, and then saying to the sheriff: 'There, d—n ye, go on.'
— from Drift from Two Shores by Bret Harte

Lonergan nodded and glanced at Sawtell.
— from The Lone Ranger Rides by Fran Striker

the infinite wonderings of the religious life, it deals less altogether than had been desired; and in touching them does not always glorify and satisfy the heart.
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau

Emboldened by encouragement, she went on to attack him pitilessly for going down on his knees before her sister, “just as though you were not as good as she is,” and openly avowed that, if she were a man, she would at least have some pride.
— from Democracy, an American novel by Henry Adams

“Not as good as some of the fellows,” replied Clem.
— from Right Tackle Todd by Ralph Henry Barbour

That John Jr. was not perfect, she knew, but he was noble and generous, and so easily influenced by those he loved, that she knew it would be an easy task to soften down some of the rougher shades of his character.
— from 'Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes