We have seen, on the contrary, that amongst a democratic people the choicer minds of the nation are gradually drawn away from the military profession, to seek by other paths, distinction, power, and especially wealth.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Blest payre of Swans, Oh may you interbring Daily new joyes, and never sing, Live, till all grounds of wishes faile, Till honor, yea till wisedome grow so stale, 175 That, new great heights to trie, It must serve your ambition, to die; Raise heires, and may here, to the worlds end, live Heires from this King, to take thankes, you, to give, Nature and grace doe all, and nothing Art.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

[190] ‘Why was the Welsh dragon in the fables of Merddin, Nennius, and Geoffrey, described as red , while the Saxon dragon was white ?’
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

If then thou shalt separate from thyself, that is from thy mind, whatsoever other men either do or say, or whatsoever thou thyself hast heretofore either done or said; and all troublesome thoughts concerning the future, and whatsoever, (as either belonging to thy body or life:) is without the jurisdiction of thine own will, and whatsoever in the ordinary course of human chances and accidents doth happen unto thee; so that thy mind (keeping herself loose and free from all outward coincidental entanglements; always in a readiness to depart:) shall live by herself, and to herself, doing that which is just, accepting whatsoever doth happen, and speaking the truth always; if, I say, thou shalt separate from thy mind, whatsoever by sympathy might adhere unto it, and all time both past and future, and shalt make thyself in all points and respects, like unto Empedocles his allegorical sphere, 'all round and circular,' &c., and shalt think of no longer life than that which is now present: then shalt thou be truly able to pass the remainder of thy days without troubles and distractions; nobly and generously disposed, and in good favour and correspondency, with that spirit which is within thee.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

n. certainty Diewyllys, a. intestate Dif, n. a cast off, ejection Difa, n. extermination Difâd, n. an exterminating: a. destitute of good Difaddeu, a. without remission Difael, a. profitless Difaeth, a. without nourishment Difai, a. blameless, faultless Difalch, a. void of pride Difam, a. motherless Difan, a. spotless, unspotted Difancoll, a. total loss Difaniad, n. a vanishing Difant, n. a vanished state Difanu, v. to vanish Difanw, a. evanescent Difanwl, a. not exact Difar, a without wrath Difarf, a. beardless, shaved Difariaeth, a. without mischief Difarn, a. void of judgement Difarw, a. deathless, immortal Difas, a. not shallow Difaswedd, a. without levity Difechni, a. not having bail Difedydd, a. unbaptized Difeddiant, a. unpossessed Difeddw, a. sober Difefl, a. void of reproach Difeio, v. to exculpate Difeiriad, n. a repenting Difenwad, n. a contemning Difenwi, v. to contemn Difenwyd, a. unblest; joyless Difesur, a. immeasurable Difeth, a. infallible, certain Difiad, n. annoyance Difilain, a. not ferocious Difin, a. edgeless Difio, v. to fling; to annoy Difiog, a. annoying; wild Diflaen, a. without point Diflaen, n. beard of a dart: a. without a point Diflan, a. without lusture; fading Diflanedigaeth, n. disappearance Diflaniad, n. a vanishing Diflanol, a. evanescent Diflant, n. evanescence Diflanu, v. to vanish away Diflas, a. tasteless; disgusting Diflasdod, n. disgust, insipidity Diflasiad, n. a disgusting Diflasu, v. to disgust; to become disgusted Diflin, a. not tired, unwearied Diflisg, without shell; unpeeled Diflodau, a. destitute of flowers Diflwng, a. not sullen Difoes, a. void of manners Difoiwyno, v. to constuperate Difr, n. a cast; a metre Difrad, a. not treacherous Difradw, a not defective Difraint, a. not privileged Difraisg, a. not bulky or large Difrau, a. not fragile or brittle Difraw, a. fearless; careless Difrawd, n. dispersion; waste; devastation Difrawu, v. to grow careless Difrawwch, n. unconcern Difreg, a. of frailty Defreinio, v. to disfranchise Difri, a. undignified, ignoble Difrif, a. serious, sedate Difrig, a. not having tops Difrisg, a. trackless Difro, a. exile: n. an exile Difrodaeth, n. extravagance Difrodi, v. to make havoc Difrodiad, n. a washing Difrwysg, a. not inebriated Difrycheulyd, a. immaculate Difryd, having no mind; listless Difrydaeth, n. inattention Difrys, a. not in haste Difryw, a. not luxuriant Difuchedd, a. immoral Difudd, a. gainless, not profitable Difurn, a. free from evil design Difwng, a. unwavering Difwlch, a. breachless Difwriad, a. undesigned Difwrw, a. improvident Difwyn, a. unenjoyed Difydr, a. without meter Difyfyr, a. uncontemplated Difygwth, a. void of threatening Difyngiad, a. void of stammering Difyn, n. a fragment Difyniad, n. a cutting to pieces Difynio, v. to carve, to mince Difyr, a. diverting, amusing Difyredigaeth, n. amusement Difyrgar, a. tending to divert Difyriad, n. a diverting Difyru, v. to divert, to amuse Difyrus, a. divertive; amusing Difyrwch, n. diversion, play Difysgu, v. to unmix, to separate Difyw, a. lifeless, inanimate Diffaeth, n. a wilderness; an outcast; a waif: a. unfruitful, barren, foul Diffawd, n. a misfortune: a. unfortunate, luckless Diffeithder, n. foulness Diffeithfa, n. foul ground Diffiethiad, n. a laying waste Diffeithio, v. to lay waste Diffeithwch, n. a wilderness Differ, n. defence, guard Differiol, a. defensive Differu, v. to defend, to guard Differyd, v. to defend, to ward Difflais, a. not ravaged Diffodd, n. what is extinct; v. to extinguish Diffoddi, v. to extinguish Diffoddiad, n. extinction Diffordd, a. pathless Diffred, v. to protect Diffrediad, n. protection Diffreidiad, n. a protector Diffreidio, v. to protect Diffreidiog, n. a guardian Diffrwyn, a unbridled Diffrwyth, a. fruitless; feeble Diffrwytho, v. to make abortive Diffryd, v. to protect Diffuant, a. unfeigned Diffur, a. without perception Diffwyn, n. defence, guard Diffwys, n. a precipice Diffydd, a. faithless, infidel Diffyg, n. defect, failure.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

black, sable; gloomy Duad, n. a blacking; a bay in a building; length of plough land Duch, n. a sigh; a groan Duchan, n. a lampoon; a jeer Duchaniad, n. a lampooning Duchanol, a. lampooning Duchanu, v. to lampoon Duder, n. darkness; gloom Dudew, a. thick black Duedd, n. blackness gloom Dueg, n. melancholy Dug, n. that is over; a duke Duges, n. a duchess Dugiaeth, n. a dukedom Dugiol, a. belonging to a duke Duglais, n. a black stripe Duglwyd, n. the restharrow Dul, n. bang, thump Dulaid, n. a thumping Dulas, a. blackish blue Dulio, v. to bang, to thump Duloew, a. of shining black Dulwyd, n. dusky colour Dulyn, n. black water; melancholy; Dublin Dulys, n. lovage, an herb Dull, n. figure, shape, farm, manner; pattern Dulliad, n. formation Dulliedig, a. formed, modified Dullio, v. to form, to shape Dullnewid, v. to transfigure Dullnewidiad, transfiguration Dullwedd, n. style Duo, v. to blacken; to darken Dur, n. hard matter; steel Duraidd, a. of steely nature Durdeb, n. steeliness; solidity Duren, n. a steel to strike fire Durew, n. a black frost Durf, n. what is dense Durfin, a. dense, close hard Durfing, a. dense; austere Duriad, n. a steeling Durio, v. to steel; to edge Duro, a. of steel; solid, dense Duryn, n. a beak, a snout Durynog, a. beaked, snouted Duw, n. God, the Deity Duwdeb, n. divinity Duwdod, n. Godhead Duwiaeth, n. deism, Godhead Duwies, n. a goddess Duwin, a. of divine nature Duwindeb, n. divine nature Duwineb, n. divinity Duwinydd, n. a theologian, a divine Duwinyddiaeth, theology Duwiol, a. godly, pious Duwiolaeth, n. theocracy Duwioldeb, n. godliness, piety Duwioli, v. to deify Duwioliad, n. deification Dwb, n. mortar, cement Dwbiad, n. a daubing Dwbio, v. to daub, to plaster Dwbiwr, n. plasterer Dwbl, a. twofold, double Dwf, n. what glides; a glider Dwfn, a. deep Dwfr, n. water Dwg, n. a bearing, a carrying Dwgan, n. a trull, a trab Dŵl, n. reason, judgement Dwlw, n. action of the mind Dwll, n. an overspread Dwn, n. a murmur; bass: a. dun, swarthy, dusky Dwnad, n. report, rumour Dwndriad, n. a prating Dwndro, v. to prate, to chat Dwndwr, n. prating, tattle Dwned, v. to express, to say Dwr, n. a fluid; water Dwrd, n. a threat; a chiding Dwrdiad, n. a chiding Dwrdio, v. to chide; to threaten Dwrdiol, a. chiding Dwrdd, n. a rustle, a stir Dwrn, n. a fist; a hand Dws, n. what oozes out Dwsel, n. a faucet, a tap Dwthwn, n. a juncture; day Dwy, n. a cause; rule, order; two Dwyadeiniog, a. having two wings Dwyar, n. stirrups Dwydon, n. a dipthong Dwydalenog, a. bipetalous Dwyeg, n. a milt, a spleen Dwyen, n. the gills Dwyf, n. the self-existent Dwyfasglog, a. bivalve Dwyfawg, n. the betany Dwyfed, a. second Dwyfol, a. divine, godly Dwyfolaeth, n. deification Dwyfolder, n. godliness Dwyfoli, v. to deify Dwyfron, n. the breasts Dwyfroneg, n. the breast-plate Dwylaw, n. the two hand Dwyliw, n. two female parties Dwylofaid, the full of both hands Dwylofi, v. to stroke with hands Dwyn, a. agreeable: v. to bear, to carry; to carry away; to steal Dwyndeb, n. pleasantness Dwynol, a. pleasing, agreeable Dwyr, n. the dawn; orient Dwyrain, n. the east: a. abounding with dawnings Dwyran, n. two shores Dwyre, n. a bursting to light: v. to rise, to view Dwyread, n. a rising up Dwyreain, v. to rise, to view Dwyreiniol, a. oriental Dwyreinwynt, n. east wind Dwyreol, a. ortive, surgent Dwys, a. dense, heavy, grave Dwysder, n. density, gravity Dwysiad, n. condensation Dwysill, n. dissyllable Dwyso, v. to condense Dwysogaeth, n. condensation Dwysol, n. condensing Dwyw, n. producing cause Dwywaith, adv. twice Dy, a pref.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

When I perceive that the sympathy of your people with Hungary is almost universal, and that they pronounce their feelings in its favour with a resolution such as denotes noble and great deeds about to follow; I might feel inclined to take for granted, at least in principle , that we shall have your generous aid for restoring to our land its sovereign independence.
— from Select Speeches of Kossuth by Lajos Kossuth

Hugh nodded, and gazed down at the thin forest below.
— from Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley

"Perhaps it was; but, after all, a hundred and five is not a great deal, and we have a good many bats on our side."
— from The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh

On and on they pushed, cheering loudly up the steep incline and over the boulders, nimble as goats, determined as giants, on and on, and, with a mighty roar, [Pg 89] took the position.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

I am now a good [deal] about in a new Boat I have built, and thought (as Johnson took Cocker’s
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 by Edward FitzGerald

"Yes," remarked Lord Nick, "actors generally desire an intelligent audience for the death scene."
— from Gunman's Reckoning by Max Brand

Naturally, however, he was of a noble and generous disposition, and soon learned to tenderly love the helpless babe, whose blue eyes would brighten when he drew near, and whose lips murmured, for their first word, "Arty."
— from The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Mary Ashley Townsend

Ah, give me a horse, To bear me out afar, Where blackest need and grimmest deed, And sweetest perils are.
— from Songs Of The Road by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was a little before noon; a grey day and squally; and perhaps I had spoken lightly.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 18 by Robert Louis Stevenson