Those who had families at a distance, were now expected to visit them, and to spend with them the entire week.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

If the paper money which the bank advances never exceeds this value, it can never exceed the value of the gold and silver which would necessarily circulate in the country if there was no paper money; it can never exceed the quantity which the circulation of the country can easily absorb and employ.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Nay, even the very disguise of grandeur represented in our comedies in some sort moves and gulls us.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

eternally Tragywydd, a. everlasting Tragwyddol, a. everlasting Tragwyddoldeb, n. eternity Tragwyddoli, v. to eternise, to immortalise Traha, n. presumption Trahâu, v. to become arrogant Trahâus, a. arrogant, haughty Trahâusder, n. presumption Trai, n. decrease; ebb tide Traidd, n. a pierce; a strait Traig, n. what tends over Traigl, n. turn, revolution Traill, n. trial, draught, turn Trais, n. rapine ravishment Traith, n. expression, treatise Trallod, n. adversity, affliction Trallodiad, n. an afflicting Trallodol, a. afflicting, vexing Tramgwydd, n. a downfall Tramgwyddo, v. to tumble Tramgwyddol, a. slumbling Tramoli, v. to praise to excess Tramor, a. tranmarine; foreign Tramori, v. to pass over sea Tramp, n. a ramble, a stray Trampio, v. to ramble Tramwy, n. a going about Tramwyo, v. to go about Tramwyol, a. traversing Tran, n. space, stretch, district Tranc, n. cessation; end Tranced, n. a cup with a handle Trancedig, a. perished; ended Trancell, n. a single draught Trancol, a. perishing; ended Trancu, v. to perish, to die Tranial, n. field of battle Tranoeth, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Though so artfully concealed, the Door could not escape the vigilance of the Archers.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

I shall not enumerate the various terminological distinctions of sagali gifts, as this would be impossible to do, without entering upon the enormous subject of mortuary duties and distributions.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

If all these tokens are not enough to vindicate the truth of what I say, here is my sword, that will compel incredulity itself to give credence to it."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

When, then, these substances had been withdrawn, Amain the earth, where now extend the vast Cerulean zones of all the level seas, Caved in, and down along the hollows poured The whirlpools of her brine; and day by day
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

188/3 See, besides the following cases, the declaration in Chamberlain v. Cooke, 2 Ventris, 75 (1 W. & M.), and note especially the variations of statement in Morse v. Slue, set forth below, in the text.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

In 1896 the ninth eleven that visited England, under the leadership of Trott, proved a good side, far the best that had been over since 1884, and from this date the efficiency of Australian cricket began to rise, until at the time of writing (April 1898) it stands as high as it ever did.
— from Cricket by A. G. (Allan Gibson) Steel

“I tell you, Melanie, it is the talk, the very daily, hourly gossip of the streets, the alleys, nay, even the very kennels of Paris.
— from The Knights of England, France, and Scotland by Henry William Herbert

Said he, "there are those, perhaps, who can sneer at the disasters and misfortunes of the late campaign, and will object to this bill, saying there is no encouragement to vote additional forces, seeing that those which have been already raised have been so idly employed.
— from The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

An excess of gaiety, when curbed, is apt to degenerate into its contrary extreme: it must, therefore, be confessed, that few things could have been more lucky for Mrs. Munden than this event; she had lost all relish for the conversation of the Miss Airishes, and those other giddy creatures which had composed the greatest part of her acquaintance; and too much solitude might have brought on a gloominess of temper equally uneasy to herself and to those about her; but the society of these worthy friends, the diversions they prepared for her, and the company to which they introduced her, kept up her native liveliness of mind, and at the same time convinced her that pleasure was no enemy to virtue or to reputation, when partook with persons of honour and discretion.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

For example, in the world of the mineral, the atom does not express the vegetable form and organism, and when through the process of transmutation it assumes the virtues of the vegetable degree, it does not reflect the attributes of animal organisms, and so on.
— from Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Because, forsooth, I am the nephew of Zeno, the Keeper of the Seal, who is on the brink of despair because he himself knows nothing, not even the veriest trifle."
— from Cleopatra — Volume 01 by Georg Ebers

The dog barked in spite of all attempts to prevent him, and acting upon this timely warning, the lugger-boat pulled short round, just as lights were shown from the cliffs to notify an enemy at hand, for the barking of the dog had not escaped the vigilance of those on shore, and in a few seconds she disappeared in the mist.
— from Snarleyyow; or, The Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat

“I hope,” said Mr. Seymour, addressing himself to Mr. Twaddleton, who was walking a few paces before him, “that the maiden ladies have not espied their vicar at a game of marbles; if they should, what a chuckling would there be at their next tea-party!”
— from Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports by John Ayrton Paris

Many of them that night entered the valley of the shadow of death!
— from Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton