alas Gwaethliad, n. a struggling Gwaethu, v. to make worse Gwaethwaeth, worse and worse Gwaethwg, n. impaired state Gwaethygiad, n. an impairing Gwaethygu, v. to impair Gwaew, n. pang, pain, agony, spasm; a lance Gwaewffon, n. a javelin Gwag, n. avoid, a vacuum, a void, empty, vacant Gwagder, n. emptiness Gwagedd, n. emptiness, vanity Gwageddu, v. to act vainly Gwagelog, a. circumspect Gwagelu, v. to act cautiously Gwagelyd, v. to shun, to avoid Gwagfolach, n. vain boasting Gwagâd, n. an emptying Gwagâu, v. to make a void Gwagiad, n. a making void Gwagiaith, n. vain prattle Gwaglais, n. a hollow voice Gwaglwyf, n. a linden tree Gwagoniant, n. vain glory Gwagorchest, ostentations skill Gwagorfoledd, n. vain triumph or boasting Gwagymffrost, n. swaggering Gwagymgais, n. vain attempt Gwang, n. greed, voracity Gwangen, n. the shad fish Gwangiad, n. the sewin fish Gwahan, a. separate, distinct Gwahanadwy, a. separable Gwahanai, n. genitive case Gwahanblyg, n. the diaphora Gwahanedigaethydd, n. the genitive case Gwahanfod, n. diversity of being Gwahan-glwyf, n. leprosy Gwahan-glwyfus, a. leprous Gwahaniad, n. a separating Gwahaniaeth, n. a separation Gwahaniaethol, a. disjunctive Gwahaniaethu, to discriminate Gwahanlen, n. separation veil Gwahannôd, n. a colon Gwahanol, separating, different Gwahanoldeb, n. separateness Gwahanoli, v. to make distinct Gwahanran, n. a paragraph Gwahanred, n. discrimination Gwahanredol, a. distinguishing Gwahanredu, v. to distinguish Gwahansang, n. a parenthesis Gwahansangiad, n. interposition Gwahansangu, v. to interpose Gwahanu, v. to divide, to part Gwahardd, n. a prohibition Gwaharddedig, a. prohibited Gwaharddiad, n. a forbidding Gwaharddol, a. prohibitory Gwaharddu, v. to prohibit Gwahen, n. exhaustion Gwaheniad, n. an exhausting Gwahenu, to exhaust, to empty Gwahoddedig, a. invited, or bidden Gwahoddiad, n. invitation Gwahoddi, v. to invite, to bid Gwahoddwr, n. an inviter Gwail, n. that if over Gwailg, n. that turns over Gwain, n. what serves or supports; a carriage; a sheath: a. smart, neat, brisk Gwaint, n. what is smart or lively: a. smart, neat; brisk Gwair, n. hay: a. fresh, sprouting; ardent Gwaisg, n. vigour; briskness; a. brisk, lively: ad. briskly Gwaith, n. act, action; work; n. course, turn, time: ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

But yet ," fie upon, 165 , 45 " Buts ," the modifying, 9 , 2 Butter , bad, salted, 478 , 2 Buyer , need of, for eyes, 111 , 13; requirements in, 217 , 12; requires a hundred eyes, 41 , 10 Buyers and sellers, 181 , 24 Buying and asking, 217 , 13; and selling, Spanish proverb on, 470 , 28; better than borrowing, 29 , 18; not begging, 81 , 23; prudence in, 33 , 43; the rule in, 176 , 31; what one cannot pay, 41 , 9 Byron , his real hardship, 161 , 28; the poetry of, 387 , 4 Byron's , feelings for those that love and those that hate him, 155 , 20; greatest grief, 110 , 39; last words, 167 , 56 C Cæsar , Augustus, on losing his legions, 511 , 35 Cæsar , Julius, imperious, dead, 183 , 35; mighty, so low in death, 321 , 22; on Cassius, 241 , 30; on crossing the Rubicon, 411 , 9; when he crossed the Rubicon, 210 , 8; word of, as living and as dead, 33 , 40 Cake , earned by baking it, 141 , 36 Cakes and ale, no more, 72 , 8 Calamity , great source of, 431 , 38; man under, 510 , 30 Calling , a, advantage of, 146 , 43 Calm , no sailing in, 303 , 34; nourishment of strength, 279 , 14 Calmness , sign of strength, 277 , 1; 354 , 45; source of, 456 , 6 Calumniators , their own avengers, 480 , 1 Calumny , alarm at, 101 , 3; best answer to, 495 , 1; eagerness to spread, 3 , 42; how to escape, 565 , 6; how to extinguish or to justify, 36 , 23; how to overcome, 47 , 10; how to silence, 559 , 9; no escaping, 28 , 46; 305 , 15; ready acceptance and spread of, 299 , 9; sure to stick, 22 , 42 Calvin , fruitlessness of his teachings, 314 , 34; treatment of, 349 , 20 Camp , English, on the eve of battle, 116 , 1; virtues rare in, 368 , 4 Canary bird, in a darkened cage, 419 , 23 Candour , not necessarily impartiality, 23 , 17; the effect of, 35 , 11 Canker , loathsome, in sweetest bud, 252 , 16 Cant , defined, and its progeny, 197 , 17; mind to be cleared of, 43 , 58 Canticle , the sublimest, 456 , 8 Canvassing , exhausting effect of, 223 , 38 Capabilities , defined, 99 , 26 Capability , no vague general, 90 , 23; unknown till tried, 306 , 14 Capacity , limited, 220 , 33 Capitalist , in a civilised nation, 420 , 3 Capricious man, his faith, 3 , 24 Captivity , type of, 109 , 24; as an evil, 245 , 29 Carcass , attractive power of, 549 , 33 Cards , a pack of, 217 , 8 Care , a fig for, 243 , 3; effect of, 51 , 37; foe togladness, {pg 579} 79, 15; man's first, 266 , 31; not all on one object, 295 , 29; profitlessness of, 306 , 46; soothed by song, 280 , 1; the danger of too much, 479 , 11; vanity of, 16 , 57; want of, 518 , 30; wise, 531 , 16 Careless , past preaching to, 179 , 16; people, 405 , 45 Carelessness , about others' opinion, a bad sign, 294 , 32 Cares , effect of, 114 , 46; nursed, 275 , 29; others', the burden of, 162 , 31 Caricature , effect of, on Hogarth, 34 , 18 Carlyle , as a thinker, 453 , 7; at Linlathen, 461 , 46; inspiring idea of, 123 , 14; James, to his son, 264 , 27; of his father, 485 , 38; of his mother when dying, 438 , 6; on his life, and world's relation to it, 464 , 14 Carlyle's , books, John Burroughs on, 307 , 21; one certainty, 316 , 21; reflection on his life at Craigenputtock, 160 , 53; teaching, John Burroughs on, 461 , 28 Carlyles , the, John Burroughs on, 419 , 28; 541 , 22 Carper , a, 2 , 36 Carters , employment for, 489 , 12 Cash payment, impotence of, 256 , 8 Cassandra and the Trojans, 57 , 23 Cassius , Cæsar on, 145 , 4 Castles in air, foundations to be put under, 176 , 46 Castor and Pollux, 36 , 42 Cat , a scalded, 19 , 2; 40 , 43 Categories , only words, 534 , 9 Cathedral , not so majestic as a tree, 324 , 25 Cathedrals , of Christendom, the glory of, 276 , 24; the old, and the great blue dome, 445 , 28 Catiline's flight, 1 , 30 Cato , a, in every man, 469 , 25; has to submit, 419 , 32; the elder, Livy on, 163 , 13; 187 , 33 Cause , a good, injury to, 171 , 3; a good, needs support, 31 , 25; a noble, desertion of, 200 , 3; that is strong, 413 , 2; the best, needs advocacy, 56 , 18; true, sure of victory, 106 , 8 Causes , great, never tried on the merits, 133 , 14; weightiest, most silent, 277 , 1 Caution , enforced at every step, 94 , 8; from experience, 37 , 18; mother of safety, 225 , 8 Censor , the business of, 234 , 2; the trade of, 198 , 11 Censure , and flattery, 347 , 22; and ridicule, cheap, 201 , 22; avoiding, and gaining applause, 202 , 20; effect of, in contrast with glory, 124 , 33; from knowledge, 84 , 27; how and when to administer, 106 , 19; how to treat, 409 , 15; linked to fame, 101 , 10; not to be too hasty, 528 , 39; of a friend, without thanks, 289 , 1; often wrong, 318 , 38; to be received with complacency, 545 , 42; to begin at home, 409 , 32; unqualified, evil of, 313 , 49; who should, 242 , 40 Censurers , fear of, 527 , 5 Censures , commendations, 181 , 19 Centuries , conspirators against soul, 419 , 34; lineal children of one another, 419 , 33 Century , present, Schiller on, 78 , 45; thy, as thy life element, 252 , 2 Ceremony , absurd and tiresome, 376 , 51 Ceres and peace, 343 , 56 Certain , quitting, for uncertain, 143 , 37; sacrificed for uncertain, 38 , 27; the only thing, 478 , 27 Certainty , beginning with, 185 , 42; by way of doubt, 474 , 2; the only, 377 , 1 Chaff-cutter , as creator, 174 , 13 Chain , dependent on link, 32 , 39 Chains , and slavery, 180 , 4; golden, heavy, 128 , 44; rattling of, as show of freedom, 276 , 22 Chamfort's last words, 166 , 13 Chamois , caught, though high-climbing, 119 , 37 Champion , the, and his love of victory, 419 , 37 Champions , great, special gifts of God, 134 , 42 Chance , a nickname for providence, 233 , 36; a second, advantage of, 48 , 38; 86 , 18; as a god, 103 , 22; as arbiter, 172 , 24; games of, traps, 118 , 31; gatherings of, 385 , 22; no such thing as, 474 , 29; scope for, everywhere, 36 , 48; unseen providence, 10 , 7 Chances , common, bearable, 45 , 11 Change , a call everywhere for, 457 , 29; a necessity, 527 , 13; cause of uneasiness, 79 , 19; everything subject to, 327 , 45; fear of, 186 , 8; in every, dissatisfaction, 186 , 26; life of world, 464 , 9; love of, 377 , 55; man hates, 34 , 6; necessity for, 479 , 18; not therefore change for better, 5 , 10; seldom for the better, 266 , 16; universal, 328 , 17-18; 329 , 9 Chaos , is come again, 96 , 16; doomed that harbours a soul, 301 , 19 Character , a high, essential of, 48 , 61; a man's, how to raise, 567 , 17; a man's history, 435 , 16; alone, stable, 76 , 44; and talent, how formed respectively, 85 , 20; arbiter of fortune, 157 , 9; contrasted with reputation, 374 , 9; defined, 2 , 61; 497 , 15; due to many influences, 307 , 9; due to way of thinking, 226 , 10; formation of, 409 , 43; 429 , 15; good, value of, 78 , 9; his, not wholly known to a man, 92 , 6; how formed, 539 , 28, 32; how it reveals itself, 538 , 19; how to understand, 301 , 20; importance of, 161 , 5; individual, power of, 431 , 21; its victories, 460 , 36; mark of a simple, manly, 19 , 32; merit of having a, 490 , 1; national, tempered by environment, 289 , 45; no changing one's, 171 , 51; nobility of, the condition of, 477 , 18; penetrated by soul, 161 , 21; power of, 200 , 51; 367 , 41; seizing a, and delineating, 495 , 36; strong, basis of, 385 , 40; strong, tendency of, to eccentricity, 76 , 32; the art of moulding, 301 , 1; the noble and the well-bred, contrasted, 445 , 3; the only, worth describing, 335 , 4; true test of, 537 , 18; unaffected by change of place, 44 , 17; varieties in, accounted for, 529 , 11; weakness of, 530 , 16; what is implied in, 64 , 24 Characters , people's, how to learn, 527 , 21; strong, formation of, 404 , 2, 3; the most passionate, and their feelings of duty, 157 , 23; truthful, credulous, 49 , 53 Charitable , the, and their charity, 419 , 46 Charities , posthumous, characterised, 353 , 24 Charity , a dearth of, 472 , 22; after death, Bacon on, 145 , 47; and friendship, 337 , 22; Christian, rare, 368 , 10; concern of all, 186 , 49; contrasted with intellect, 195 , 18; definition of, 481 , 37; effect of, on the press, 63 , 40; essential, 305 , 34; its destination not to be inquired into, 555 , 6; large, and white hands, 230 , 14; misplaced, repining at, 388 , 23; Moltke on, 560 , 26; no excess in, 423 , 10; of God, the restoring, 506 , 22; of great souls, 334 , 50; the first order of, 20 , 46; the power of, 196 , 17; to unrelated people, 166 , 17; towards half-believer, 524 , 30; that thinketh no evil, 420 , 1; virtue of the woman, 121 , 50 Charlatan , a poor creature, 407 , 36 Charles II. in his chamber, Rochester on, 155 , 14 Charm , a native, compared with art, 494 , 25 Charmer , were t'other, away, 161 , 23 Charms , personal, effect of, 224 , 19; God-given, 126 , 2 Charter , of Louis Philippe, 224 , 27 Chase , joy of the, 552 , 23 Chaste mind, the, mark of, 420 , 2 Chastisement , contrary effects of, 40 , 38; God's not feared, 552 , 42; want of, defect in education, 321 , 21 {pg 580} Chastity , female, two safeguards to, annulled, 226 , 26; in the tropics, 435 , 11; the nurse of, 412 , 2 Chatterers , to be guarded against, 551 , 5 Chaucer , characteristic of, 419 , 44; reading, 369 , 5; Spenser on, 52 , 51 Cheapest , the, dearest, 535 , 50 Cheapness , of its wares, as a basis for a nation, 414 , 27; of man, tragedy of, 420 , 4 Cheated , how to be, 419 , 35 Cheating , all wakeful against, 92 , 28; and being cheated, pleasure of, 72 , 25 Cheek , eloquent, 123 , 18 Cheerful , the, the privilege of, 319 , 8 Cheerfulness , a duty to promote, 502 , 48; advantage of, 566 , 6; and health, 153 , 31, 34; badge of gentleman, 373 , 46; benefit of, 173 , 38; compared with mirth, 280 , 16, 17; concomitant of, 185 , 27; effect of, 231 , 12; 426 , 10; from activity, 415 , 6; in want, 304 , 18; inward, thanksgiving, 196 , 29; no, by painful effort, 301 , 21; peculiar to man, 15 , 25; pleasing to the Muses, 2 , 63; root of, 314 , 9; sign of wisdom, 443 , 36; strength of, 562 , 2; to be promoted, 495 , 27; to be welcomed, 172 , 5; value of, contrasted with sadness, 15 , 64 Cherub , sweet little, 470 , 32 Chickens , for lion, not chickenweed, 174 , 22; not to be counted before hatching, 4 , 20 Child , a cupid visible, 3 , 3; and its mother's blessing, 3 , 4; a, our model, 186 , 31; a spoiled, 82 , 34; a wise, 143 , 13; birth of, an imprisonment, 418 , 29; death of, to father, 489 , 22; destiny of, how determined, 429 , 38; distinctive character of, 424 , 2; education of, 420 , 10, 11; first lesson for, 400 , 19; 492 , 11; how to feed, 565 , 39; how to train, 498 , 54; little, man to become, 428 , 40; our best service to a, 492 , 29; play of a, 518 , 15; pleasures of a, 27 , 15; simplicity of, superior to intelligence of intelligent, 506 , 11; stammering of, 420 , 12; thankless, a, 162 , 28; the, and
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The light from the dinner-table candlesticks was not very good, and to cover my confusion I got up, walked to the door and switched on the electric light.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

PART I CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI PART II CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV FOOTNOTES: H2 anchor Introduction By John Cournos Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, born at Sorochintsky, Russia, on 31st March 1809.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

It will be naterally very gratifying to my feelings as a husband, to make that man acquainted with this ewent.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Now Varro gives this very ready reason why, after his death, he was called, not Apis, but Serapis.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Corone, pl. 6; Neal v. Gillett, 23 Conn. 437, 442; D. 9. 2. 5, Section 2; D. 48. 8. 12.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

They found on reaching it, that it was a lonely place with no very great accommodation in the way of apartments—that portion of its resources being all comprised in one public room with a sanded floor, and a chair or two.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

From sheer weight of numbers, the North Vietnamese gradually pushed the Marines back until the enemy owned the western half of the outpost.
— from The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore

I sincerely believe that Mr. Cobbett, by his able and luminous weekly publication, the Political Register, which was now very generally read, did more than all the public writers in the kingdom to keep this feeling alive, and to draw the attention of the public to just and proper conclusions, as to the evidence, as well as to the views and objects of those who cut a prominent figure in conducting the proceedings in the House; and he most successfully and most triumphantly defended Colonel Wardle, Lord Folkestone, and Sir Francis Burdett, from all the malignant attacks that were made upon them by the venal and hireling press of the metropolis; his ability, industry, and zeal in this affair, were above all praise; and, next to Colonel Wardle, he merited the thanks of his countrymen.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt

The circulation is not very good, and I feel anything tight round my calf.
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric Problems Presented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard

Lovers are never very good calculators, and thus Hassan forgot that the same change in the position of the moon which had thrown the latticed window into the shade, had also thrown her beams full upon his own face, and that the tenant of the opposite room could now, while perfectly concealed herself, trace every emotion that passed over his countenance.
— from Hassan; or, The Child of the Pyramid: An Egyptian Tale by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

'It is impossible to speak with certainty of what is so remote, but from all that we can really investigate I should say that they were no very great things.'
— from Res Judicatæ: Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell

He has no very good opinion of me, as it is, I know he hasn't.
— from The Crown of Life by George Gissing

I know I'm not very good."
— from The White Crystals: Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis

Moreover, that confinement to the monastery itself, which was necessarily very greatly relaxed in the case of the officers or obedientaries of the convent, was almost as easily relaxed if one of the brethren could manage to get the right side of the abbot or prior.
— from The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp