More unfortunately for others than for himself, he was brought in alive, having been discovered in the disguise of a peasant, and carried one morning on board Lord Nelson's ship, with his hands tied behind him.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Although intensely patriotic, and capable of making the last sacrifices for freedom, the commercial spirit of the people penetrated the government, which indeed might be called a commercial aristocracy, and made it averse to war, and to the expenditures which are necessary in preparing for war.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

In Spain, where balmy breezes blow over the Moorish cupolas and gently stir the orange and myrtle groves, where singing and the sound of the castanets are always heard, the richest merchant in the place, a childless old man, sat in a luxurious house, while children marched in procession through the streets with waving flags and lighted tapers.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

For they were to pick up Miss Bartlett at Summer Street, where she had been dropped as the carriage went down, to pay a call on Mr. Beebe’s old mother.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Changes in bodily fashions are no such serious evils, but frequent changes in the praise and censure of manners are the greatest of evils, and require the utmost prevision.
— from Laws by Plato

If they would question themselves honestly on the hatred they bear towards those who profess a code of morals less severe, they would have to own that it springs from a secret jealousy of a bliss which they envy and have renounced, without believing in the rewards which would make up for this sacrifice.
— from On Love by Stendhal

Preithio, v. to practise Prelad, n. a prelate Pren, n. a tree, a timber Prenfol, n. a wooden chest Prenial, n. a coffer, a shrine Prenio, v. to timber; to bar Prenol, n. a busk of stays Prensaer, n. a carpenter Pres, n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present Preseb, n. a crib, a stall Presel, a place over-run; a brake Preseliad, n. a yielding of brakes Preselu, v. to be over-run of foul Preselyn, n. a brake, a thicker Presen, n. the present; this wife Presenol, a. imminent; present Presenoldeb, n. presence Presenu, v. to make present Present, n. a present state Presiad, n. a hastening: a frequenting Presol, a. imminent; quick Prest, n. quickness, smartness Prest, a. ready, quick; soon Prestl, a. ready, smart fluent Prestlaidd, a. apt to prattle Presu, v. to hasten; to frequent Preswyl, n. a being present or ready; a tarrying; habitation Preswylfa, n. a place of residence Preswylfod, n. a dwelling place Preswyliad, n. a residing Preswyliaeth, n. habitation Preswylio, v. to fix an abode Preswyliog, a. having resort Preswylydd, n. an inhabitant Pric, n. a stick; a broach Prid, n. price, value; ransom: a. valuable, precious, dear Pridiad, n. a setting a price Pridiant, n. a ransoming Pridio, v. to set a price to ransom Pridiol, a. equivalent; redeeming Pridioldeb, n. mould, earth, soil, a tile Priddell, n. a mass of earth, a clod; Priddell, a. consisting of masses of earth; glebous Priddelydd, n. a tile maker Pridden, n. an earthen vessel Priddfaen, n. a brick; a burnt tile Priddgalch, n. calcareous earth Priddgist, n. potter’s clay Priddiad, n. a doing with earth Priddin, a. of earth, earthen Priddlestri, n. earthen ware Priddlyd, a. mixed with earth Priddlydu, v. to become earthy Priddo, v. to earth; to cover with earth; to become earth Priddol, a. of mould, of earth Prif, a. prime, principal, chief Prifachos, n. primary cause Prifansawdd, n. primary quality Prifardd, n. a primitive bard Prifder, n. primeness; origin Prifddinas, n. a metropolis Prifiad, n. a thriving, a growing Prifio, v. to thrive, to grow up Prifles, n. a chief good Priflys, n. a supreme court Prifnawd, n. original habit Prifnod, n. prime point; epoch Prifoed, n. a primitive age Prifran, n. primary division Prifred, n. primary course Prifsymudai, n. prime mover Prifwyd, n. a chief sin Prifysgol, n. a primary school Priffordd, n. a high road Prill, n. a little brook, a rill Prin, n. what is of slight trace, a. scarce, rare, scant, spare:
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

For his course is not round; nor can the Sunne Perfit a Circle, or maintaine his way 270 One inch direct; but where he rose to-day
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Before the conclusion of the Italian's performance, a couple of men happened to be passing, On their way to dinner.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Probably a pessimistic suspicion with regard to the entire situation of man will find expression, perhaps a condemnation of man, together with his situation.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Shall we not also become Pickwickians, and, constituting ourselves members of the Club, drop in upon the party as not entirely unwelcome guests?
— from A Captive at Carlsruhe and Other German Prison Camps by Joseph Lee

Such a view, no matter to what point directed, narrows the vision, weakens the spiritual perception, and darkens the mind, the result of which is that the person thus afflicted with this perversity and contraction of mental vision places himself in a position to be tempted of the evil {144} one, or through dimness of sight or distortion of vision, to misjudge his brethren and give way to the spirit of apostasy.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

“You shall not put a curse on me too.”
— from The Money Master, Complete by Gilbert Parker

The action was for the penalty under the law of 1793 for obstructing the plaintiff, a citizen of Maryland, in seizing his escaped slave in Philadelphia for the purpose of taking him before a magistrate there to prove property.
— from The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history by Wilbur Henry Siebert

The fair little listener—for fair she was, and young: though something of what is called the dumpling shape; but I don’t myself object to that—lighted a candle, glanced at the Haymaker on the top of the clock, who was getting in a pretty average crop of minutes; and looked out of the window, where she saw nothing, owing to the darkness, but her own face imaged in the glass.
— from The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens

Thus Chaucer, speaking of Arcite, describes his passion as compounded of melancholy which deprives him of reason, overflowing into the foremost cell of his brain, the cell fantastic, and causing him to act as if mad.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

His task was to comfort her, to make her forget, to bring her back to common peace and cheerfulness of mind.
— from Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

A noble peer, a colleague of mine, an intimate friend of Lord Palmerston, says Lord Palmerston told him they would last seven years.
— from The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 2 (of 3) 1859-1880 by John Morley

THE EMPRESS Through hall and street they led me as a queen, They looked to see me proud and cold of mien, I heeded not though all my tears were seen,
— from Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris