My pompous announcement of her appearance was almost universally regarded as a deceitful manoeuvre, and people took offence at the high prices charged for seats.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
She did not, in truth, consider the question very closely—the physical craving for sleep was her only sustained sensation.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The former was originally applied to a discharged soldier, and perhaps came from SHODDY , which is made [316] from soldiers’ and policemen’s worn-out coats.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten
Ah, poor men! said Grangousier, do you think that the plague comes from Saint Sebastian?
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
The former was originally applied to a discharged soldier, and perhaps came from shoddy, of which soldiers’ coats are made.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten
Greek Prose Composition for Schools.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
Your honour’s players, hearing your amendment, Are come to play a pleasant comedy; For so your doctors hold it very meet, Seeing too much sadness hath congeal’d your blood, And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy: Therefore they thought it good you hear a play, And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Foo , adj. and sb. , hostile, guilty, a foe, PP, C2; fo , PP, S2; uo , S2; fa , S; faa , S2; foon , pl. , S3, C2, G, PP; fon , PP, S2; fan , S; uan , S; foin , HD; foyn , MD; fo , S; foos , PP, C2; faas , S2; faes , S2; fais , S2; fays , S3; fayis , S2.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Professional eagle killers existed among many tribes, together with a prescribed ceremonial for securing the eagle.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney
The tops of the highest mountains are the places chosen for sacrifices.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
John and his party congratulated Cyril, Memnon, and their accomplices by deposing and excommunicating them, and now the parties continue, for some time, to give vent to their feelings in mutual anathemas.
— from The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 by Various
"Poor monomaniac," "unfortunate gentleman," and so forth, are terms which testify to the natural tenderness of the public feeling towards one who is subjected to such painful consequences for so venial an act of temporary irritation.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 by Various
Of course position and power count for something; but there are other solid advantages connected with office in Liberia as well as in other lands.
— from Liberia: Description, History, Problems by Frederick Starr
3. Portland cement for sea-water should be low in aluminium and as low as possible in lime.
— from The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns by Henry Charles Adams
Some even selected the Epistolæ as the proper commencement for studying Plato’s works.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote
I say he had a possible chance , for surely he had no more than that even at the most favorable season of the year.
— from The Boy Broker; Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Frank Andrew Munsey
A number of the women gave chickens, others flour, coffee, ham, potatoes, canned fruit, sugar, and some gave money with which to buy whatever was needed.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 08, August, 1888 by Various
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