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Eighte , num. eight, C3; eiȝte , MD; eihte , PP; eyhte , PP; aȝte , S2; aȝt , S2; æhte , MD.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
r. For a philosopher, Emerson possesses a singularly dandified theory of manners.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
All' ei parakolouthêseien heautô physin onomazonti technikên, euthys men ex archês hapanta kalôs diaplasasan te kai diatheisan tou zôou ta moria, meta de tên toiautên energeian, hôs ouden eleipen, eti proagagousan eis phôs auto syn tisi dynamesin, hôn aneu zên ouk êdynato, kai meta tauta kata brachy prosauxêsasan achri tou prepontos megethous, ouk oida pôs hypomenei porôn smikrotêsin || 82 ê megethesin ê tisin allais houtô lêrôdesin hypothesesi physikas energeias epitrepein.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen
Be very sure that he does not think I do!” “Yes'm—no'm—thank you, Aunt Polly,” exulted Pollyanna, as she flew through the door.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
For it ought not to be, as Hesiod 535 says, that "potter envies potter, and singer envies singer, and neighbour neighbour," and cousin cousin, and brother brother, "if hastening to get rich" and enjoying prosperity.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
ex factory ab Kai ex quay ab Kai (unverzollt) ex quay (duties on buyer's account) ab Kai (verzollt) ex quay (duty paid) ab Kai Lieferung delivery from the quay ab Lager ex warehouse ab Lager (INCOTERM) ex warehouse ab Mühle ex mill ab Plantage ex plantation ab Schiff ex ship ab Werk ex works ab Werk (INCOTERM)
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig
[3] el 16 de Septiembre de 1810 por los primeros patriotas mejicanos encabezados por Hidalgo, cura del pueblo, no pudo dejar de [4] encontrar simpático eco en el corazón de Morelos; así fué que [5] cuando en el mes siguiente llegó Hidalgo a Valladolid, al frente de un ejército patriota, y se apoderó sin resistencia de la ciudad, Morelos fué uno de los primeros en ponerse a su lado y pedirle un puesto en que sacrificarse por la libertad de su patria.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
The clerk at the counter, whose duty it is to examine the dress of the visitors and their cards, at once recognising the party, shook hands heartily with Brooker and the Prince, expressing pleasure at seeing them again.
— from If Sinners Entice Thee by William Le Queux
This good priest evidently proved a staunch friend to Columbus at this anxious period of his life, for the Admiral left many important papers in his charge when he again left Spain, and no small part of the scant contemporary information about Columbus that has come down to us is contained in the ‘Historia de los Reyes Catolicos’, which Bernaldez wrote after the death of Columbus.
— from Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete by Filson Young
Each table was closely surrounded by its own crowd, made up of players, embryo players, and simple lookers-on, so that they could not see much as they walked.
— from Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
During the fisher's harvest time salmon from the sea come in countless millions, urging their way against falls, rapids, and shallows, up into the very heart of the Rocky Mountains, supplying everybody by the way with most bountiful masses of delicious food, weighing from twenty to eighty pounds each, plump and smooth like loaves of bread ready for the oven.
— from Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by John Muir
In this manner have been formed hollows and cavities gracefully shelving off, which when they have sharp slanting and pointed edges, present a singular appearance.
— from Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For, in the first place, each puts a special reflection of himself upon us, on the principle of assimilation referred to in my last record, if you happen to have read that document.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
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