Manly's English Poetry and Manly's English Prose (Ginn and Company) contain excellent selections from all authors of this period.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

SYN: Mildness, softness, pleasantness, gentleness, affability, courtesy, conciliatoriness, complaisance, sweetness, urbanity.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

On the very Top of the Palm, grows a Cabbage, called so, I believe, from some resemblance its Tast is thought to have with ours, and is used like it; the Covering has a Down that makes the best of Tinder, and the Weavings of other Parts are drawn out into strong Threads.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

Some original research also was done along lines of proper grinding and correct coffee brewing.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Besides the usual honours, a place in the circus was assigned to him and his descendants, to see the public games; a curule chair was fixed in that place.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

He had feared that all of the untried men possessed great and correct confidence.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

So he went in with her, and in the castle was a great hall paved with marble, and many servants, who flung wide the doors; And the walls were all bright with beautiful hangings, and in the rooms were chairs and tables of pure gold, and crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and all the rooms and bed-rooms had carpets, and food and wine of the very best were standing on all the tables, so that they nearly broke down beneath it.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

We reached a slight eminence, on the top of which grew three stately pines: about half a league farther on was another similar one: these two eminences commanded a view of the road from Pegoens and Vendas Novas, so that all people going and coming could be descried, whilst yet at a distance.
— from The Bible in Spain Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula by George Borrow

Chaplains do not, of course, swear; but any one who studies the Psalms gains a certain command of language which can be used effectively and without scandal.
— from A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham

After they had burned all the vessels in the river, they left the river of Panay with their boats laden with pillaged goods and captive Christians.
— from The History of Sulu by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

, night-sweats, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, gonorrhea, angina, chronic cystitis, etc.— Dose: 8—30 grn., in powd.—
— from Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co.

Mustard Sauce Pudding Glacé Assorted Cakes Coffee Mr. Horace Hill , December 22, 1915: California Oysters on Half Shell, Mignonnette Chicken Gumbo, Princess Celery Olives Almonds Vol au Vent of Crab Meat, Monza Saddle of Spring Lamb Purée of Chestnut Peas à la Française Aspic de Foie Gras, Romaine Orange Soufflé Glacé Assorted Cakes Demi Tasse Mrs. Jules Levy , January 10, 1917:
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Our Confederacy is perfectly illustrated by the terms and principles governing a common copartnership.
— from U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses by United States. Presidents

A fluid holding in solution pounded glass and certain chemicals, was, by the doctor's "system," injected into the bloodvessels, and
— from Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend