The Tortoise and the Birds A Tortoise desired to change its place of residence, so he asked an Eagle to carry him to his new home, promising her a rich reward for her trouble.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

M. de Boville took the paper Danglars presented him, and read: “Received of Baron Danglars the sum of five million one hundred thousand francs, to be repaid on demand by the house of Thomson & French of Rome.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

humud a wet. — ug papil having a ruined reputation.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Hy, n. aptitude to proceed: a. apt; bold; audacious Hyadlais, a. apt to resound Hyall, a. possible, effectible Hyalledd, n. possibility Hyar, a. apt to resound; vocal Hyawdledd, n. eloquence Hyawdl, a. eloquent, fluent Hyb, n. a getting forward; a recovery Hyball, a. fallible, defectible Hyballedd, n. fallibility Hybar, a. apt to provide Hybarch, a. reverend, revered Hybarchedd, n. venerableness Hybarth, a. divisible Hybarthedd, n. divisibility Hybawl, a recovering; saving Hybechrwydd, n. aptness to sin Hybell, a. far ranging; distant Hybiad, n. a recovering Hyblaid, n. apt to take a part Hybleth, a. apt to weave Hyblyg, a. easily doubted; also flexible Hyblygedd, n. flexibility Hyboen, a. susceptible of pain Hyboeth, a. easily heated Hyborth, a. easily supported Hybrawf, a. demonstrable Hybryn, a. easily bought Hybu, v. to get foremost; to recover Hybwyll, a. discreet, rational Hybwylledd, n. deliberation Hybwys, a. aptly pressing Hybwysedd, n. ponderousness Hychan, n. a little sow Hychgryg, n. quinsy Hychiad, n. a thrusting Hychian, v. to grunt Hychiaw, v. to push, to thrust Hychig, n. little or young sow Hychwant, a. aptly lusting Hychwardd, a. aptly laughing Hychwil, a. apt to pry about Hychwyth, a. apt to blow Hyd, n. length; continuity; while: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

But for a man of condition to play the Borromeo--to stoop to give practical help and run risks among the vulgar, was still enough to earn for him a character as eccentric as that of the famous nobleman who had seen more kings and more postilions than any of his contemporaries.
— from Sophia: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

In comparison with the rich the poor have a rough road to travel, but they are not without their compensations.
— from The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace

"He's pattin' him, all right," returned Merry Dick.
— from Bob Chester's Grit; Or, From Ranch to Riches by Frank V. Webster

In the meantime a vacancy occurred at Pearl Harbour and Richardson received an appointment.
— from From Job to Job around the World by Alfred C. B. (Alfred Charles Benson) Fletcher

He spoke pettishly; his ambition required rousing, and was easily daunted.
— from The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill

These rules will then be purely heuristic and regulative, relating only to the formal interests of Reason, and may well stand side by side.
— from A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Norman Kemp Smith

The people have always resented Russian methods, and only a few years ago the governor general sent from St. Petersburg was assassinated by a young Finn who, having thus given expression to his nation's hatred of despotism, immediately took his own life.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

The party had all risen round me, and some of the hindmost had got on benches to see me the better.
— from The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman