The computed exchange has generally been in favour of London with Lisbon, Antwerp, Leghorn, and, if you except France, I believe with most other parts of Europe that pay in common currency; and it is not improbable that the real exchange was so too.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

If in this I had to dispense with Tichatschek's assistance, as there was no leading tenor part in the play, I could count all the more surely on the helpful co-operation of Schroder-Devrient, to whom a worthier task was assigned in the leading female part than that which she had had in Rienzi.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

This from the Fourteenth Protocol: "In countries called advanced, we have created a senseless, filthy and disgusting literature.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

private or concealed Cynghelu, v. to conceal Cynghloi, v. to lock together Cynghlwm, n. a connection Cynghlwyf, n. a contagion Cyhghlymu, v. to tie together Cynghogi, v. to complicate Cyngholli, v. to cast to perdition Cynghor, n. a council, advice, recipe Cynghori, v. to counsel; to advise Cynghoriad, n. advising Cynghorol, a. counselling Cynghorus, a. considerable Cynghorwr, n. a councellor Cynghrair, n. treaty Cynghreirio, to enter into treaty Cynghreiriol, a. confederate Cynghreiriwr, n. a sworn confederate Cynghroes, a. intersecant Cynghroesi, v. to intersect Cynghrhon, a. spheric Cynghrwm, a. of convex form Cynghryn, mutually trembling Cyngwerth, n. equivalence Cynghwys, n. mutual citation Cyngwysl, n. mutual pledge Cyrafol, n. service berries Cyraith, n. law of fate Cyrawol, n. berries Cyrbibion, n. dribblets Cyrcydu, v. to squat, to cower Cyrch, n. a centre, gravity; an inroad; an attack Cyrchadwy, a. approachable Cyrchafael, n. an uplifting Cyrchell, n. what surrounds Cyrchfa, n. a resort Cyrchiad, n. a coming to Cyrchle, n. a place of resort Cyrchnaid, n. a bound upon Cyrchu, v. to gravitate, to approach; to set on; to fetch Cyrchwr, n. a fetcher Cyrfaidd, a. rotund, circling Cyrfawd, n. curvetting Cyfrdŷ, n. an alehouse Cyrfydd, n. ale-brewer Cyrfyll, n. a trunk, a case Cyrhaedd, n. reach, extent: v. to attain; to reach Cyrhaeddadwy, a. attainable Cyrhaeddiad, n. a reaching Cyrhaeddol, a. within reach Cyrhaeddu, v. to attain, to reach Cyrhaeddyd, v. to reach, to attain Cyriad, n. a skirting round Cyrid, n. carnal copulation Cyrio, v. to skirt, to rim Cyriogi, v. to set a border Cyrnad, n. a blowing a horn Cyrnaid, n. a prance, a bound Cyrneidio, v. to prance Cyrnen, n. a cone; a stack Cyrnenaidd, a. conical Cyrnenu, v. to pile up Cyrniad, n. a projecting as a horn; to pile up, to stack Cyrnig, a. corneous; horned Cyrnio, v. to pile, to stack Cyrniog, a. cornigerous, horned Cyrniogyn, n. a piggin Cyryglwr, n. a coracle-man Cys, a prefix denoting mutuality of effect or action, of the same force as CYD and CYF Cysail, n. constituent part Cysain, n. consonancy Cysawd, n. an affix, a suffix Cysawdd, n. a compound Cysdadl, a. disputable; equal Cysdadlaeth, n. competition Cysdadliad, mutually disputing Cysdadlu, v. to vie; to debate Cystadlwr, n. a competition Cysdawd, n. a butting together Cysdedlydd, n. a competitor Cysdodi, v. to place in custody Cysefin, a. primary, primitive Cysefino, v. to originate Cysefiniad, n. originality Cysegr, n. a sanctuary Cysegriad, n. consecration Cysegredig, a. consecrated Cysegrol, a. consecrate Cysegr-ladrad, n. sacrilege Cysegrlan, a. consecrate, sacred Cysegru, v. to consecrate Cysegrydd, n. a consecrator Cyseiliad, n. constitution Cyseiniad, n. a consonant Cyseinio, v. to sound together Cysellt, n. an opportunity Cysgfa, n. numbness Cysgiad, n. a sleeping Cysgiadol, a. soporific, soniferous Cysgiadur, n. a sleeper; a sluggard; a dormant animal Cysgiadyr, n. an opiate Cysglyd, a. sleepy, drowsy Cysgod, n. a shadow, a shade; a shelter Cysgodfa, n. a shady place Cysgodi, v. to shadow; to shelter Cysgodiad, n. a shadowing Cysgodog, a. sheltering Cysgodol, a. shadowy, sheltering Cysgrwydd, n. sleepiness Cysgu, v. to sleep; to benumb Cysgwr, n. a sleeper Cysgwal, n. a dormitory Cysiad, n. somnolence Cysni, n. drowsiness
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

It can make war, it can make peace; it can command anarchy in stubborn cases, it can restore order.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

660 Broadly, however, modern Freemasonry may be divided into two kinds: the variety worked in the British Empire, in America, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, etc., and Grand Orient Masonry, which prevails in Catholic countries and of which the most important centre is the Grand Orient of Paris.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

She had grown very fat, was short-sighted, pale in complexion, careless about her dress, dull in demeanour; her conversations with me characterised by a stupid despair, or a silly blundering attempt at forced cheerfulness still more disagreeable: hence our intercourse was but trifling, and my temptations to carry her into the world, or to remain in her society, of necessity exceedingly small.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

When the etching is considered complete, the plate is carefully cleaned and tested.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

It is used ( a. ) particularly in clauses containing a comparative expression, or ( b. ) in solemn law language.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

During the night the directors had taken care to pay themselves for the banknotes in their own possession with silver or gold, and, as they expected a run, they ordered all persons to be paid in copper coin, as long as any money of this metal remained.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

Perhaps I could catch a mess for supper," the boy replied, and without waiting for any further suggestions started for the woodshed to get his rod and line.
— from Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Chore Boy Who Made the Old Farm Pay by John Thomas Simpson

—This constitutes an acute problem in crowded city areas.
— from Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand by D. G. (David Gervan) McMillan

Some people in court, chief among them Mr. Serjeant Keeling, whose position and learning made it impossible to disregard their opinion, “seemed much unsatisfied.”
— from The Law's Lumber Room (Second Series) by Francis Watt

He ate first a porterhouse steak, then some fried oysters, then a lobster salad, a lot of pickles, ice cream, cake and bologna sausage, drank a bottle of champagne and retired to his lodgings, and dreamed that he was lying on Boston Common, and that the devil was sitting on his stomach, holding Bunker Hill monument in his lap.
— from How to Become Rich: A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor

There’s a bundle of Papa’s when he was gone out to the Crimean War, and that’s to have a frigate on it, because of the Calliope —his ship, you know; and there’s one bundle of dear Aunt Sarah’s—that’s to have a rose, because I always think her memory is like the rose in my hymn, you know; and Grandmamma, she’s to have—I think perhaps I could copy a bit of the tower of Westminster Abbey out of the print, because one sees it out of her window; and, oh!
— from The Stokesley Secret by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

110 APRIL 19 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Raspberries with cream Fillet of mariniert herring Plain omelet Potato salad Rolls Consommé in cups English breakfast tea Sweetbread patties in cream Cold artichokes, vinaigrette Roquefort cheese and crackers Coffee DINNER Purée of spinach Crab meat, Suzette Roast tenderloin of beef, Cubaine Gendarme potatoes Peas and carrots in cream Lettuce and alligator pear salad Frozen egg nogg Macaroons Coffee Sweetbread patties in cream.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Perhaps I could come and see you sometimes.”
— from The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling

Manassavitch-Maniuloff, thanks to the numerous spies whose services he could command for a consideration, started to spread the rumor that Raspoutine had become all powerful in Court circles, and that if only one applied to him one could bring through the most difficult kind of business.
— from Confessions of the Czarina by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess