9. Cum Caesar in Galliam pervênisset, erat rûmor Helvêtiîs in animô esse iter per prôvinciam Rômânam facere.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

[2556] Melancthon calls it, they are much given to weeping, and delight in waters, ponds, pools, rivers, fishing, fowling, &c. (Arnoldus breviar.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

There were shouts on the pavement, people ran forward, the driver pulled up, whispering curses of indignation and astonishment.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

The Philippine Civil Commission. —Another very influential factor in producing peace resulted from the presence and labors of the Civil Philippine Commission.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

9. Cum Caesar in Galliam pervēnisset, erat rūmor Helvētiīs in animō esse iter per prōvinciam Rōmānam facere.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Urbi frequentandae multitudo incolarum libertinorumque et institorum opificumque retenta; ager omnis et tecta publica populi Romani facta .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Or failing this rhythmic musical way, how good were it could we get so much as into the equable way; I mean, if peaceable Priests, reforming from day to day, would always suffice us!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

As to Partridge, he was profoundly silent; for he was not, perhaps, perfectly recovered from his former fright; besides, he had apprehensions of provoking his friend to a second fit of wrath, especially as he now began to entertain a conceit, which may not, perhaps, create any great wonder in the reader.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Heretofore, this party had declared only its own peculiar principles, relying for success upon the aid of the National Republicans; but, as it now sympathised with Henry Clay upon questions of governmental policy, especially the protection of American industry, it became evident that, to secure the greatest political strength, its future policy must be ardent antagonism to the principles of the Jackson party.
— from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

There was to be no evening performance, and I schemed to have us all take our lunch—a whole crowd of us—and [Pg 91] go over to the Pump pasture right from the parade, and spread it under the big maple, and see the sights while we et.
— from Peace in Friendship Village by Zona Gale

I'll have you ready now quicker'n no time,” panted Pollyanna, reaching for the rose and thrusting it into the soft hair above Miss Polly's left ear.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

In its extent and importance, when compared with all the devices of man, it may be likened to those great principles which guide the movements of the universe, contrasted with the contrivances by which men produce particular results for their own convenience; and one might as well expect to move a planet by machinery, or propel a comet by the power of steam, as to preserve the semblance of order in the moral world, without those fundamental principles of rectitude which form a part of the original constitution of every rational being.
— from The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by John Abercrombie

ANT: Desire, liking, partiality, predilection, relish, fondness, longing, avidity.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

nobilis Lycium europaeum Prunus Padus Rhamnus frangula
— from Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster

Nor had certain gossipy members of the picnic party refrained from canvassing threadbare the significance of the unfortunate scene which had taken place on that occasion—contributory evidence to the truth of the chambermaid's account of what she had overheard.
— from The Hermit of Far End by Margaret Pedler

The guests shook hands with the boys and congratulated them; they examined the War Cross that Pinkey produced reluctantly from the bottom of the flour-sack in which he carried his clothing, and finally Mr. Appel presented the purse in a speech to which nobody listened—and the Smith boy shocked everybody by his extravagance when he gave five of it to the driver of the laundry wagon.
— from The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart

Although my able and indefatigable counsel, Mr. Mann, whose arduous labors and efforts in my behalf I shall never forget, and still less his friendly counsels and kind personal attentions, had received nothing, except, I believe, the partial reimbursement of his travelling expenses, and although there was much other service gratuitously rendered in our cases, yet it had been necessary to pay pretty roundly for the services of Mr. Carlisle; and, altogether, the expenditures which had been incurred to shield us from the effects of the conspiracy above mentioned far exceeded any amount of fine which might have been reasonably imposed under the indictments upon which we had been found guilty.
— from Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail Including A Narrative Of The Voyage And Capture Of The Schooner Pearl by Daniel Drayton