With the present stem in -o | e- ( 829 ). carpō , nibble , pluck carpere carpsī carptus Compounds have e for a : as, dē-cerpō , dē-cerpere , dē-cerpsī , dē-cerptus . com-būrō , burn up com-būrere com-bussī com-būstus cōmō , put up cōmere cōmpsī cōmptus Compound of com- and emō ( 937 , 823 ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

At that time, artifacts in categories of rocket propulsion, guided missiles, and space-flight programs were placed under curatorial control of the Astronautics Department.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

My poor, unhappy children!" "Calm yourself, I beg.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

At the twenty-eighth annual National Conference of Charities and Correction, at Washington, D.C., Mary E. Richmond read a paper upon "Charitable Co-operation" in which she presented a diagram and a classification of the social forces of the community from the point of view of the social worker
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

During the third winter (1833) a rescuing party under Captain C. Back had gone from England overland in search of Ross; and recruited by Hudson’s Bay Company men of experience had descended Fish (or Back’s) River to its mouth, thus noting a new point on the map; but it failed to reach Ross.
— from The Book of the Ocean by Ernest Ingersoll

The rich carried on the administration of the provinces without compensation except that of receiving a peerage under certain conditions.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

SYN: Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, conviction.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

"I do not understand how young ladies of refinement can permit, under certain circumstances, and often from comparative strangers, attentions which, under other circumstances, they repel with becoming indignation.
— from Ester Ried by Pansy

Fifty pikes under Cosseins.” “Cosseins?” she repeated.
— from Count Hannibal: A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman

He kept his passions under complete control, and cultivated richly the refined qualities of his nature.
— from A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington and Patrick Henry With an appendix, containing the Constitution of the United States, and other documents by L. Carroll (Levi Carroll) Judson

Nelly and Little Yi were also supplied with some very plain unwadded cotton coats and trousers at the same time.
— from The Little Girl Lost A Tale for Little Girls by Eleanor Raper

Since most dances were sponsored by outside groups, they had to take place "under conditions cited by them."
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor