Kine-boren , adj. of royal birth, MD; kineborne , S.—AS. cyne-boren .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Here, he was received by Mrs. Kenwigs with a genteel air, kindly intended to assure him of her protection and support; and here, too, he found Mr Lillyvick and Miss Petowker; the four Miss Kenwigses on their form of audience; and the baby in a dwarf porter’s chair with a deal tray before it, amusing himself with a toy horse without a head; the said horse being composed of a small wooden cylinder, not unlike an Italian iron, supported on four crooked pegs, and painted in ingenious resemblance of red wafers set in blacking.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
“But my watch, and the watches of the staff”— “Are regulated by my kitchen clock, that has been in my family for years.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
The Hyena-swine ran beside me, keeping pace with me and glancing furtively at me out of his feline eyes, and the others came pattering and shouting behind us.
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He was very kind, forgave her readily, and did not utter one reproach; but Meg knew that she had done and said a thing which would not be forgotten soon, although he might never allude to it again.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
He was very kind, forgave her readily, and did not utter one reproach, but Meg knew that she had done and said a thing which would not be forgotten soon, although he might never allude to it again.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Miss Abbot joined in— “And you ought not to think yourself on an equality with the Misses Reed and Master Reed, because Missis kindly allows you to be brought up with them.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
Screw-eyes can be fastened to the bottom of the lift and thread tied to them as before; these threads must pass through four holes in the bottom of the box, through a hole in the support L M and through screw-eye Q ; the bottom strings are then knotted to the top strings at R , and the lift can be lowered and raised by moving knot R up and down.
— from Toy-Making in School and Home by M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) Polkinghorne
Clara M. Kinsey (W), Mrs. Warren H. Corning, Mrs. Robert M. Reid & Bruce M. Kinsey (C); 3Dec65; R375801. Workbook in biology; to accompany New introduction to biology.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1965 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
On the 21st of January the discussion was resumed by Mr. Kerr in a speech against the bill.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
In his address Rabbi Bernard M. Kaplan said: “We have assembled in this House of God from all parts of the city to mourn a great and grievous loss which we have sustained by the untimely demise of two most virtuous, most pious and most respected members of the community, a father and son who under the most pathetic circumstances found their graves in a strange land.
— from Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical by William H. (William Henry) Atherton
Sidney's censure of the contemporary drama is that it outrages the grave and weighty character of tragedy, its elevated style, and the dignity of the personages represented, by mingling kings and clowns, and introducing the most inappropriate buffoonery.
— from A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
Rigstram boney mitte kimeo, Keemo kimo darrow wa, Munri, munro, munrum stump, Pummididle, nip cat periwinkle, Sing song, kitchee wunchee kimeo.”
— from Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
Did you observe any reaction by Mrs. Kennedy after the shooting?
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission
At bridge she played a very sharp-edged game, in grimness scarcely mitigated by two well-brought-off revokes on the part of Philippa, who was playing with Flurry; a gross and unprincipled piece of chivalry on my wife's part that was justly resented by Mr. Knox.
— from In Mr. Knox's Country by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
We propose to review, briefly as our limits require, the principal and most important facts that have thus recently been made known in regard to those early times; and shall deem ourselves most fortunate if we can impart to our readers but a small portion of the interest which we have ourselves derived in watching their progressive discovery.
— from The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 by Various
In everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, to let your requests be made known unto God
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
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