Then taking wing from Athos' lofty steep, She speeds to Lemnos o'er the rolling deep, And seeks the cave of Death's half-brother, Sleep.
— from The Iliad by Homer

That man knew of retreats more secure than Rueil, darker and more silent even than the Bastile.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

He asked her a second time, and then a third; but she remained dumb, and answered not a word.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

returned Duncan, at the same time conscious of such a feeling, and that as deeply rooted as if it had been ingrafted in his nature.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

I ran downstairs, and sent my landlady to a chemist's shop for some cinnamon water, while I, returning to this unfortunate creature's chamber, used all the means in my power to bring her to herself; this aim with much difficulty I accomplished, and made her drink a glass of the cordial to recruit her spirits: then I prepared a little mulled red vine and a toast, which having taken, she found herself thoroughly revived, and informed me, that she had not tasted food for eight and forty hours before.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

with UN Disail, a. without foundation Disalw, a. not vile, undebased Disar, a. without offence Disathr, v. untrodden Discar, a. unloved, inamiable Discloff, a. not lame Discudd, a. uncovered Discyfrith, a. uncongenial Discyn, v. to descend, to alight Discynfa, n. place of descent Discyniad, n. a descending Discynol, a. descending Disefyd, a. sudden Disefydlog, a. unstationary Disefydlu, a. to rid of stability Disegur, a. without leisure Diseibiant, a. unindulged Diserch, a. without fondness Diserfyll, a. not tottering Diserth, a. not declivous Diseuthyg, a. not abortive Disgwall, a. without defection Disgwrth, a. without resistance Disgyr, a. without impulse Disiarad, a. tacit, without talk Disigl, a. firm, unshaken Disiomi, v. to undeceive Disiomant, n. indeception Disliw, a. colourless; pale Diso, adv. beneath, below Disodli, v. to trip heels Disoddi, v. to cease sinking Dison, a. without noise, silent Disoniarus, a. unsonorous Disorod, a. pure Disorodi, v. to clear of dross Disothach, a. clear of refuse Dispar, a. without parity; odd Disporth, a. without support Disprofi, v. to disprove Dispur, a. impure, unclean Dispwyll, a. crazy, distracted Dist, n. joist in a floor Distadl, a. object, worthless Distadledd, n. worthlessness Disudd, a. juiceless, sapless Disug, a. juiceless Disut, a. out of order; unwell Disŵn, a. without noise Diswrth, a. not sluggish Diswta, a. not sudden Diswydd, a. without office Diswyn, a. without charm Disyched, a. without thirst Disychedu, v. to allay thirst Disyflyd, a. without motion Disyfyd, a. unstaying: sudden Disylw, a. heedless, inadvertent Disylwedd, a. unsubstantial Disylweddu, v. to unsubtiantiate Disymud, a. immoveable Disymudedd, n. immobility Disymwth, a. sudden, abrupt Disyndod, a. without surprise Disynwyr, a. foolish, senseless Ditiad, n. an uttering Ditian, v. to speak, to say Ditio, v. to utter or express Diunion, a. undoubted Diurddas, a. without dignity Diurddiad, n. degradation Diw, n. entireness: a. total Diwad, a. without denial Diwadnu, v. to trip up heels Diwaddod, a. without dregs Diwaddodi, v. to defecate Diwaddoli, v. to disendow Diwael, a. not vile or base Diwaelod, a. bottomless Diwaelodi, v. to clear of lees Diwag, a. not empty or vague Diwagedd, a. without vanity Diwahan, a. indiscriminate Diwahardd, a. unforbidden Diwahodd, a. uninvited Diwair, a. unimparting; continent, chaste; faithful Diwaith, a. without work Diwala, a. unsatisfied, not full Diwall, a. not lacking Diwalliad, n. a satiating Diwallt, a. hairless, bald Diwallu, v. to provide; to satiate; to divest of want Diwarafun, a. unbegrudged Diware, a. without play Diwarogaeth, n. emancipation Diwarogi, v. to emancipate Diwarth, a. reproachless Diwarthaf, a. without superior Diwarthâu, v. to uncover Diwarthrudd, a. reproachless Diwarthu, v. to clear of reproach Diwarthus, a. unreproachful Diwasanaeth, a. unserviceable Diwasgar, a. undispersed Diwasgod, a. without shelter Diwasgodi, v. to unshelter Diwatwar, a. without mockery Diwedydd, n. the evening; the end of the day Diwedd, n. end conclusion Diweddaf, a. last, latest Diweddar, a. tardy, slow; late Diweddarâu, v. to make late Diweddaru, v. to become late Diweddarwch, n. lateness Diweddglo, n. conclusion Diweddiad, n. ending Diweddol, a. conclusive Diweddu, v. to end, to conclude Diweddwr, n. a finisher Diwegi, a. without vanity Diweirdeb, n. continence Diweirin, a. continent, chaset Diweithred, a. without deeds Diwellâu, v. to cease mending Diwellig, a. not apt to fail Diwellt, a. without grass Diwen, a. without smiling Diweniaeth, a. without flattery Diwenwyn, a. not venomous Diwerth, a. worthless Diwes, a. immediate Diwest, a. visitless, unvisited Diwestl, a. without confusion Diwesu, v. to approximate Diwg, a. not frowning Diwir, a. without truth Diwisg, a. without covering Diwladaidd, a. not rustic Diwlith, a. dewless Diwlydd, a. without vegetation Diwni, a. seamless Diwobrwg, a. rewardless Diwosgo, a. without flinching Diwosgryn, a. without trembling Diwraidd, a. without root Diwregysu, v. to ungirdle Diwreiddiad, n. eradication Diwreiddio, v. to eradicate Diwres, a. without heat Diwrnod, n. a day Diwrnodol, a. diurnal Diwrnodio, v. to do a day’s work Diwrtaith, a. unameliorated Diwrth, a. without opposition Diwrthdro, a. without reverting Diwrtndyn, without contention Diwrthddadl, a. without controversy or dispute Diwrtheb, a. uncontradicted Diwrthladd, a. unrepugnant Diwrthlam, without recurrence Diwrthryn, a. without resistance Diwrthwyneb, a. unopposed Diwrthymdrech, a. irresistible Diwryg, a. feeble, infirm Diwrym, a. seamless Diwybod, a. unknowing Diwyd, a. adherence; assiduous, diligent Diwydiaeth, n. assiduity Diwydio, v. to be diligent Diwydrwydd, n. diligence Diwyg, n. a repaired state: a. not vitiated Diwygiad, n. reformation Dwygiadwy, a. reformable Diwygio, to amend, to reform Diwygol, a. corrective Diwygiwr, n. reformer Diwyl, a. unbashful, impudent Diwyledd, n. impudence Diwyll, n. clearance; culture Diwylliad, n. cultivation Diwylliant, n. culture, worship Diwyllio, v. to cultivate Diwyliodraeth, n. cultivation Diwyn, a. not white or fair Diwyniad, n. a dirtying Diwyno, v. to dirty Diwyr, a. not oblique, straight Diwyth, a. without wrath Diymadferth, a. inactive Diymanerch, a. ungreeted Diymarbed, a. unabstemious Diymarbod, a. unprepared Diymarfer, a. unaccustomed Diymattal, a. unrestrained Diymchwiliad, a. uninquisitive Diymdaro, a. unable to strive Diymdro, a. inflexible Diymddiffyn, a. defenceless Diymddiried, a. unconfiding Diymgais, a. void of exertion Diymgel, a. unsecluding Diymgeledd, a. uncherished Diymgudd, a. unsecluded Diymgyrch, a. unapproached Diymmod, a. steadfast Diymogel, a. unguarded Diymoralw, a. uninquisitive Diymosgryn, a. unable to crawl Diymryson, a. without dispute Diymroad, a. unresolved Diymsyniad, a. insensible Diymwad, a. undeniable Diymwared,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

—What am I really doing, and what do I mean by doing it?
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

One reptile devours another....
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The walls, which are full of chinks and crannies, are of that immense thickness which proves that our ancestors built for their remote descendants, and not in our modern fashion; for we are beginning to build in the English style, that is, barely for one generation.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He run down an' jumped in the boat, an' 'nen—'nen—" "Then what?" exploded Anderson Crow.
— from The Daughter of Anderson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon

His first impulse was to rush down and stop him; but he paused, with the sound of Everina Brant's sobs still in his ears.
— from A London Life, and Other Tales by Henry James

The caulicle, fed by the two fat sides, pushes its way upward into the air, making a stem with leaves, and finally a big vine, while from its lower end the root develops and pushes itself as fast as possible into the earth.
— from Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 by Various

On reading the principal heads of the contents, he perceived Pg 1886 that most of them had a tendency to undermine the established system of religious doctrines, and, thereupon, he told Lucius Petillius, that “he was determined to throw those books into the fire; but before he did so, he gave him leave, if he thought he had any right or appeal to demand the restitution of them, to make the trial, which he might do and preserve his favour.”
— from The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books by Livy

Because of its shy and retiring disposition and its apparent dislike to take wing the Short-billed Marsh Wren is not very often seen.
— from Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 5 [May 1902] Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

This pleasing fiction still rears its head unabashed in spite of all attempts to destroy it; in its honour the late Duke of Westminster was actually named "Hugh Lupus" at the baptismal font, while his younger brother was labelled Richard "de Aquila"; and yet it is an indisputable fact that the Grosvenor ancestors cannot be carried beyond a Robert de Grosvenor, of Budworth, who lived a good century after the Conquest, and who has no more traceable connection with Rollo than with the Man in the Moon.
— from Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall

267 Small feet, 14 , 101 , 153 Small-pox, 212 , 213 Smith, Rev. A. H., cited, 41 , 269 Smith, Rev. John, missionary, Talifu, 202 , 209 , 214 , 219 Smith, Mr. Stanley P., his rapid conversion of a Chinaman, 279 Soldiers, their weapons, 234 , 241 , 249 ; fierceness of aspect, 263 ; courage, 271 "Squeezing" in China, 151 , 152 Stead, W. T., cited, 152 Suicide by opium, 111 ; land of, 111 , 112 Suifu, the city of, 62-75 Sutherland, Rev. Dr. A., cited, 123 , 173 Swinburne, A. C., cited, 14 Szechuen, "country of the clouds," 82 ; population, 186 ; contrasted with Yunnan, 85-88 ; Catholic stronghold, 64 Taipingkai, Shan town, 263 Taiping-pu, 226 Taiping river, 246 , 250 , 252 , 258 , 278 , 279 Tak-wan-hsien, 92 , 94 , 96 Tak-wan-leo, 92 Talichao, 234 Talifu, the city of, 202-219 ; its converts, 178 Tanto, 82 Taoshakwan, 86 Taoūen, 116 Tawantzu, 92 Taylor, Rev. Dr. J. Hudson, cited, 46 , 67 , 68 , 70 , 179 ; on opium, 46 ; on ancestral worship, 67 ; Chinese in lake of fire, 67 , 68 Tchih-li-pu, 86 Telegraph, in Yunnan, 147 ; in Tali, 208 ; in Yungchang, 234 ; in Tengyueh, 243-248 ; system of telegraphing Chinese characters, 166-168 ; telegraphic transfers, 95 , 159 Tengyueh (Momien), the city of, 243-249 "Term question," 122 , 123 Theatre in Tengyueh, 246 , 247 Tommé, M., in Yunnan, 150 Tongchuan, the city of, 120-134 ; its converts, 178 Tonquin, 148 , 149 Tragedy of the Tali valley, 220 , 221 Tremberth, Rev. Mr., missionary, Chaotong, 101 Tsen Yü-ying, the cruel Viceroy, 267 Tung-lo-hsia, 35 Turner, Rev. F. Storrs, cited, 46 Tu Wen Hsiu, the Mohammedan Sultan, 203 Ullathorne, Bishop, cited, 210 Vial, Père, of Yunnan, 150 Voltaire, cited, 173 Von Richthofen, cited, 90 Wanhsien, the city of, 24-31 Warren, Consul Pelham, of Hankow, 8 Warry, Mr., Chinese adviser to the Burmese Government, 229 , 261 , 285
— from An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison

I From a man who built so many churches (one on each battlefield where he had fought, to say nothing of the others), and who had in him such depths of real devotion and other fine cosmic quality, this does seem rather strong!
— from Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle