render easy &c. adj.; facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct[obs3], unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate|!; humor &c. (aid) 707; lubricate &c. 332; relieve &c. 834. leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open; give the reins to, give full play, give full swing; make way for; open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road; pave the way, bridge over; permit &c. 760.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Every man receives every comer, and treats him with repasts as large as his ability can possibly furnish.
— from Tacitus on Germany by Cornelius Tacitus

Apenas ya respirar We could scarcely find breath podíamos, y las llamas and the flames, as I said, prendían ya en nuestras camas: had already consumed our beds: nos íbamos a asfixiar we were facing certain death cuando don Juan, que os adora when Don Juan, who you’ll find que rondaba el convento, adores you, circling the wall, al ver crecer con el viento seeing the flames so tall la llama devastadora, increasing with the wind con inaudito valor, with unheard of courage, viendo que ibais a abrasaros, seeing you were going to die se
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Rubriques à Bac, venir en Europe quelques mois, recevoir une formation dans le domaine de l'informatique, la stratégie d'organisation et repartir en Casamance avec un ordinateur pour la création d'un relais internet (un nom de domaine est déjà déposé) au bénéfice de la population locale pour m'aider à assurer ma disponibilité en dispense de cours et de savoir-faire en élaboration de projets d'intérêt local.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The stipend arising hence would hardly have indulged the schoolmaster in the luxuries of life, had he not added to this office those of clerk and barber, and had not Mr Allworthy added to the whole an annuity of ten pounds, which the poor man received every Christmas, and with which he was enabled to cheer his heart during that sacred festival.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

As she was (very bad handwriting apart) a more than indifferent speller, and as Joe was a more than indifferent reader, extraordinary complications arose between them which I was always called in to solve.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

with a glory round his furrowed brow, Which emanated then, and dazzles now In face of all his foes, the Cruscan quire, And Boileau, whose rash envy could allow No strain which shamed his country's creaking lyre, That whetstone of the teeth—monotony in wire!
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

encuentra antes de empezar la batalla; la descripción de la pelea entre los dos ejércitos, la cual trasporta al lector al campo de los combatientes, donde ve a cada guerrero a la cabeza de los bravos que le han recomendado, embistiendo, cargando, arrollando, distinguiéndose cada cual en la lid
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

“Because your religion teaches you to hate men of all other religions, especially Christians, and you think you have done a meritorious action when you have deceived us.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The adjustment of the dampers requires equal care, and the whole work calls for a sensitive ear combined with skilled mechanical knowledge, so that the instrument may have a light touch, [Pg 285] strength, and certainty of action throughout the whole keyboard.
— 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

"Running Elk, chief among Crees.
— from The Outdoor Chums After Big Game; Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness by Quincy Allen

Ego nec studium sine divite vena, Nec rude quid possit video ingenium: alterius sic 410 59 Altera poscit opem res, et conjurat amice.
— from The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 1 (of 8) by Richard Hurd

Removed extra comma after "guns" on page 112: "light guns had been shipped."
— from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

At these forts were fourteen large rowboats, each carrying a heavy cannon, two floating batteries carrying nine guns each, and a number of fireships and rafts.
— from True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Neither the emperor nor the patriarch at Constantinople would consent to vest any supreme authority in the bishop of the ancient and relatively effete capital; and Theodosius definitely constituted the patriarch of Constantinople the equal of him of Rome (381), though ceremonially second to him.
— from A Short History of Christianity Second Edition, Revised, With Additions by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

Then came the emissaries of the district magistrate, offering further courtesies, such as a guard of honour; and another delegation from the Duke brought a huge red envelope containing an invitation for luncheon.
— from An American Diplomat in China by Paul S. (Paul Samuel) Reinsch

The Persian lavished the riches of his fancy in raising the Cities of Jewels and of Amber that adorn the realms of Jinnestân; the romancer erected castles and palaces filled with knights and ladies in Avalon and in the land of Faerie; while the Hellenic bards, unused to pomp and glare, filled the Elysian Fields and the Island of the Blest with tepid gales and brilliant flowers.
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley