dry, anhydrous, arid; adust[obs3], arescent|; dried &c. v.; undamped; juiceless[obs3], sapless; sear; husky; rainless, without rain, fine; dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Yes, I remember now that the General was called Ernest, I knew I had some particular reason for disliking the name.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

Don Quixote was amazed and astonished, as well at the Knight of the White Moon's arrogance, as at his reason for delivering the defiance, and with calm dignity he answered him, "Knight of the White Moon, of whose achievements I have never heard until now, I will venture to swear you have never seen the illustrious Dulcinea; for had you seen her
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Dans le cas des Chroniques de Cybérie, nous avons pu lancer et maintenir une formule en raison des coûts d'entrée relativement faibles dans ce médium.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

In that letter I ordered McPherson not to extend any farther to the left, but to employ General Dodge's corps (Sixteenth), then forced out of position, to destroy every rail and tie of the railroad, from Decatur up to his skirmish-line, and I wanted him (McPherson) to be ready, as soon as General Garrard returned from Covington (whither I had sent him), to move to the extreme right of Thomas, so as to reach if possible the railroad below Atlanta, viz., the Macon road.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

His monastic seclusion had till now been in his favour, since it gave him no room for discovering his bad qualities.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

The leader, running forward, did as before.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

The Hutchinson Family, celebrated vocalists—fellow-passengers—often came to my rude forecastle deck, and sung their sweetest songs, enlivening the place with eloquent music, as well as spirited conversation, during the voyage.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

ANT: Qualification, recommendation, fitness, deserving, merit.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

I am resolved to keep account of all these matters, and Mr. Longman has already furnished me with a vellum book of white paper; some sides of which I hope soon to fill with the names of proper objects: And though my dear master has given me all this without account, yet shall he see (but nobody else) how I lay it out, from quarter to quarter; and I will, if any be left, carry it on, like an accomptant, to the next quarter, and strike a balance four times a year, and a general balance at every year's end.—And I have written in it, Humble RETURNS for DIVINE MERCIES; and locked it up safe in my newly-presented cabinet.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Also there is another sorte endynge in e , in the infinitive, as, saying, laughyng, redyng, frieng, dire, rire, lire, frire, etc. which make in their present, say, laugh, rede, frye; dis, ris, lis, fris; sayeng, je lis, tu lis, il list, nous lisons, vous lises, ilz lisent.
— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

A sort of Chairman, President, eh?' 'Yes,' was the reply, while the eyes flashed fires that almost recaptured forgotten dreams, 'but hardly in the way you mean, perhaps.
— from A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote) by Algernon Blackwood

In a niche receding to the back we find, beside a demon of remarkable shape, a young beardless man with an exceedingly tall conical cap; in his outstretched right hand he appears to carry the picture of a temple; and with his left he embraces the neck of a very youthful female form, whose head-dress and robe fall down in numerous folds.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Max Duncker

TO THE SAME, Sept. 20, 1745.—This and the following Letters give a Lively Account of the Progress of the Rebellion till the Retreat from Derby, after which no particular interest attaches to it 22.
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I by Horace Walpole

The words “he that hath delivered me to thee” refer primarily to Caiphas, the high-priest, but include the Sanhedrim with him in the responsibility for delivering up Christ.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

Shall I tell your groom to ride for Doctor Horton in the morning?"
— from The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle

When the Yankee shells began to fall and burst in his vicinity, George broke and ran for dear life back to camp, stopping only long enough to say, "Dem big balls come flying over me saying, 'Whar is you?
— from Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5 In Camp—en Bivouac—on the March—on Picket—on the Skirmish Line—on the Battlefield—and in Prison by W. H. (William Henry) Morgan

[211] found the torticollis reappear four days after division of the spinal accessory, and though, in his opinion, relapse supervenes after this operation in more than fifty per cent.
— from Tics and Their Treatment by Henry Meige

Utmost devotion and sincerity will be taken for granted, but I found that the excessive striving after religious feeling degenerated into morbid affectation and spiritual spasm, that sentiment passed into sentimentality, and that simplicity scarcely escaped childishness.
— from Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson