bene gerere , carry on successfully gladiâtôrius, -a, -um , adj. gladiatorial gladius, gladî , m. sword glôria, -ae , f. glory, fame Gracchus, -î , m. Gracchus , name of a famous Roman family gracilis, -e , adj. slender ( § 307 ) Graeca, -ôrum , n. plur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Implements and materials .—The first and needful requisites for gold embroidery, are a strong frame, a spindle, two pressers, one flat and the other convex, a curved knife, a pricker or stiletto, and a tray, to contain the materials.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

The former sentiment, to wit, that of general benevolence, or humanity, or sympathy, we shall have occasion frequently to treat of in the course of this inquiry; and I assume it as real, from general experience, without any other proof.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

Nothing less is commonly a sufficient stimulus to undergo the long and patient drudgery, which, in the case even of the greatest natural gifts, is absolutely required for great eminence in pursuits in which we already possess so many splendid memorials of the highest genius.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

gladiatorial gladius, gladī , m. sword glōria, -ae , f. glory, fame Gracchus, -ī , m. Gracchus , name of a famous Roman family gracilis, -e , adj. slender ( § 307 ) Graeca, -ōrum , n. plur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Scottish manners, Scottish dialect, and Scottish characters of note, being those with which the author was most intimately, and familiarly acquainted, were the groundwork upon which he had hitherto relied for giving effect to his narrative.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

“You are right, for, good Englishman as I am, I get on very well in Paris.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

These tribunes of the people , then, or dêmarchoi became responsible for great evils that befell Rome.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

This is a lesson for you fine ladies, who think you can govern the world by what you call your social influences: asking people once or twice a-year to an inconvenient crowd in your house; now haughtily smirking, and now impertinently staring, at them; and flattering yourselves all this time, that to have the occasional privilege of entering your saloons and the periodical experience of your insolent recognition, is to be a reward for great exertions, or if necessary an inducement to infamous tergiversation.” H2 anchor Book 4 Chapter 4 It was night: clear and serene, though the moon had not risen; and a vast concourse of persons were assembling on Mowbray Moor.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Then you dragged in another from the market-place, a man who was poor and who belonged to a class which in every other city is counted as the very dregs, but who among you, since of your excessive wisdom you exchange rubbish for gold, enjoys a moderate fortune; and this man you elected as your colleague.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Ease, luxury (to him), and gratification in the meantime, with a reserve fund great enough to carry him through a session without any extra labor.
— from The Laird of Norlaw; A Scottish Story by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

But—suddenly her rosy face grew even more pink—perhaps she was wrong, and anyway Mrs. Rose knew best.
— from The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes

Endowed with the Spirit as a Christian, and daily receiving grace more largely, as he became more and more ripe for glory; endowed with the Spirit's extraordinary gifts most eminently; favoured also with an abundance of revelations, disclosing to him things ineffable and inconceivable,--are not his writings to be most truly called inspired?
— from The Christian Life: Its Course, Its Hindrances, and Its Helps by Thomas Arnold

JONES, FRED R. Farm gas engines and tractors.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

As a child he had accompanied the army of Amru, the Prophet’s general, into Egypt, where he had remained for generations, employing his time in the study of those occult sciences of which the Egyptian priests were such consummate masters.
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

But in reply to questions of the opposing counsel, Munro admitted that when Dwarika Rai first gave evidence there was practically no possibility of collusion with Tynan.
— from The Disputed V.C.: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P. Gibbon

My reason for going eighteen knots was that I wanted to arrive at Liverpool without stopping and within two or three hours of high water.”
— from Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania by Logan Marshall

Melville, a man of middle age, and grave deportment; his dress a Captain's uniform when on duty; a blue coat, with red facings, gold epaulet, white waistcoat and breeches, boots and cocked hat, with the union cockade, Mr. Williamson.
— from André by William Dunlap

Yet the duchess dowager has obtained a first-rate reputation for goodness; every one styled her the good duchesse d'Aiguillon .
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de