apprivoiser , rendre un animal moins farouche; rendre une personne plus sociable.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Now upon the second lowering, the boat paddled upon the whale; and as the fish received the darted iron, it gave its customary rap, which happened, in this instance, to be right under poor Pip’s seat.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

The principle of interest rightly understood perhaps prevents some men from rising far above the level of mankind; but a great number of other men, who were falling far below it, are caught and restrained by it.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

(Back) Footnote 638: Upon this subject, especially the effects of the referendum upon political parties, see Lowell, Governments and Parties, II., 314-332.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

Her sprained ankle had been troublesome during the night, and she had risen late, and when her maid had helped her to dress, and she had limped downstairs on her crutches, and settled herself in her long chair, she found herself disinclined for any further exertion, and just sat, reclining upon pale pink satin cushions, her slender hands folded upon her lap, her large, dark luminous eyes and delicate, refined features all set in a wistful sadness.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand

Each could rely upon powerful political support, and their ambitions were supported by the solid mass of England's commercial class.
— from Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Craik, Henry, Sir

Magistri Hugonis Davidis, ordinis Fratrum Minorum, in Universitate Oxoniensi Regentis, utrum penitens, peccata sua confessus Fratri Licentiato, teneatur eadem rursus confiteri proprio Sacerdoti.
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

Now upon the second lowering, the boat paddled upon the whale; and as the fish received the darted iron, it gave its customary rap, which happened, in this instance, to be right under poor Pip's seat.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

“But,” said Caroline, “as they are rapidly unburying Pompeii, perhaps some manuscripts may be found there—and in a much more perfect state; for Pompeii was covered with mud and ashes, and not with burning lava like Herculaneum.”
— from Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England; vol. 3 [of 3] by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet