Ἀναδείκνυμι, ( ἀνά & δείκνυμι ) v. νύω, f. ξω, pr. to show anything by raising it aloft, as a torch; to display, manifest, show plainly or openly, Ac. 1.14; to mark out, constitute, appoint by some outward sign, Lu.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Because amongst others mine authors, I have oftentimes alleged Fitz-Stephens as one more choice than other, namely, for the ancient estate of this city, more than four hundred years since: and also the said author being rare, I have in this place thought good by impression to impart the same to my loving friends, the learned antiquaries, as the author wrote it in the Latin tongue; and first to note in effect what Master Bale, in commendation of the said author, writeth: “William Stephanides, or Fitzstephen, a monk of Canterbury, born of worshipful parents in the city of London, well brought up at the first under good masters, did more and more increase in honest conditions and learning; for ever in his young years there appeared in him a certain light of a gentleman-like disposition, which promised many good things, afterwards by him performed.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever fresh;—a mirror in which all impurity presented to it sinks, swept and dusted by the sun's hazy brush—this the light dust-cloth—which retains no breath that is breathed on it, but sends its own to float as clouds high above its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

We should also be reported, I am certain, as more numerous than we really are, and men's minds are affected by what they hear, and besides the first to attack, or to show that they mean to defend themselves against an attack, inspire greater fear because men see that they are ready for the emergency.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

There Gangá, tributary queen, And Sindhu 934 by his lord, were seen, [pg 444] And every stream and brook renowned In ancient story girt him round.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The owner of a cow which has vomited such a ball, regards it as a propitious augury for the prosperity of his family.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal; I saw him put down the other day with an ordinary fool that has no more brain than a stone.
— from Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare

“As to listening, sir,” I remarked (keeping the other point to myself), “we shall all be rowing in the same boat if this sort of thing goes on much longer.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

I piled straw and buffalo robes into the box, and took two hot bricks wrapped in old blankets.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

As the soul and body reunited in glory form one human creature, so the happiness of the soul and body is one.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

Nothing is gained by sailing a boat right in the wind's eye with the sail shivering.
— from Boat Sailing in Fair Weather and Foul, 6th ed. by A. J. (Ahmed John) Kenealy

Whilst in Rome at this time I tried to turn my visit to some account by restudying its Christian antiquities.
— from Recollections of a Long Life by John Stoughton

A goldfish, frozen solid in liquid air, revives and swims vigorously a few seconds after being replaced in water.
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman

He was standing as before, rigid it seemed with grief or anger; and his grey eyes were bright with a tense emotion; his lips too were as firm as his son's.
— from The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson

I maruell your Ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascall: I saw him put down the other day, with an ordinary foole, that has no more braine then a stone.
— from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

You are a lucky man, Hans, to have such a being run into your hands.
— from In Paradise: A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse

[513] saws authentical: But rather, I dare swear, the souls of swine Do live in men.
— from The Works of John Marston. Volume 3 by John Marston

After sustaining a bloody repulse in an attack upon this position, Napoleon drew Bennigsen from his lair by marching straight upon Königsberg.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe