And she's allays seemed clear about that—as her work was to minister t' others, and make no home for herself i' this world.”
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

As their home had been so long the center for the reformers of the day, the committee were glad to put Lydia in charge of this depository, at a small salary, and she conducted an extensive correspondence for them during several years.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

fie Ffeiad, n. a shaming away Ffeigiad, n. a driving; to extremity Ffeigiol, a. ultimate; puzzling Ffeinid, n. a rising into a point Ffeinidwydd, n. pine trees Ffeio, v. to put to shame Ffeiriad, n. a bartering Ffeirio, v. to barter, to change Ffeiriwr, n. a chapman Ffeithiant, n. effectuation, operation Ffeithio, v. to effectuate Ffeithiol, a. effectuating; operative Ffêl, a. subtile, fine; cunning, wily Ffelaidd, a. of a subtile nature; sly Ffelaig, n. perceptive source, a chief Ffelder, n. subtilty, slyness Ffelrwydd, n. craftiness Ffelu, v. to act subtilely Ffen, n. a flowing principle; air Ffenestr, n. air hole; window, it is used figuratively for the vagina Ffenestrog, a. having windows Ffenestrol, fenestral, windowed Ffenestru, v. to make windows Ffer, a what is solid; a severe cold; a concrete; the ankle: a. dense; fixed; solid, strong with cold Fferadwy, a. congealable Fferod, n. congealation; numbness Fferder, n. congealedness Fferdd, a. solid; firm; thick Fferedig, a. congealed, fixed Fferedigaeth, n. congealment Fferiad, n. congelation Fferis, n. steel; a fire steel Fferllyd, a. congealing; chilling Ffern, n. the ankle bone Fferu, v. to concrete; to freeze Fferyll, n. chymist; metalurgist Fferylliad, n. a chymist Fferyllaeth, n. chymistry Fferyllt, n. metalist; artisan Fferylltaeth, n. mechanical art Fferylltiad, n. a metalist Ffes, n. subtilty; knowledge Ffesawd, n. craft, subtilty Ffesawl, a. of a subtle nature Ffesig, a. clever, cunning Ffêst, a. fast, speedy, quick Ffestin, a. of active nature Ffestiniad, n. hastening Ffestinio, v. to festinate, to hasten Ffesu, v. to make haste Ffesu, v. to penetrate, to ken Ffetan, n. budget, a saucy girl Ffetanu, v. to budget, to bag Ffetanwr, n. a bagman Ffetur, n. wild oats Ffetus, a. subtle, sly, wily Ffi, n. a loath: inter.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The expulsion of the Moors was one of the deadliest blows ever struck at science, commerce, art and literature.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

How much more skilful is the pilot who marks and perceives beforehand the coming storm and tries to avoid its path, and then, if for any reason he must face it, brings off his ship safe and sound, cargo and all?
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

He was a worthy descendant of the founder of his family—Sir Alan de Cathcart—whose bravery at the battle of Loudoun Hill is thus recorded in an old rhyme:— “A knight that then was in his rout, Worthy and wight, stalwart and stout, Courteous and fair, and of good fame, Sir Alan Cathcart was his name.”
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

I endeavored to cheer and amuse her by reminiscences of my adventures in Afghanistan; but, to tell the truth, I was myself so excited at our situation and so curious as to our destination that my stories were slightly involved.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

Smytrie, a small collection; a litter.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

TO CLEAN WINE DECANTERS.—Use a little Pearl Ash or Soda, and some Cinders and Water.
— from One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

I’ve felt like all kinds of an idiot in keeping up the search on such a slender chance, and again and again I’ve been tempted to give it up.
— from The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove; Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Spencer Davenport

All that can be attempted is to throw some additional light upon the general bearing of the whole, and to contribute such data and practical inferences, illustrative of our present position and its future prospects, as may help to suggest a safe conclusion as circumstances develop new phases in our relations and call for action.
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie

She snatched up and scrutinized a second card, a third, a fourth; then, springing to her feet, she seized the whole mass, hurled them into the fire, and turned, and confronted her husband.
— from Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

First came, quite unexpectedly, protests against infallibility from the lay world, instead of the accustomed clouds of incense, and then still more unexpectedly the military obedience of the clergy was broken through by the most decided intimations of conscientious sincerity and scientific conviction; and now even the princes of the Church are putting themselves at the head of the Opposition.
— from Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger

There shines over our sensitive and sentimental comrade a sort of personal glamour, which makes of him a being apart, which gilds him and isolates him from us, in spite of himself, as though an officer's tabs had fallen on him from the sky.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

If these operations are carefully and thoroughly carried out, the book should then be in a solid and satisfactory condition and capable of standing any reasonable amount of wear.
— from Book Repair and Restoration: A Manual of Practical Suggestions for Bibliophiles by Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck