Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die; By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks, which on the earth shall bring Diseases dire, of which a monstrous crew
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The sunset gold still glowed on the lawn, and the bittern still boomed as announcing some small but dreadful destiny.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

ser bendición de Dios (figurative and colloquial phrase) be very abundant," Academy.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

This should be done during the afternoon.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

"Even so, Captain," I said, "there is one major similarity between Dumont d'Urville's sloops of war and the Nautilus ."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Too well I know how much you suffer; but do, do remember, it is not my fault that I am so handsome and so interesting.'
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon

The car took a curve and the wheels skidded; but Dan did not reduce speed.
— from The Speedwell Boys and Their Racing Auto; Or, A Run for the Golden Cup by Roy Rockwood

O. Sw. boð , Norse bud , Sw. bod , Dan. dial.
— from Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

When the dark came I thought I should be dead, devoured of I knew not what wild creature.
— from Spiritual Tales Re-issue of the Shorter Stories of Fiona Macleod; Rearranged, with Additional Tales by William Sharp

Brief speeches, replete with sentiment and reminiscence, were made by Rev. George S. Bennitt, D. D., of Jersey City; Hon.
— from Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences by Various

On the other hand, when we cast our eyes forward we saw but dismal desolate groups of grey rock, around the lofty amphitheatre-shaped rock wall of the 235.png 225 broken-down lip of a crater, regularly constructed of pillar-like masses of trachyte, each sundered from the column immediately adjoining, beneath which was the smoking cone of the active region of the crater, a bare heap of stone and scoriæ, of the utmost variety of colour.
— from Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von