At the same time Diognetus and Perigenes made preparations for a sea-fight, coming as close as possible to the shore, and endeavouring to make the battles at sea and on land present the appearance of a single contest. carried by Antiochus.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

CompuServe has a Chess forum (GO CHESSFORUM) with message sections called: Chess Basics, Theory & Analysis, News Wire, Hardware/Software, Casual Games, Electronic Knights, Oriental/Variants, Tourneys (Open), USCF Rated Games, Team Play, and Time Out.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

A square cavity, closed by a wooden lid, has been cut out of the abdomen, and contains apparently tobacco, ganja (Indian hemp), and hair.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

With this fair girl will not succeed; By storm she cannot captured be; We must make use of strategy.
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The crest of Pilkington ["a mower with his scythe in front habited as follows: a high-crowned hat with flap, the crown party per pale, flap the same, counterchanged; coat buttoned to the middle, with his scythe in bend proper, habited through quarterly and counterchanged argent and gules"], and the very similar crest of De Trafford, in which the man holds a flail, are curious, and are the subjects of appropriate legends.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Of Throat-wort: by some called Canterbury Bells: by some Coventry Bells.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

a stable and coach [house], and so to keep a coach, unless some change come before I can do it, for I do see it is a greater charge to me now in hackneys, and I am a little dishonoured by going in them.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

By the last of these statutes, corn could be engrossed at any price for exportation; but it could not be engrossed for inland sale, except when the price did not exceed 48s.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

SYN: Impertinent, rough, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, artless, unpolished, uncouth, inelegant, rustic, coarse, vulgar, clownish, raw, unskilful, untaught, illiterate, ignorant, uncivil, saucy, impolite, impudent, insolent, surly, currish, churlish, brutal, uncivilized, barbarous, savage, violent, tumultuous, turbulent, Impetuous, boisterous, harsh, inclement, severe, Insulting, grotesque, barbaric, archaic. ANT: Modest, bashful, civil, courteous, ceremonious, deferential, smooth, even, artistic, polished, fashioned, courtly, elegant, high-wrought, polite, accommodating, considerate, refined, gentle, peaceful, culm, genial, balmy, halcyonic, serene, placid, modern, modish, fashionable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

My health is perfect, although I have a slight catarrh caused by bivouacking in the rain and cold.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

SLIGHT, sleight, cunning, cleverness; trick. SLIP, counterfeit coin, bastard.
— from The Poetaster by Ben Jonson

journey, S; doing, business, S2, C3, C; behaviour, G. Faren , v. to go, to fare, to behave, S, S2, C2; uaren , S; færen , S; far , S3; vare , S; fair , S3; farst , 2 pr.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

In the same manner it might be shewn, that if the labour of ten additional men would only produce 160 quarters, the price would further rise to 4 l. 10 s. ; if 150, to 4 l. 16 s. , &c. &c. But when 180 quarters were produced on the land paying no rent, and its price was 4 l. per quarter, it sold for £720 And when 170 quarters were produced on the land paying no rent, and the price rose to 4 l. 4 s.
— from On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

In similar Cases, I have sometimes observed good Effects from the Use of the Balsam Copaivy , or Peru ; given either in Juleps or made up into an Electuary, as in the electuarium e spermate ceti cum balsamo ; but in whatever Form they were given, if there were confirmed Obstructions of the Lungs, they rather heated and inflamed, than did any real Service.
— from An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro

Many more such cutting contrasts between words and thoughts occurred to Peregrine.
— from Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

It is a species of chaise percée furnished with straps, cushions, &c. by which the patient can fix her extremities, and thus enable the abdominal muscles to act with the greatest power.
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby

'Ought not Christ to have suffered?' 'Christ must needs have suffered,' not because of some certain circumstances, but because the eternal justice of God, could not consent to the salvation of the sinner, without a satisfaction for the sin committed.[13] Of which, more in the next, if you shall think good to reply.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan