We cannot say that they have been created alike, in correspondence with the nearly similar physical conditions of the areas; for if we compare, for instance, certain parts of South America with the southern continents of the Old World, we see countries closely corresponding in all their physical conditions, but with their inhabitants utterly dissimilar.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

He advanced to meet us; and I could not help observing, that at sight of each other both he and Sir Clement changed colour.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence; confidentially &c. adj.; between ourselves, between you and me; between you and me and the bedpost; entre nous[Fr], inter nos, under the seal of secrecy; a couvert[Fr].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

He eventually came out again from her chamber to salute Chia Chen, just at the very moment that Chia Tai-ju, Chia Tai-hsiu, Chia Ch'ih, Chiao Hsiao, Chia Tun, Chia She, Chia Cheng, Chia Tsung, Chia Pin, Chia Hsing, Chia Kuang, Chia Shen, Chia Ch'iung, Chia Lin, Chia Se, Chia Ch'ang, Chia Ling, Chia Yün, Chia Ch'in, Chia Chen, Chia P'ing, Chia Tsao, Chia Heng, Chia Fen, Chia Fang, Chia Lan, Chia Chun, Chia Chih and the other relatives of the families had likewise arrived in a body.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

SYN: Contort, convolve, complicate, pervert, distort, wrest, wreath, wind, encircle, form, weave, insinuate, unite, interpenetrate.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

-īx , -īcis Feminines: cervīx , neck ; cicātrīx , scar ; cornīx , crow ; cŏ̄turnīx ( 62 ), quail ; lōdīx , blanket ; rādīx , root ; struīx , heap .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

SYN: Conference, consultation, conversation, council, confabulation.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Krásir ray makapúta niánang mga dagkung batu, Only a stone crusher can crush those large rocks.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

SYN: Concur, conduce, contribute, agree, unite, hang, pull together, co-operate, league, baud.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Square chin, cleft centrally, gave her throat the look of a tower with a gun protrudent at top.
— from A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Revolvers were brought into play and their sharp crack, crack could be heard above the sound of the trampling horses and yelling men.
— from The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

Now, if either one of the last assigned reasons is valid, a word stronger than “ignorance” should apply to such tricky, treacherous action, whether it is practiced by Senators, Congressmen, cabinet chiefs or chiefs higher up.
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz

Out of doors the various market-places are covered with little stalls selling cheap clothing, cheap toys, jewellery, sweets, and gingerbread; all the heterogeneous rubbish you have seen a thousand times at [176] German fairs, and never tire of seeing if a fair delights you.
— from Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.

, in the breeding season ; æst., summer ; hyem., winter ; vern., spring ; aut., autumnal ; mus., museum ; coll., collection , cabinet ; syn., synonym ; =, equal to ; >, more than ; <, less than ; +, plus ; ×, in a different sense ; v., vide , see ; cf., confer , consult ; i.e. or h.e., that is ; l. c., loco citato , in the place just cited ; op.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

“Bayard is strangely constituted,” cried Count Roland; “the beast seems actually to like poor folk better than noble knights.”
— from Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner

No profusion of superlative adjectives can avail to reproduce such scenes, any more than words, no matter how skilfully chosen, can convey the tone of a violin in the hands of a master.
— from Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald McNeill