When the steward's daughter came I asked her if she could change my son back to his proper shape.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Chil , sb. chill, coolness, MD, SkD; chele , S, S2, P.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Coronen , v. to crown, MD; corounen , S2, C2; crouni , MD, S2; y-corouned , pp. , S2; y-crouned , S3; y-coroned , PP; i-kruned , S; cruned , S.—OF. coroner ( coruner ).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

= KEY: Plot \n.\. SYN: Scheme, plan, stratagem, combination, conspiracy, machination, [See SCHEME].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Talem se exhibuit, ut nec in Christum, nec Mahometan crederet, unde effectum ut promissa nisi quatenus in suum commodum cederent minime servaret, nec ullo scelere peccatum statueret, ut suis desideriis satisfaceret.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

On Mid-Lent Sunday, commonly called “Mothering Sunday,” it was the pleasing custom for servants and apprentices to carry cakes or furmity as presents to their mother, and to receive from her a cake with her blessing.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

Moder , sb. mother, S, S2, C, C3, PP; moderr , S; modir , W; modur , PP; mooder , S2, C2, C3; muddir , S3; moder , gen. , S2, PP; modres , C3, PP.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Morwe , sb. morrow, the morning, PP, S2, C2, C3; marewe , S2; morow , S3.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

At present, and probably for some time to come, one will seek such colossally creative men, such really great men, as I understand them, in vain: they will be lacking, until, after many disappointments, we are forced to begin to understand why it is they are lacking, and that nothing bars with greater hostility their rise and development, at present and for some time to come, than that which is now called the morality in Europe.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

This idea was incorporated in the Ideal steel cut coffee mill subsequently marketed by the B.F. Gump Company, Chicago.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Ingrid saw that Miss Stafva did not wish to say anything more about that matter, and she began to sew again; but she could not help speculating over who that Mistress Sorrow could be who had so much power here that she could compel Miss Stafva to give up a whole room to the bats.
— from From a Swedish Homestead by Selma Lagerlöf

Oh God he cried I’ve no pretence, To think election sure; Cleanse, cleanse my soul, ere I go hence And join me with the pure.
— from An Address to a Wealthy Libertine or, the Melancholy Effects of Seduction; with a Letter from an Unfortunate Farmer's Daughter, to her Parents in Norfolk by James Parkerson

Never again would my sweet companions cheer my solitary moments.
— from The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont by Louis de Rougemont

Corollary B—Owing to their inherent strength and durability the pigment particles of largest characteristic size which serve as supports for the paint coating should consist, in part at least, of chemically inert pigments, such as natural crystalline barium sulphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium silicate, etc.
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

Happily it was composed of new-comers, without a past, and without political pretensions; men of the small middle-class, as well as workmen, shopkeepers, commercial clerks, mechanics, sculptors, architects, caring little for systems, anxious above all to save the Republic.
— from History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray

As she once said, “Culture changes more slowly than technology.”
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

Synonyms: care, control, management, surveillance, charge, direction, superintendence, watch, command, inspection, supervision, watchfulness.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald