Briggen , v. to bridge, S. Brike , sb. calamity, C2; see Bryk .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

SYN: Censure, castigate, satirize, beat, tie, fasten, bind, flog, strike, whip, scourge.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

St. Clare could say but little; he lay with his eyes shut, but it was evident that he wrestled with bitter thoughts.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

My reply was, 'Her education at my seminary, Captain Crewe, shall be such as will adorn the largest fortune.'
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Among the Hellens it stands out more conspicuously, for several reasons—first, because they seem to have pushed the multiplication of autonomous units to an extreme point, seeing that even islands not larger than Peparethos and Amorgos had two or three separate city communities; secondly, because they produced, for the first time in the history of mankind, acute systematic thinkers on matters of government, amongst all of whom the idea of the autonomous city was accepted as the indispensable basis of political speculation; thirdly, because this incurable subdivision proved finally the cause of their ruin, in spite of pronounced intellectual superiority over their conquerors; and lastly, because incapacity of political coalescence did not preclude a powerful and extensive sympathy between the inhabitants of all the separate cities, with a constant tendency to fraternize for numerous purposes, social, religious, recreative, intellectual, and aesthetical.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

We see it was quite inevitable that some such coarse caricature should be thus limned and transmitted to us.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various

[Pg 311] When explanations have come to an end, and they are somewhat calmer, Cyril says: "But how is it that you are here with Guy, and going to Chetwoode?"
— from Airy Fairy Lilian by Duchess

Society's chief concern should be to remove the causes from which crime springs.
— from That Last Waif; or, Social Quarantine by Horace Fletcher

The tools needed are as follows: Rip saw, cross cut saw, back saw, compass, jack-plane, smoothing plane, block plane, spokeshave, try square, steel square, rule, knife, hammer, mallet, screw-driver, 3 ⁄ 4 , 1 ⁄ 2 , and 3 ⁄ 16 inch bits and bitstock, and 1 ⁄ 2 and 3 ⁄ 4 inch chisels, gauges, and sand-paper.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration by Charles Franklin Warner

Not even Karl himself would ever know what she had gone through, but what she had gone through was of small consequence could she but push her way on to what she was confident awaited her.
— from The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell

*Ecuador, Geography Location: Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator between Colombia and Peru Map references: South America, Standard Time Zones of the World Area: total area: 283,560 km2 land area: 276,840 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than Nevada note: includes Galapagos Islands Land boundaries: total 2,010 km, Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km Coastline: 2,237 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: claims continental shelf between mainland and Galapagos Islands territorial sea: 200 nm International disputes: three sections of the boundary with Peru are in dispute Climate: tropical along coast becoming cooler inland Terrain: coastal plain (Costa), inter-Andean central highlands (Sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (Oriente) Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber Land use: arable land: 6% permanent crops: 3% meadows and pastures: 17% forest and woodland: 51% other: 23% Irrigated land: 5,500 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: subject to frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; periodic droughts Note: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Ef, wile you're 'lectioneerin' round, some curus chaps should beg [Pg 439] To know my views o' state affairs, jest answer wooden leg !
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell