s. , S; greteth , pl. , G; grette , pt. s. , S, PP, S2, C2, C3, W; grette , pl. , G; gretten , W; gret , pp. , W.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

For he knew that very often the Romans had with a small company contended with great legions of the enemy; and he knew also that with small resources they had carried on wars with opulent kings.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

So that at that journey he shall have more than sixty chariots charged with gold silver, without jewels of gold and precious stones, that lords gave him, that be without estimation, and without horses, and cloths of gold, and of camakas, and tartarins that be without number.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Chrysostom answers, facile si coelum cogitaveris , with great facility, if thou shalt but meditate on heaven.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Mrs. Lynde says he is improving every day and the first thing we know some city church will gobble him up and then we’ll be left and have to turn to and break in another green preacher.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Both wore short sheepskin coats covered with gray cloth of the kind used by petty nobles, high cowhide boots, and fur caps drawn down to their ears.
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Government, by chairmen of Standing Committees, 102 ; by Standing Committees, contrasted with govt.
— from Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson

In the seventeenth century, consent was given for the Île St-Louis to be built upon, and the official constructor of Ponts and Chaussées obtained the concession of the two islets under the stipulation that he should fill up the brook which separated them, and make a bridge across the arm of the Seine to the city quay.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

From the little window of her attic chamber she could catch wide glimpses of the sea, which stretched vast and lonely between this strange new country and the land of her birth, for which she longed with the passionate regret of a homesick child.
— from Truthful Jane by Florence Morse Kingsley

The Patriarch, in slow, carefully chosen words, gave the babe its name and a blessing: "Chester Lawrence—for this is the name by which you shall be known among the children of men—" There was a moment's pause in the blessing.
— from Story of Chester Lawrence Being the Completed Account of One who Played an Important Part in "Piney Ridge Cottage" by Nephi Anderson

There are some, however, which yet may be in a transition state; and others in which, although changes are threatened, still it cannot be said that the changes are begum I have been led to a consideration of impending alterations as likely to take place, by the recent appearance of two very remarkable and very interesting papers on subjects closely connected with great social Scottish questions, where a revolution of opinion may be expected.
— from Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

I worse than these whose sore no salve can cure, Whose grief no herb nor plant nor tree can ease; Remediless, I still must pain endure, Till I my Chloris' furious mood can please; She like the scorpion gave to me a wound,
— from Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Smith, William, active 1596

She corresponded constantly with Genevieve, who seemed very happily placed; Mrs. Elwood was delighted with her, and she with Mrs. Elwood; and her lively letters showed no signs of pining for home.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge