See Dia and Penid .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Yet, with thy leave, we will count it among those which just now thou didst set down as paradoxical.'
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

[The Red Inn.] MAGNAN (Madame), mother of the preceding, lived at Beauvais, where she died a short time after her son's death, and previous to the arrival of Hermann, who was bearing her a letter from Prosper.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

The way in which he got them into order when he had led them outside the town; the skill with which he manœuvred the separate detachments, and passed the word of command down the ranks in due conformity to the rules of tactics, at 38 once impressed every one with the contrast to the blundering of their former generals.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

She rocked idly back and forth amid her surroundings of squalid disorder, and paid no attention whatever to the piercing wails proceeding from a cradle in the middle of the room.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

" I believe she drew a picture of herself in the last stage of consumption, propped up by pillows in a great easy-chair, looking out of a window in the afternoon sunshine, with medicine bottles, a bunch of grapes and a Bible upon a table by her side, and with Robert, all contrition and tenderness, summoned to receive her farewell blessing.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Women never meet one like that Wilkins in the high school drawing a picture of Venus with all his belongings on show.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

SYN: Deism. ANT: Polytheism.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

After a successful dacoity a portion of the spoil would be set apart for Mīthu Bhūkia, and of the balance the Nāik or headman of the village received two shares if he participated in the crime; the man who struck the first blow or did most towards the common object also received two shares, and all the rest one share.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

Ebenezer opened the store door and put his head in.
— from Christmas: A Story by Zona Gale

The Study of literature in the graduate school: diagnosis and prescription.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Gaius Flaminius crossed the river in the newly-acquired territory of the Anares (somewhere near Piacenza) in 531; but during the crossing, and still more while making good his footing on the other bank, he suffered so heavy losses and found himself with the river in his rear in so dangerous a position, that he made a capitulation with the enemy to secure a free retreat, which the Insubres foolishly conceded.
— from The History of Rome, Book III From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States by Theodor Mommsen

It was so definite a protest that his companions were astonished.
— from The Light That Lures by Percy James Brebner

Of the value of this invention, Nasmyth, a devoted pupil of Maudsley and himself an eminent engineer and inventor, thus writes:—"It was this holding of a tool by means of an iron hand, and constraining it to move along the surface of the work in so certain a manner, and with such definite and precise motion, which formed the great era in the history of mechanics, inasmuch as we thenceforward became possessed, by its means, of the power of operating alike on the most ponderous or delicate pieces of machinery with a degree of minute precision, of which language cannot convey an adequate idea; and in many cases we have, through its agency, equal facility in carrying on the most perfect workmanship in the interior
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

Then she took off his irons, and sent away the guard, and bade him come into the house, where she sat down and [Pg 118] talked to him earnestly for a long time.
— from The White Queen of Okoyong: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism and Faith by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone