Daw , sb. day, S2; see Day .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out who she was, was dreadfully disappointed when she disappeared so suddenly, and gave orders that if she ever came again the doors were to be shut that she might not get away so easily.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Illam quicquid agit, quoquo vestigia vertit, Composuit furtim subsequiturque decor; Seu solvit crines, fusis decet esse capillis, Seu compsit, comptis est reverenda comis.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Some dance springily, some glide softly, some move with grave dignity.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

"Do pray sit down," she said, "and listen to what I'm going to tell you.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Srud , sb. dress, S; see Schroud .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Drof , pt. s. drove, S, S2; droof , W, W2; see Driuen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

When she did so she was attracted by something else that seemed creeping from the back door toward the center of the room.
— from Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte

III One evening as they sat in the inner portion of the cave, watching through the opening the paling of the sky and the darkening of the leaves, and counting the budding stars, Dhoya suddenly saw stand before him the dark outline of him he fought on the lake sand, and heard at the same instant his companion sigh.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7 (of 8) The Secret Rose. Rosa Alchemica. The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi. John Sherman and Dhoya by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

At last to them some dainty sign she made To hold their cruel hands, and therewith bade To bear her slave new gained from out her sight And keep her safely till the morrow's light: So her across the sunny sward they led With fainting limbs, and heavy downcast head, And into some nigh lightless prison cast To brood alone o'er happy days long past And all the dreadful times that yet should be.
— from The Earthly Paradise: A Poem (Part II) by William Morris

"If I did not see the heather at least once a year, I think I should die," said Scott.
— from Highways and Byways in the Border Illustrated by Andrew Lang

The Queen had that memory for old faces almost peculiar to her royal house, and no sooner did she set foot in the new garden which was being made at Dalkeith, than she recognised Mackintosh there, 'who was formerly gardener at Claremont.'
— from Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 by Anonymous

Notre-Dame St. John the Evangelist 495, Centre Street Sisters of the Holy Cross St. Bridget’s School 111, Papineau Street Sisters of the Holy Cross St. Gabriel School 478, Centre Street Sisters of the Holy Cross St. Alexis Orphanage 247, St. Denis Street Sisters of Providence Jardin de l’Enfance 110, Visitation Street Sisters of Providence St. Vincent-de-Paul 247, St. Denis Street Sisters of Providence Institut.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

‘Yes; she did show superior wit, when the rest of the world stood gaping round.’
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

As she did so someone touched her lightly on the arm, and whispered her name.
— from Jess of the Rebel Trail by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody