Does she not sometimes direct our counsels and correct them?
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

On the other hand, where these variations are slight and imperceptible, though the memory-continuum preserves the order of events intact, we have still no such distinct appreciation of comparative distance in time as we have nearer to the present, where these perceptive effects are considerable....
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Caer sidi, the zodiac Sidin, a. winding, revolving Sidydd, n. zodiac, ecliptic Sidyll, n. a whirl, a twirl; a rim Siff, n. an intermitting noise Siffro, v. to rustle, to murmur Sig, n. a shatter, a bruise Sigiad, n. bruising, shattering Sigl, n. a shake, a stir Siglaethan, play or swinging Sigledd, n. a rocking state Siglen, n. a swing, a quag Siglo, v. to shake, to rock Sigo, v. to shock, to bruise Sil, n. issue; seedling; spawn, fry; hulling of grain Silen, n. seedling; single fry Siliant, n. spawning; hulling of corn Sïlied, n. what is produced; hulled corn Silio, v. to spawn; to hull grain Silod, n. seedlings; spawn; fry Silodi, v. to issue seedlings Silodyn, n. single one of a fry Silyn, n. a seedling; a fry Sill, Syllaf, n. a component part; a syllable Silleb, n. a syllable Sillebu, Silliadu, v. to spell Silliad, n. a forming of syllables Silliadaeth, Sillyddiaeth, n. a syllabic system Sillio, v. to arrange parts Sillt, n. an element; a syllable Silltiad, n. a joining of elements Sim, n. what is flippant or light Simach, n. a monkey, an ape Simdde, n. a chimney Simer, n. levity; a frisk Simera, v. to frisk, to dally Simp, n. a fickle state; a flutter Sin, n. a surface; alms Sindal, n. fine linen, cambric Sindw, n. scoria, cinders Sinid, n. surface, scum Sinidr, n. scoria, dross Sinidro, v. to form dross Sinio, v. to reduce to scoria Sïo, v. to hiss, to whiz Siobyn, n. a small tuft Sioch, n. what is bushy Siochi, v. to make bushy Sïol, a. hissing, whizzing Siom, n. void; disappointment Siomgar, a. apt to disappoint Siomi, v. to disappoint Siomiant, n. disappointment Sionc, a. brisk, nimble, sharp Sioncedd, n. briskness Sionci, v. to become brisk Sipiad, n. a sipping Sipian, v. to keep sipping Sipio, v. to draw the lips, to sip Sipyn, n. a single sip, a sip Sir, n. a shire, a county: n. cheer, solace, comfort Sirion, n. cherries Sirio, v. to cheer, to solace Siriol, a. cheering, solacing Sirioldeb, n. cheerfulness Sirioli, v. to make cheerful Sis, n. a loud sound, a whisper Sisial, n. a whisper, a gossip Sisiala, v. to keep whispering Sisialu, v. to whisper, to mutter Sitell, n. a whisk round Sitellu, v. to whisk round Sitio, v. to whirl, to whisk Sitrachog, a. jagged, sheddred Sitrachu, v. to jag, to shred Siw, n. a hiss, a hush, a buzz Siwen, n. the mermaid Sob, n. a tuft, a mass Soba, Soban, n. a small bunch Sobr, a. temperate sober Sobrwydd, n. sobriety, temperance Socan, n. wallower Socyn, n. a pig; a little urchin Soch, n. a sink, a drain Sodi, v. to constitute, to fix Sodli, v. to heel, to trip the heel Sodlog, a. having a heel Sodol, a. tending to fix or settle Sodwedd, a. characteristic Soddedigaeth, n. act of sinking Soddi, v. to sink, to submerge Soddol, a sinking, plunging Soddwr, n. a sinker Soeg, grains of malt after brewing, draff Soegen, n. a swaggy female Soegi, v. to steep; to slabber Soeglyd, a. puffed by steeping Sofl, n. standing studdle Sôg, n. a wallowing, a spreading Soga, wallowing; slovenly Sôn, n. report, rumor, mentioning Soniwr, n. mentioner, talker Sopen, n. a mass squeezed together Sopenu, v. to bundle Sopiad, n. a bundling Sor, n. a chafed state; sullenness Sori, v. to chafe; to offend, to sulk Soriad, n. a chafing; an offending Soriant, sulleness; offence Sorllyd, a. apt to grow sullen Sorod, n. dregs, dross Sorodi, v. to yeld dregs Sorth, a. sudden; fell; slothful Sothach, n. refuse, dross Su, n. what pervades; a buzz Suad, n. a buzzing; a lulling Sucan, n. steeping, small beer, washbrew, gruel, flummny Sudd, n. what pervades; juice Suddas, n. sinking, immersion Suddiad, a sinking, a plunging Suddiant, n. perversion of moisture Suddo, v. to sink in, to sink Suddol, a. pervading; sinking Sug, n. a suck; juice sap Sugaethan, n. candle, poultice Suger, n. extracted juice; cyder Sugiad, n. a becoming juicy Suglian, n. drawing plaister Sugnbeirlnt, n. a pump Sugnbib, n. a syringe Sugndraeth, n. quicksand Sugnedydd, n. sucker; pump Sugno, v. to suck, to imbibe Sugnol, a. sucking, imbibing Sugoli, v. to render succulent Sugr, n. extracted juice, sugar Sugro, v. to sugar, to sweeten Sugrol, a. saccharine; sugary Sul, n. what extends round; the Sun.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

sulpa n sulfa drugs.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He had a new view of his sporting neighbor, Sam Doppelbrau.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

So he buried him at Hebron in a magnificent manner, and indited funeral elegies for him; he also stood first over the monument weeping, and caused others to do the same; nay, so deeply did the death of Abner disorder him, that his companions could by no means force him to take any food, but he affirmed with an oath that he would taste nothing till the sun was set.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

"Let him come in," said Napoleon, sitting down slowly and carelessly in the easy-chair, covered with purple velvet, which, was standing in the middle of the room.
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Je ne sais là-dessus si nous sentons de même, Mais quand je suis ainsi rêveur et paresseux, Quand il pleut dans mon coeur comme il pleut dans—— "Aurelle," said the doctor, "this time you are writing verses; deny it if you can.
— from The Silence of Colonel Bramble by André Maurois

For it is well known that, next to a great enthusiasm shared, nothing so draws human creatures together as a good bout of cursing in common.
— from The Convert by Elizabeth Robins

NEW ENGLAND Senators not silent during the war, 402.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

The pollen spores now sift down to the base of the scales, and finally reach the opening of the ovule, where they germinate.
— from Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell