a foin, thrust, S3; prick, punctus , Manip.; foines , pl. , ND.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The subjective, psychological process leads the natives to the belief in magical contagion of things.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The title of King of Arms, or, as it was more anciently written, King of Heralds, was no doubt originally given to the chief or principal officer, who presided over the heralds of a kingdom, or some principal province, which heraldic writers formerly termed marches ; or else the title was conferred upon the officer of arms attendant upon some particular order of knighthood.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

If we can next revive, or nearly revive, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you; and if we can occupy your mind again with the various questions concerning the Diamond which formerly agitated it, we shall have replaced you, as nearly as possible in the same position, physically and morally, in which the opium found you last year.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The scapegoat principle [ Pg 352] of the sin-eater also appears in connection with charming away warts, as where a ‘vagrom man’ counts your warts, marks their number in his hat, and goes away, taking the warts with him into the next county—for a trifling consideration.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

See the Geographia Sacra of Charles de St. Paul, p. 68-76, with the observations of Lucas Holstenius.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I recall with horror the intoxicating effect this unreasoning fury had upon me, and cannot deny that without the slightest personal provocation I shared, like one possessed, in the frantic onslaught of the undergraduates, who madly shattered furniture and crockery to bits.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Securing the rope to the strongest part of the sleigh, Petrovitch prepared to cross.
— from 'Midst Arctic Perils: A Thrilling Story of Adventure in the Polar Regions by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Pellon-Pecko, see Pekko Peter Bär, 378 Pinefredus, see Offa II Procopius, mentions the Goutai (Geatas), 8 -9, 338 Riganus (or Aliel), 218 etc. Ring-corslets, 351 , 360 Ring-money, 351 -2 Ring-swords, 349 etc.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

I'm sorely punished, Philip, I am indeed.'
— from Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

In a bag on the same horse were some pewter plates and cups, and a few knives and forks.
— from Stories of American Life and Adventure by Edward Eggleston

Current President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, elected in May 2004 after a failed attempt by the previous president to amend the constitution to permit another term, has struggled to assert his authority against his predecessor, who still leads their shared political party.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"Well," said the boy, "a fence usually has some particular purpose; and, as a general thing, the person building it knows that purpose better than any one else, and just what sort of a fence is best in that especial case."
— from By the Roadside by Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) Yates

Beside, a sage pedestrian picks his way."
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

I was therefore conducted to this house, which was filled partly with sick people, partly with a lewd rabble.
— from Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. by Solomon Maimon