When I behold this goodly frame, this world, Of Heaven and Earth consisting; and compute Their magnitudes; this Earth, a spot, a grain, An atom, with the firmament compared And all her numbered stars, that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible, (for such Their distance argues, and their swift return Diurnal,) merely to officiate light Round this opacous Earth, this punctual spot, One day and night; in all her vast survey Useless besides; reasoning I oft admire, How Nature wise and frugal could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

ANT: Demoralization, savagery, uncivilization, barbarism, rudeness, brutality.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The mass of pulp in the pans was kept constantly stirred up by revolving “mullers.”
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

This process, for aught we know, may belong to the great system of human progress, which, with every ascending footstep, as it diminishes the necessity for animal force, may be destined gradually to spiritualize us, by refining away our grosser attributes of body.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

They had gone forth together into their life of sorrow, and they would never more see the sunshine undimmed by remembered cares.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

VVhen I behold this goodly Frame, this VVorld Of Heav’n and Earth consisting, and compute, Thir magnitudes, this Earth a spot, a graine, An Atom, with the Firmament compar’d And all her numberd Starrs, that seem to rowle Spaces incomprehensible (for such Thir distance argues and thir swift return Diurnal) meerly to officiate light Round this opacous Earth, this punctual spot, One day and night; in all thir vast survey Useless besides, reasoning I oft admire, How Nature wise and frugal could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand So many nobler Bodies to create, Greater so manifold to this one use, For aught appeers, and on thir Orbs impose Such restless revolution day by day Repeated, while the sedentarie Earth, That better might with farr less compass move, Serv’d by more noble then her self, attaines Her end without least motion, and receaves, As Tribute such a sumless journey brought Of incorporeal speed, her warmth and light; Speed, to describe whose swiftness Number failes.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Such sentiments—for the half-credences of which I speak have never the full force of thought—such sentiments are seldom thoroughly stifled unless by reference to the doctrine of chance, or, as it is technically termed, the Calculus of Probabilities.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Among a crowd of young fellows who walked in the outward hall, I perceived Mr. Jackson, to whom I immediately went up; and, inquiring into the state of his love affair, understood it was still undetermined, by reason of his friend's absence, and the delay of the recall at Chatham, which put it out of his power to bring it to a conclusion.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Francesca had surprised us by refusing to be presented at this semi-royal Scottish court.
— from Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected; but right away after I see I
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05 by Mark Twain

The identity of the individual is, so to speak, interrupted; and a kind of Dualism springs up by reason of this, that the I which has been , with all its impressions, remembrances, experiences, feelings, which were also those of youth, is attached to a particular spot, with its local and personal associations, and appears to what may be called the new I like a vestment of the soul which has been lost, from which nevertheless the new I cannot disconnect itself, because its identity is in fact continuous.
— from The Empress Frederick: a memoir by Anonymous

The heavy box was slung up by ropes on to the deck of the Mary Sinclair , and was carried by four seamen into the cabin, where, between the table and the after-lockers, there was just space for it to stand.
— from The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport by Arthur Conan Doyle

And now, almost side by side, and struggling valiantly for second place, came the two Hillton men, Northrop and Moore, and the wearers of the crimson went wild with joy and shouted until both runners had crossed the line, Northrop in the lead, and had been led away to the dressing room.
— from For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport by Ralph Henry Barbour

This would seem to neglect the consideration that, after all, some time is required to alter the numbers of a population, and that other changes of a totally different character may be meanwhile set up by rises and falls of wages.
— from The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3) James Mill by Leslie Stephen

Isaaco said, that he thought Mansong was rather afraid of us; particularly as he never once expressed a wish to see us, but rather the contrary.
— from The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Together with Other Documents, Official and Private, Relating to the Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park by Mungo Park

They were secured usually by requisition on the state government, which then impressed them.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming