this note I left on a pole at the forks of the river, and having refreshed ourselves and eat heartily of some venison which we killed this morning we continued our rout up the rapid fork on the Stard side, resolving to pursue this stream untill noon tomorrow and then pass over to the middle fork and come down it to their junction or untill I meet Capt Clark.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

That we undertake to guard our people against inconveniences, larcenies and pillage.—That such is our will, by our Lady!—That in addition, it suits us not that any fiddler, barber, or any soldier varlet should be clad like a prince, in velvet, cloth of silk, and rings of gold.—That these vanities are hateful to God.—That we, who are gentlemen, content ourselves with a doublet of cloth at sixteen sols the ell, of Paris.—That messieurs the camp-followers can very well come down to that, also.—Command and ordain.—To Monsieur de Rouault, our friend.—Good.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

above, over: adv. above Uchad, n. a rising over Uchaf, a. upmost, uppermost Uchafael, n. an ascension Uchafed, a. being over, upper Uchafedd, n. loftiness, height Uchafiad, n. a rising over Uchafiaeth, n. supremacy Uchanian, n. a superior nature Uchaniaeth, n. metapysics Uchanianol, a. supernatural Ucharn, n. the ankle Uchder, n. height, highness Uchediad, n. an elevating Uchedu, v. to elevate, to soar Uchedydd, n. a soarer; a lark Uchedd, n. loftiness, altitude; top Uchel, a. high, lofty, towering Uchelder, n. loftiness, elevation Ucheldrem, n. a haughty look Ucheldyb, n. high opinion Ucheledd, n. loftiness Uchelfa, n. a high place Uchelfaer, n. a high constable Uchelfal, n. the misletoe Uchelfryd, a. high-minded Ucheliad, n. a heightening Ucheliant, n. elevation Uchelraith, n. a grand jury Uchelryw, n. a superior kind Uchelsaf, n. a high standing Uchelsantaeth, n. a hierarchy Uchelu, v. to make high Uchelwr, n. a freeholder Uchelwyl, n. a high festival Uchelydd, n. a superior Uchellawr, n. the misletoe Uchenaid, n. a sigh Uchenidiad, n. a sighing Ucheneidio, v. to sigh Ucher, n. gloom; evening Ucherddo, n. evening tide Uchergyd, n. a lofty shock Uchelwyl, n. a vesper Uchiad, n. a heightening Ucho, prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

But if the ground suited him, he would lay low ’n’ keep dark till the first pan was washed, ’n’ then he would sidle up ’n’ take a look, an’ if there was about six or seven grains of gold he was satisfied—he didn’t want no better prospect ’n’ that—’n’ then he would lay down on our coats and snore like a steamboat till we’d struck the pocket, an’ then get up ’n’ superintend.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

The terms on which the controversies were settled were engraved on a column, and set up near the altar of Vesta in the Homarium. 283 94.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

( ‘ Even so did I once see the young shoot of a date palm springing up near the altar of Apollo on Delos. ’
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

But if the ground suited him, he would lay low 'n' keep dark till the first pan was washed, 'n' then he would sidle up 'n' take a look, an' if there was about six or seven grains of gold he was satisfied—he didn't want no better prospect 'n' that—'n' then he would lay down on our coats and snore like a steamboat till we'd struck the pocket, an' then get up 'n' superintend.
— from Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain

As it is important to understand the events which led to the reunion of 2nd Corps with the army from which it had been separated since the start of the campaign, I must describe briefly what happened after the month of August, when, having defeated the Russians at Polotsk, Saint-Cyr set up near there an immense entrenched camp protected by a part of his force, the remainder of which he spread out on both banks of the Dvina.
— from The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot by Marbot, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, baron de

scarcely unequal now to all other nations of the world combined!"
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

“Dictum est tamen tres personæ, non ut illud diceretur, sed ut ne taceretur.” Aug. de. Trin., quoted by Hase, Dog. § 238.
— from Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

There was but one ray of comfort to sustain us, namely, the approach of the hero of Candahar; for although a certain period of waiting had yet to be endured—ere another famous march could be accomplished—the coming of Roberts disposed us to think kindly of Job.
— from The Siege of Kimberley Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902); Eighteen Weeks in Eighteen Chapters by T. Phelan

She had loved a man who was unworthy; she had loved him for no better reason, she understood now, than a superficial charm, a romantic appeal.
— from One Man in His Time by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

No; although I sauntered under noble trees, and got some magnificent views.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, June 8, 1895 by Various

No, I mean that you don't flirt; that you are always dreamily occupied with your own affairs, from which listlessly congenial occupation, when drawn, you are so unexpectedly nice that a girl immediately desires to see how nice you can be.”
— from The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers