this was a better answer than any supernatural voice could have given her; a more helpful sign than any phantom face or hand; a surer confirmation of her hope than subtle argument or sacred promise: for it brought back the memory of the living, loving man so vividly, so tenderly, that Christie felt as if the barrier was down, and welcomed a new sense of David's nearness with the softest tears that had flowed since she closed the serene eyes whose last look had been for her.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Themistocles on his, 273 , 6; the dark background of, 323 , 23; the faculty of, 426 , 45; wise, the condition of, 176 , 16; with little judgment, 26 , 11 Men , a little breed, 523 , 6; a thousand kinds of, 275 , 25; after modern or ancient model, 124 , 13; all conditioned by circumstance, 138 , 29; all, play-actors, 286 , 31; ambitious, like tallest trees, 456 , 40; and the law, 438 , 24; and their vices, how to treat, 340 , 32; and women of right sort, 35 , 2; angels or slugs, practically no matter, 339 , 42; anvil as well as hammer, 92 , 32; argumentative, 398 , 19; {pg 621} as individuals, and their belongings, 521 , 3; as measured of God, 125 , 29; as the generation of leaves, 326 , 37; as they are born, 398 , 16; at birth and death, 9 , 60; at their best, 289 , 49; blindness of, 65 , 33; born for others, 310 , 13; born too soon, 116 , 32; bubbles on stream of time, 111 , 40; but three classes of, 466 , 29; by what standard to weigh, 333 , 19; childless, progeny of, 445 , 10; collective beings, 521 , 3; collectively, respect for, despised individually, 16 , 1; common, apologies for men, 45 , 15; compared with plants, 349 , 16; dangerous, 149 , 13; differences among, 110 , 20; dream of a shadow, 393 , 16; driven as turkeys, 521 , 14; effect of, ignorance of, 65 , 32; evil, characteristic of, 95 , 32; evil of shunning, 65 , 31; false estimate of, 162 , 22; far-observant, often unknown to themselves, 529 , 23; for certain brothers, 556 , 41; glorious, Bacon on, 124 , 23; god-devils, 357 , 35; God's versus devil's, 128 , 10; good, value of, 129 , 53; good, mercy in, 187 , 18; graded from birth, 21 , 15; great (see Great men ); greatest, sayings about, 432 , 16-23; greatest, simplest, 432 , 41; happy, full of present, 140 , 23; how misknown, 65 , 31; how ruined, 9 , 69; how to be weighed, 507 , 13; how to govern, 492 , 47; how to make true or great, 501 , 14; how to treat, 510 , 14, 15; how treated by the gods, 68 , 36; hypocrites when talking of themselves, 535 , 28; in love, philosophy of, 542 , 15; in one respect all alike, 188 , 39; in the eye of God, 127 , 23; inconstancy of, 391 , 24; inequality among, 239 , 10; known when in misfortune, 544 , 2; knowledge of, advantage of, 60 , 34; lenses, 336 , 41; like chameleons, 520 , 42; like fishes in sea, 107 , 3; like nails and like rivets, 398 , 17; like spaniels, 398 , 23; Marmontel's feelings towards, 164 , 46; may come and go, 165 , 29; members of one body, 521 , 33; most, insolvent, 284 , 26; never present with themselves, 521 , 41; no class of, dispensable, 86 , 19; no greater now than have been, 302 , 19; not common, 115 , 6; not helpers, but hinderers, 494 , 28; not helpful or to be helped, 169 , 23; of ability, now often unbelievers, 293 , 27; of genius, under misfortune, 238 , 3; of low and of high degree, vanity, 407 , 35; of one pattern, 190 , 3; of retiring timidity, 561 , 13; of unbridled passions, helping, 536 , 5; old, lives of, 327 , 24; old, what should be the care of, 327 , 23; old, without judgment of their peers, 337 , 22; on earth as soldiers fighting in a foreign land, 155 , 16; only distinction among, 446 , 42; only performers, not composers, 127 , 2; only players, not authors, 127 , 1; ordinary, aspiring to be geniuses, 239 , 6; put off with stories, 298 , 3; races of, compared to leaves, 249 , 49; seat of logic of, 64 , 15; seducing, 477 , 15; self-made, respect for, 90 , 11; shadows, and shadow-hunted, 538 , 29; soldiers, 10 , 60; some, demi-gods, 357 , 35; some, women, 88 , 20; symmetrical, 276 , 2; that are ill to manage, 472 , 15; to act as men, 28 , 37; to act as men now, 526 , 13; to be afraid of, 442 , 3; to be both men and children, 243 , 25; to be mystified, not satisfied, 405 , 56; to be shunned, 169 , 23; to be weighed with merchant's scales, 265 , 12; truly great, characteristic of, 500 , 45, 46; two, alone worthy of honour, 503 , 45; two levers to move, 468 , 36; unmarried, in social relations, 508 , 9; virtue and vice of, 541 , 21; want of concord among, 163 , 18; what is required of, 243 , 29; when angels, 521 , 36; when children, philosophy of, 542 , 15; when just, 238 , 34; when likest gods, 158 , 42; when maidens sue, 544 , 18; when more divine, 52 , 29; when most godlike, 521 , 40; when properly themselves, 521 , 42; who hope for no better life, 478 , 46; wise, full of present, 140 , 23; with some, personifications, 191 , 28; See Les hommes , 238 , 31 Men's , judgments of one another, 299 , 13; lives, a prophecy in, 470 , 1 Men-children , children only, 32 , 44 Mendacious being, the one, 476 , 17 Mental , disease the fatalist, 423 , 42; diseases not to be spoken of, 260 , 27 Mephistopheles' account of himself, 79 , 35 Mephistopheles , character of, 128 , 24; like cat with mouse, 117 , 41; spirit of, 60 , 1 Merchandise , a, curs'd, 52 , 3 Merchant , making and counting his money, 442 , 4; profession of, 107 , 11; the, temptation of, 13 , 21; true-bred, as a gentleman, 22 , 3 Mercury , a, not made out of any log, 97 , 53 Mercy , a, to be condemned, 470 , 11; as dealt by God, 125 , 25; attractive power of, 28 , 6; divine sovereignty of, 33 , 18; effect of, on sin, 314 , 17; God's, near, 280 , 27; God's, universal, 128 , 5; in a king, 301 , 17; in every place, 478 , 8; nobility's badge, 408 , 26; power of, on sinner, 496 , 28; quality of, 450 , 21; the, required, 495 , 41; too much, 497 , 40; true, 500 , 23; whereto serves, 549 , 36; who will not show, 553 , 1; woman's virtue, 65 , 35 Merit , and good fortune united, 208 , 5; better than descent, 173 , 9; from use of gifts, 330 , 12; independent of time and mode, 235 , 29; man's highest, 266 , 36; modest, 278 , 20; not prior to existence, 306 , 13; often a drawback, 234 , 5; power of, 26 , 15; power of, in contrast with charms, 40 , 32; proof of superior, 226 , 11; sufficiency of one's, 456 , 15; the test of, 473 , 26; unprotected, to be cherished by wealth, 244 , 2; without fame, 101 , 28; without modesty, 278 , 20 Merriest , when men are, 488 , 9 Messiah , the perpetual, 193 , 43 Messias of Nature, 459 , 41 Metal , native, test of a man's, 200 , 47 Metamorphoses , universal, 314 , 28 Metaphor , a glowing, power of, 46 , 11 Metaphysic , contrasted with logic, 252 , 30; the only intelligible, 372 , 20 Metaphysics , defined, 544 , 34; in modern literature, 175 , 36; obscurative of truth, 201 , 3; the utmost of, 144 , 9 Method , an individual matter, 75 , 17; economy from, 260 , 38 Microcosm , each, a macrocosm, 75 , 20 Microscopes , and eyes, 98 , 21 Middle course, safest, 188 , 4; 271 , 56; 272, 1 , 10 Midas versus Apollo, 412 , 43 Midnight , morrow in, 469 , 23 Might , and right, the same, 184 , 30; measure of right, 278 , 1; stronger than right, 78 , 47; the, the right, 480 , 26; without right, 112 , 15 Mights , of men, the main question, 451 , 44 Mighty , dependent on wise, 61 , 35; 462 , 37 Migrate , why men, 276 , 23 Mildness , power of, 261 , 39 Military life, fascination of, 286 , 18 Milk of human kindness, 166 , 7 Mills , God's, grind slow, 128 , 11, 12 Millstone , a, collects no moss, 79 , 29 Milton , characteristic of, 419 , 44; music of, 445 , 29; on his blindness, 485 , 50; some mute inglorious, 399 , 10 Mind , a degraded, lowest state of, 368 , 29; a diseased, tender, 277 , 56; a kingdom, 288 , 10; a moodiness of, how to treat, 543 , 3; a small, sign of, 202 , 2; a vacant, 2 , 13; a well-cultivated, 24 , 53; a willing, 24 , 58; alone old, 315 , 31; an incomplete, 468 , 20; and body, intimate connection of, 266 , 28; and heart, methods of, different, 222 , 45; {pg 622} as related to body, 122 , 42; base, mark of, 488 , 1; change of, mark of wisdom, 180 , 41; character of, to what due, 461 , 20; celestial and divine, 541 , 17; collision of, with mind, good, 202 , 9; conceiving and bringing forth, 442 , 14; creative power of, 442 , 13; dark depths in, 1 , 26; diseased, not to be ministered to, 35 , 21; dormant without inspiration, 326 , 24; dupe of heart, 223 , 5; effect of, on the body, 488 , 3; elation of, to be restrained, 80 , 15; elevation of mind, without justice, 413 , 7; fastened to a clog, 551 , 43; fields of, to be cultivated, 51 , 7; good, wealth of, 277 , 44; grandeur of, condition of, 490 , 9; greatness of, proofs of, 259 , 23; guilty, effect of, 432 , 51; human, march of, 441 , 30; human, sayings about, 435 , 46; 436, 1 , 2; in suspense, easily swayed, 74 , 9; little, always, 25 , 26; little, conversing with great, 439 , 25; dislocated movements of, 69 , 45; lofty, good, 79 , 9; made-up, not to be advised, 47 , 55; makes the body rich, 111 , 28; maturity of, and bodily decay, 507 , 21; must be stimulated, 44 , 19; noble, contrasted with vulgar, 79 , 30; noblest, character of, 445 , 8; our better, 337 , 17; power of, on body, 202 , 46; presence of, test of a man, 200 , 47; sayings about the, 442 , 15-28; strong, unconscious, 455 , 33; the form of forms, 264 , 15; the gentle, mark of, 429 , 50; the great, 144 , 51; the, in the face, 478 , 12; the, its power of persuading itself to see what it chooses, 333 , 27; the man, 277 , 46; 533 , 5; the true and sound, 459 , 11; the truly strong, unconscious, 459 , 17; to be kept bent, 243 , 18; to be kept in hand, 217 , 35; under too large obligations, 442 , 12; without education, 510 , 11; without, of one's own, 150 , 39; who knows the, 552 , 7; young and advanced, 465 , 45 Minds , different pursuits of different, 67 , 23; excellent, levity in, 471 , 4 fearless, success of, 103 , 58; great, characteristic of, 419 , 42; great contrasted with little, 251 , 24-26 great, (see Great minds ); greatest, when they generally appear, 487 , 28; ill at ease, 397 , 32; little, how caught, 342 , 13; magic of action and reaction of, 477 , 1; occupied with small matters, 39 , 24; old, to be kept in exercise, 327 , 25; our, how we furnish, 524 , 7; our, when unoccupied, 338 , 34; strongest, unknown, 404 , 11; the finest, 427 , 43; thoughtful, love colour, 9 , 32; weak, weakness of, 530 , 13, 14 Minister , defined in the Hitopadesa, 143 , 8; to live by ministering, 148 , 19 Ministers , how judged, 465 , 3 Ministry , a, advantage of opponents of, 480 , 11; test of a, 490 , 3 Minnow , an emblem of man, 496 , 10 Minor , the desire of, 452 , 28 Minorities , rights of, to protection, 131 , 26 Minute , every, how to fill, 240 , 41 Minuteness , reverence for, in estimate of greatness, 135 , 38 Mirabeau , last words of, 241 , 29; the greatness of, 413 , 49; to the Marquis de Brézé, 317 , 15 Miracle , a, in quest of, 547 , 32; man the, of miracles, 522 , 23; pet child of faith, 55 , 10; the great indestructible, 53 , 44; the true, 533 , 7 Miracles , age of, 415 , 41; all, how achieved, 157 , 43; cause of, 201 , 11; faith required for, 353 , 51; futility of, without spiritual sense, 175 , 2; how wrought still, 32 , 3; no longer, 3 , 2; of Christ, 442 , 29; the source of, 340 , 7 Mirror , objects in a, 86 , 37; the best, 417 , 47 Mirth , and melancholy, correlated, 482 , 27; hard to feign, in sorrow, 67 , 30; most, only apparent, 284 , 28; power of, 114 , 9; string attuned to, 478 , 23; unfelt, hard to feign, 154 , 32; unreasonable, 508 , 23; violent, 514 , 34 Misanthropist at forty, 554 , 17 Mischief , joy in, 294 , 35; not to be spoken, 271 , 52; origin of all, 10 , 4; past and prosper'd, 243 , 6; past, mourning, 494 , 36 Misconception , purposed, evil of, 488 , 28 Miser , and his losses, 13 , 44; Dryden to the, 124 , 48; his only right act, 24 , 36; mind of, 538 , 34; passion of, joyless, 222 , 34; sayings about the, 442 , 30, 31; the, his wants, 410 , 14; who dies rich, 13 , 23 Miserable , apology for being, 487 , 15; only medicine of, 442 , 32 Miseries , cure for all, 562 , 42; happiness at others', 181 , 27; our greatest, 340 , 1; past, recollection of, 213 , 58 Misers , compared with moles, 282 , 12; greedy, rail at sordid, 136 , 8; that gloat over their money, 483 , 4 Misery , a cause of, 200 , 42; a man's, from within, 485 , 34; a widespread cause of, 284 , 30; always exaggerated, 330 , 5; another's, no matter of sport, 474 , 23; cause of all, 494 , 5; enduring, 370 , 16; fatal prevailing source of, 333 , 26; in, God's help seen, 205 , 17; inconsistent with occupation, 307 , 27; not to be laughed at, 180 , 8; of man, the source of, 442 , 33; our own making, 314 , 36; plaint of, to be listened to, 116 , 28; sacred even to gods, 111 , 4; to-morrow's, not to be forestalled, 529 , 5 Misfortune , a second master, 259 , 1; and wisdom, 54 , 33; as a school, 68 , 45; badge of innocence, 87 , 38; blessed, 27 , 54; Burns under blows of, 167 , 23; but one, for man, 110 , 18 effect of, on understanding, 192 , 6; greatest, 432 , 25; how to face, 293 , 2; indispensable to man, 136 , 33; never alone, 298 , 27; not to be thy maid, 296 , 40; one, vigil of another, 333 , 7; one's own, and others', 171 , 40; others', admonitory, 31 , 57; scene of a, avoided, 88 , 26; self-caused, 41 , 16; suggestion of, in joy, 22 , 24; sure to come some day, 36 , 47; talked of not disagreeable, 59 , 32; temptation of, 186 , 48; the greatest, 318 , 25; the one, for a man, 471 , 16; the parent of, 368 , 16; a misnomer, 476 , 25 Misfortunes , another's, easily borne, 168 , 10; as a source of talk, 7 , 33; best to forget, 181 , 8; how lightened, 17 , 20; in spite of, enough, 477 , 2; not always evil, 386 , 38; not believed in, till they come, 317 , 10; not to be repined over, 112 , 41; of others, easy to bear, 317 , 6; our greatest, source of, 338 , 9; our own and other's, 433 , 18; our own, not the heaviest, 176 , 6; our worst, 340 , 1; to be boldly faced, 502 , 52; variable, 281 , 13; when to bewail, 569 , 20; women's, self-made, 165 , 33 Misgovernment , evil of, 261 , 10; sophistical, dilemma on which it rests, 139 , 18 Misled , the, what is due to, 496 , 8 Mismanagement , doomed, 374 , 24; not for ever, 480 , 41, 46 Mist , how to escape a, 193 , 52 Mistake , a general, 417 , 38; throttling of one, inconsiderable, 550 , 18; Wellington's protestation against, 473 , 27 Mistakes , and discovery, 525 , 15; every one makes, 180 , 19; hard to correct and sift, 553 , 34; root of all great, 187 , 12; to be eschewed, 296 , 11 Mistrust , treason, 414 , 18 Misunderstanding , inevitable, 395 , 11 Misunderstood , to be, a bitterness, 490 , 29 Mob , described, 27 , 40; Emerson's definition of, 13 , 50; in a civilised nation, 420 , 32; sentiments of, 300 , 9; suffrages of, Horace on, 309 , 25; the, a scare to poet, 322 , 8; the fickle, 67 , 7; the, sayings about, 442 , 36-39 {pg 623} Mob-tumults , Goethe's uneasiness at, 164 , 33 Mode , set, tendency to, 205 , 45; the origin and character of, 65 , 36 Moderation , an impregnable fortress, 112 , 54; exceeding, 492 , 45; in living, 334 , 44; the good in, 23 , 48; with a clear sky, 270 , 50 Modern society versus Christianity, 43 , 5 Moderns , and ancients, teachings compared, 416 , 7; the, contrasted with Greeks, 432 , 45 Modes , ridiculous, 376 , 42 Modesty , a virtue of the low-born, 319 , 17; as a virtue, 48 , 55; as an ornament, 432 , 33; as covering self-conceit, 168 , 24; commended, 27 , 48; contrast with loquacity, 253 , 17; dead, 7 , 34; divorced from truth, 536 , 31; false, 100 , 44, 45; in youth, 4 , 41; misconstrued, 350 , 1; more majestic than strength, 249 , 14; necessity of, 300 , 41; not promoted, 114 , 50; of nature not to be overstepped, 406 , 25; ornament, but drawback, 28 , 21; the prohibitions of, 367 , 14; true and false, 500 , 24; Virgil's, 293 , 39; want of, 313 , 42 Mole , as oracle, 72 , 14 Molière , Boileau of, 180 , 37; inscription on his bust, 397 , 2 Moment , a, capacity of, 523 , 15; birth of a, 160 , 27; both a cradle and a grave, 443 , 1; claim of, 523 , 12; divine, in a man's life, 70 , 8; each, nearer death, 40 , 2; event of a, 2 , 40; every, instructive, 92 , 40; every, of infinite value, 92 , 45; last, exaggerated, 443 , 49; passing, to be noted well, 321 , 32; power of a, 19 , 35; present, to be seized, 136 , 12; 298 , 8; that may become eternal, 442 , 42; the, difficult to square with, 86 , 8; the greatest, in life, 481 , 38; the passing, value of, 537 , 24; the present, 449 , 11, 12; value of, 519 , 15; value of every, 212 , 15 Moments , decisive power of, 334 , 7 Monarch , great, a mark of, 88 , 37; of all I survey, 164 , 44; sacredness of, 21 , 8 Monarchies , how ruined, 239 , 24; the fate of, 374 , 4 Monarchs , fear of change perplexes, 103 , 50 Monarchy , a, the likely fate of, 13 , 53; absolute, one objection to, 167 , 24; expensiveness of its trappings, 458 , 17; Schopenhauer on, 65 , 37 Money , a blessing and bane, 104 , 33; a passport, 222 , 28; alienating effect of, 27 , 17; all it breeds, 52 , 49; as servant and master, 222 , 29; best use of, 418 , 7; blood and life, 88 , 42; by whom most needed, 304 , 30; chief value and virtue of, 420 , 8; collecting machine, in a civilised nation, 420 , 32; definition of, 530 , 19; despising, 344 , 23; does not feed men, 294 , 44; effect of being with or without, 46 , 12; either slave or tyrant, 183 , 30; enjoyed by few, 513 , 22; given in alms on good security, 344 , 53; indispensable, 2 , 22; lending, as a means of living, 274 , 40; lending, risk in, 364 , 30; loss of, bitter, 316 , 38; loss of, lament over, 260 , 12; loss of, misery from, 350 , 2; love of, 49 , 57; making, innocence of, 274 , 21; man with, or without, 46 , 12; master, if not servant, 173 , 21; more powerful than love, 14 , 3; 254 , 14; breeds only money, 44 , 13; no respect without, 127 , 40; not to be covetous of, 309 , 30; persuasiveness of, 332 , 33; persuasive power of, 28 , 6; power of, 14 , 47; 19 , 29; 23 , 31; 23 , 36; 88, 7 , 9; 119 , 30-32; 173 , 22; 246 , 8; 299 , 21; 314 , 8; 537 , 36; 555 , 13; public, like holy water, 165 , 36; ready, eloquence of, 376 , 45; ready, value of, 17 , 53; Ruskin's definition of, 10 , 5; sayings about, 119 , 30-32; splendour in use, 318 , 34; terror of not making, 434 , 26; the love of, 440 , 2; the question in regard to, 503 , 30; want of, brings care, 14 , 56; who want to borrow, 480 , 21 Money-bag with holes, 209 , 16 Moneyed man, attendant of, 28 , 6 Moneyless man, 19 , 28 Money-makers and money-spenders, 277 , 9 Monk , danger of offending a, 27 , 27 Monomania , often unperceived, 268 , 24 Monument , who deserve a, 482 , 36; who should have no, 305 , 8 Mood , the right, to be seized, 294 , 34 Moods belong to man alone, 291 , 14 Moon , and its light for all, 443 , 2; dispensable, 174 , 33; the, that shone in Paradise, 564 , 19; when the sun is there, 383 , 38 Moonlight sleeps upon this bank, 162 , 38 Moral , a, to be brief, 547 , 16; achievement of man, 533 , 38; conduct, second great rule of, 431 , 34; energy, contrasted with brilliant parts, 191 , 11; perfection, minimum state of, 334 , 31; qualities, not enough, 105 , 51; sentiment, only school of, 446 , 16; sentiment, the atmosphere of, 416 , 33 Morality , a too austere, 226 , 19; aim of all, 415 , 44; and civilisation, 43 , 39; and religion, 371 , 37; 372 , 32; as it now is, Shelley on, 371 , 35; contrasted with religions, 467 , 13; department of philosophy, 507 , 33; dependence of, on faith, 100 , 12; implies religion, 175 , 29; independent of the religion, 121 , 42; national, no, without religion, 369 , 22; not moral philosophy, our want, 203 , 34; of some, in remnants, 443 , 7; sum of, 493 , 15; the laws of, 438 , 26; true, 500 , 25; true, the condition of, 357 , 12; vital, first condition of, 481 , 44; without religion, 522 , 39 Morals , and art, rules in, compared, 188 , 15, 16; cultivated by love, 484 , 22; genesis of, 267 , 42; good-will everything in, 60 , 9; in youth, moulding, 97 , 1; our teacher in, 521 , 20; rooted in fear, 188 , 17; straight in,
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

vaire , S; faire , pl. , S; feyre , S, S2; veyrer , comp. , S2; fæirest , superl.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Con lui sen va chi da tal parte inganna: e questo basti de la prima valle sapere e di color che 'n se' assanna>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

besārgian to lament, bewail, be sorry for, pity , Æ. [ sārig ] besārgung f. compassion , Æ. Entry before author’s corrections: besārgung f. sorrowing , VHy: compassion , Æ. besāwan 7 to sow , Æ. bescēad (bi-) n. distinction . bescēadan 7 to separate, discriminate : scatter, sprinkle over , Lcd 20b.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

I see, in looking over the letter to General Halleck on the subject of your instructions, that it rather indicates that your route should be from Staunton via Charlottesville.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

You are so very certain of your boy, then, Gunhild?
— from John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen

Mount Paget 2,915 m Natural resources: fish Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland : 0% other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

a right auricle (underneath it the right ventricle), b left auricle (under it the left ventricle), C superior vena cava, V pulmonary veins, P pulmonary artery, d Botalli’s duct, A aorta.
— from The Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel

Aunt Martha untied the nice stout string very carefully and gave it to Grandma to roll up and save, and she removed the strong wrapping paper and folded it, to be put away in the drawer of the old dresser.
— from The Turned-About Girls by Beulah Marie Dix

It is in a relative and conventional sense only that movements are considered as positive or negative; and, moreover, either of the two opposite movements can be assumed as positive or as negative, at will; which shows very clearly that the negative and the positive do not differ in this case as the greater differs from the less, as Boscovich assumes; for either of the two can, at pleasure, be taken as positive, whereas it would be absurd to pretend that either of the two can, at pleasure, be pronounced to be the greater.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

"If the advantages of the place are so great, Frank, how is it that you have got it so very cheaply?
— from On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Then from right and left a staggering volley crashed into them from the battalions concealed in the woods.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir