"talgo" hidden in books

there a little group of

Here and there a little group of shattered Indians marked where one of the anthropoids had turned to bay, and sold his life dearly.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

To a larger garden of

I was among my flowers where some one Seemed to be raising them on trial, As if after-while to be transplanted To a larger garden of freer air.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

thieves and let great ones

De kleine dieven hangt men, de groote laat men loopen —We hang little thieves and let great ones off.
— 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.

to a large group of

The name alcohol is applied generally in chemistry to a large group of substances, containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which have chemical properties analogous to those of ethyl alcohol.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

to a large group of

Modern psychophysics has pointed to a large group of false perceptions due to illusions of pressure, stabs, or other contact with the skin.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

to a lamentable ghost of

The victorious bird, draggled and woebegone, with great patches of red flesh showing through its wet plumage, with the membrane of its face and its short gills and comb swollen and bloody, with one eye put out, and the other only kept open by the thread attached to its eyelid, yet makes shift to strut, with staggering gait, across the cock-pit, and to notify its victory by giving vent to a lamentable ghost of a crow.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

take a last glimpse of

As the Pickwickians turned round to take a last glimpse of it, the setting sun cast a rich glow on the faces of their entertainers, and fell upon the form of the fat boy.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Talk about love gettin old

Talk about love gettin' old—love never grows old; talk about love goin'—love never goes: that which goes is not love, though it has been called so time and agin.
— from Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley

taking a little girl on

She’s all I have left to me, and—” “Brother,” interrupted Martha, looking hastily up, “did you ever before hear of such a thing as taking a little girl on a voyage to the whale-fishing?”
— from The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

to a large group of

I hoped that the children would pass us by, and would go to a large group of fishermen standing on the shore just beyond us.
— from Christie, the King's Servant A Sequel to "Christie's Old Organ" by Walton, O. F., Mrs.

to a little gravy or

“Madam, may I help you to a little gravy, or a little horse-radish?” or what not?
— from Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray

take a larger grasp of

Students of Theosophy above all others ought to be able to take a larger grasp of the problems of life and perceive that the greatest truths which will ultimately bring the grandest results and happiness to all mankind must necessarily be often at first obscured; that to help the masses we must begin where they can appreciate the work, and so move out gradually along the lines of least resistance.
— from Universal Brotherhood, Volume XIII, No. 11, February 1899 A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, the Theosophical Movement, Philosophy, Science and Art by Various

Then a little group of

Then a little group of kettledrums, hammering away in a fierce rhythm.
— from The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes

there a little group of

Wherever there was a venerable old house, of fifty years’ standing and upwards, surrounded by its elm or walnut trees, with its dark and weather-beaten barn, its well, its orchard and stone-walls, all ancient and all in good repair around it, there a little group of these people assembled.
— from An Old Woman's Tale (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

than any little girl of

It had been bad enough to exist for six whole weeks without being allowed to lose her temper once, but now that she found she could not even cry with any pleasure, she felt it was more than any little girl of twelve years old could be expected to bear.
— from The Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp

to a little group of

Such a clear blue sky, such brilliant sunshine, and so calm a sea pointed emphatically to an excursion by water, and Miss Birks at once decided to hire boats, and take the school for a picnic to a little group of islets due west of the headland.
— from The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil

them a little genius of

In fact, the two young rogues, having no respect whatsoever for genius, perhaps because they had each of them a little genius of their own, made a butt of the poet, as soon as they found out that he was afraid of them.
— from Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

Color thesaurus

Literary notes

Word games