Phr. ens rationis[Lat]; ergo sum cogito: "thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?"
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

SYN: Believe, trust, entrust, delegate, depute, commission, authorize.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

In the South there are negro lawyers, teachers, editors, dentists, doctors, preachers, multiplying with the increasing ability of their race to support them.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

So, when the levers are raised, the elbows draw down the bottoms of the cylinders as far as they can go; and the dolphins, which are mounted on joints, let the cymbals fall into the cylinders, thus filling the interiors with air.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Mucho antes todavía, el derecho de copiado duraba 28 años (más una extensión de 28 años si uno la pedía antes de la expiración del plazo), y este último a su vez, ya había substituído un copyright de 14 años (más una extensión de 14 años si uno la pedía antes de la expiración del plazo).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

No resistió la muchacha al soborno, realizado con bonitas palabras y mucho dinero, 20 porque ignoraba la procedencia de las esquelas y el verdadero sentido de tales líos; pues si llegara a entender que todo era una nueva diablura de D. José, aunque éste le gustaba mucho, no hiciera traición a su señora por todo el dinero del mundo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The savage placed the fingers of the French commander on a deep scar in his bosom, and then exultingly demanded: “Does my father know that?”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

I told 'em dat dey oughter be 'shamed demselves to be smellin' round dat way; and to provide against dar doin's in future, I give dem each a good kick and sent dem away."
— from The Ranger; Or, The Fugitives of the Border by Edward Sylvester Ellis

[787] I am inclined to think that the eena deena dina dux of childrens’ games may be a similarly ancient survival.
— from Archaic England An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions by Harold Bayley

On the south side of the part of the street called the Rue St. Louis are: the Theatre, and on the hill behind, the Ecole de Dessin, reached by 53 steps, passing an artificial grotto.
— from The South of France—East Half by C. B. Black

The curse of this evil deed does not fall on me.
— from Mohammed Ali and His House by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

The expression diddle diddle according to Murray's Dictionary means to make music without the utterance of words, while fiddle faddle is said to indicate nonsense, and to fiddle is to fuss.
— from Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein

DIS TRACT' ED, disturbed; disordered.
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders