for worulde as regards this world , Æ. for Dryhtne by God : in order to : in place of, instead of, equivalent to, at the price of , Æ, Gu, Mt : in preference to , Rood : in spite of , Chr .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

This accidental advantage was skilfully improved, the violence of the storm was magnified by the superstitious terrors of the Gauls; and they yielded without shame to the invisible powers of heaven, who seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

the interior part of the island is praries and ponds, with a heavy growth of Cottonwood ash and willow near the river.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

It may also not be out of place to explain the ingenious procedure of Chersiphron.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

It was followed by the sweetest toyings and prattlings, until again my delighted prick, stimulated by the internal pressures of the luxurious sheath in which it had remained engulphed, again awoke her scarce-slumbering passions to dash on pleasure’s heavenly course.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

She recollected that the label book was placed upon a book, and she repeated the process first from imitation, next from memory, with only the motive of love of approbation, but apparently without the intellectual perception of any relation between the things.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

This, in physical operations, is to open obstructions of the liver and spleen, to cleanse the blood, to loosen the belly, to cleanse the reins from gravel, and provoke urine.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

The happiness of his own chosen English home, the necessity of being always actively employed, the swift changes and troubles of the time which had followed on one another so fast, that the events of this week annihilated the immature plans of last week, and the events of the week following made all new again; he knew very well, that to the force of these circumstances he had yielded:—not without disquiet, but still without continuous and accumulating resistance.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

At the mouth of the river a Japanese adventurer, Tayfusa, or Tayzufu, had established himself and was attempting the subjugation of this important part of northern Luzon.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

“Neither substance nor qualities can be in the infinite understanding of God, which are not formaliter in nature (1) because of the infinite power of God—there is no cause or ground in Him why He should create one thing rather than another, hence He
— from Giordano Bruno by J. Lewis (James Lewis) McIntyre

Each of these forms now must have its own equilibrium curve, and it was found that the intermediate portion of the freezing point curve was duplicated, as shown in Fig.
— from The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay

See, on this indirect proof of creation, Philippi, Glaubenslehre, 2:231.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

Transparent Icing is made by boiling Pulverized Sugar and water together in proportions of about 2 lbs. of Sugar to each pint of water.
— from Book of American Baking A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc. by Various

The possessive pronoun can properly be used only to indicate possession or appurtenance.
— from Words; Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews

"However, I instantly sat down and wrote to Mr. Lincoln, who was then in Pekin or Tremont,—possibly at court.
— from The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Ward Hill Lamon

“This is panning out first rate,” I said, with less emotion.
— from How Private George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

For some months past the tone of the Vatican Press had been that of men who felt that they now held the internal peace of many a nation at their mercy; being able to menace almost any government with serious unrest, and some with overthrow.
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur