How much more true, then, must all this be, when the one is not only under the authority of the other, but has it inculcated on her as a duty to reckon everything else subordinate to his comfort and pleasure, and to let him neither see nor feel anything coming from her, except what is agreeable to him.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble. scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position. set fast, stand, standstill; deadlock, dead set.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

“Be pleased, Sir, to receive, etc., etc. Signed “Richelieu.”
— from Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2 by Elizabeth Sarah Kite

so that suche rules and techyng ben temps a laprendre, mais or soit ainsy que telz régles et ensegnementz soient sufficient and farre above my workes, by cause nevertheless that tressuffisans et loing par desus mes oeuures, pour ce toutes fois que now natwithstandyng myn ignorancy, I am agayne by my most redoubted maintenant (nonobstant mon ignorance) suis derechief (par mon tres redoubté lorde and prince the kynge above named, ordayned to administre myn accustomed seigneur et prince le roy dessus nommé)
— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

[526] “The rebels everywhere either supported or opposed the Evangelical demands, those of Evangelical views joining the rebels with the idea that they would be able to enforce their wishes by this means.”
— from Luther, vol. 2 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

I called his attention to it, but we had passed a little too far on, and George wouldn’t turn round even ever so little.
— from The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Walt Whitman

Further on the right was a third remarkable eminence, equally striking in character, and known as Blackdown Hill.
— from Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651 by William Harrison Ainsworth

When nobody laughed at her, though they ridiculed everyone else, she had but determined to do better; now it appeared that she had done, in their opinion, so very much better than she had any idea of.
— from Robin Linnet by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

Then she went haphazardly around the room examining everything, sitting in various kinds of chairs, on the sofa, smelling the flowers and wherever she went Jerry followed her, at a little distance.
— from Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners

Pietro is taken, but escapes out of the hands of the robbers, and after some adventures arrives at the castle where Agnolella is, marries her, and returns with her to Rome. — Ended Emilia's story, which none of the company spared to commend, the queen, turning to Elisa, bade her follow suit; and she, with glad obedience, thus began:— 'Tis a story, sweet ladies, of a woeful night passed by two indiscreet young lovers that I have in mind; but, as thereon ensued not a few days of joy, 'tis not inapposite to our argument, and shall be narrated.
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio

I can keep everybody out of the room, except"— "Except somebody," said Aaron, smiling.
— from Aaron in the Wildwoods by Joel Chandler Harris

The answering tinkle brought a little breath of joy to them both; but Erda felt inclined to stamp her feet at the slow precision with which Lance--who had to remember each equivalent sign--spelt out his message.
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel