As when a ship, by skilful steersmen wrought Nigh river's mouth or foreland, where the wind Veers oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her sail: So varied he, and of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve, To lure her eye; she, busied, heard the sound Of rusling leaves, but minded not, as used To such disport before her through the field, From every beast; more duteous at her call, Than at Circean call the herd disguised.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

On th’ other side Satan allarm’d Collecting all his might dilated stood, Like Teneriff or Atlas unremov’d: His stature reacht the Skie, and on his Crest Sat horror Plum’d; nor wanted in his graspe What seemd both Spear and Shield: now dreadful deeds Might have ensu’d, nor onely Paradise In this commotion, but the Starrie Cope Of Heav’n perhaps, or all the Elements At least had gon to rack, disturbd and torne With violence of this conflict, had not soon Th’ Eternal to prevent such horrid fray Hung forth in Heav’n his golden Scales, yet seen Betwixt Astrea and the Scorpion signe, Wherein all things created first he weighd, The pendulous round Earth with ballanc’t
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

One such offshoot of the Kula ring we met in the Trobriands, to wit, the expeditions from the Western village of Kavataria, and from the island of Kayleula, to the Koya of Fergusson and Goodenough.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The parrot fortunately offered no further interruption to the entertainment, the whole venom of his nature apparently having been cherished up and hurled against the twins in that one impetuous outburst.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

but so happily that it struck the body of the tree, which truly was not a difficult matter, for I had taken care to choose one that was very large and very near me.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Algebra is applied to the clouds; the radiation of the star profits the rose; no thinker would venture to affirm that the perfume of the hawthorn is useless to the constellations.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Magpahína pagpatay sa ilagà ang tibuuk baryu káda Sabadu, The whole village works on a project to exterminate rats every Saturday.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

HOT WINE IS SERVED ON THE SIDE AND TAKEN WITH VINEGAR.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Coste , De Soto’s visit to 200 Cotton gin , grant to Cherokee of 85 Coulanges, Fustel de , description of the “Ancient City” by xli Courts , Cherokee, narrowing of jurisdiction of 156 Courts , East Cherokee 166 Cow in Cherokee myth 265 Cow-ant in Cherokee lore 309 Cowee , burning of (1783) 61 Cowee , legends of 375 – 378 , 496 Coyattee , treaty of 63 – 64 Coyote , myths concerning 467 , 468 Coytmore , Lieutenant, murder of 42 – 43 Crab orchard , skirmish at (1794) 74 , 78 Crane , myths concerning 290 – 291 , 325 , 445 , 455 Craven , Governor, defeat of Yamassee by 33 Crawfish , myths and lore concerning 239 , 308 , 425 Crawford , ——, on East Cherokee desire for removal 165 Crawford , ——, on numbers of East Cherokee 168 Creeks among Cherokee 142 – 143 Creeks , attitude of, during Civil war 148 , 149 Creeks , attitude of, during Revolution 55 , 59 – 60 , 62 – 66 , 70 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 77 Creeks , attitude of, in 1794, 1795 78 , 80 Creeks , blood of, among Cherokee 234 Creeks , boundary between Cherokee and 62 Creeks , cane-splint fire among 429 – 436 Creeks , Cherokee relations with 14 , 15 , 22 , 33 , 38 , 62 , 89 , 142 , 372 , 382 – 385 Creeks , chiefs of 209 – 210 , 216 – 217 Creeks , Choctaw relations with 390 Creeks , conjuring by 502 Creeks , friendly, part taken by, in Creek war 90 – 95 Creeks , genesis legend of 229 Creeks in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143 Creeks , massacre at Fort Mims by 216 Creeks , myths of 430 – 432 , 434 , 436 , 447 , 450 , 452 – 455 , 463 , 467 , 473 , 476 Creeks , Natchez among 386 Creeks , peace town of 207 – 208 Creeks , peace treaties with (1796) 67 – 68 , 81 Creeks , probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235 Creeks , removal of, to the West 141 Creeks , sacred square of 502 Creeks , sketch of 498 Creeks , songs of 504 Creeks , Taskigi among 388 – 389 Creeks , treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by 63 Creek path , Cherokee attack on settlement on 383 – 384 Creek path , withdrawal of Creeks to neighborhood of 383 Creek war , beginning of 87 – 89 Creek war , Cherokee loss by 97 , 98 Creek war , Cherokee part in 89 , 97 , 164 Creek war , Cherokee remembrance of 232 Creek war , pensions to Cherokee veterans of 123 Cremation by Pueblo Viejo inhabitants
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

ng this damp weather, I acknowledged the superior construction of the Pacific to that of the Pallas; whilst in the latter the moisture penetrated throughout, and exerted its noxious influence on a variety of articles liable to rot, and spread through the whole vessel an insupportable foul smell; every thing in the Pacific was dry, and in our cabin we had not suffered at all from the existing humidity.
— from Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2 by Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

The word virtue is derived from a word signifying strength, and strength is the foundation of all virtue.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The peculiar qualifications of the local lawyers engaged are discussed with a particularity that would very much surprise, and not always gratify the gentlemen whose merits and demerits are so freely appraised.
— from Tom Pinder, Foundling: A Story of the Holmfirth Flood by D. F. E. Sykes

There are a few low shrubs, but on the whole vegetation is scanty.
— from Christmas on the Briny, The Innocents Abroad Or, A Holiday Trip to the Abrolhos Islands by W. Bede (William Bede) Christie

Puff's talk was very telling.
— from Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

This was very simple reasoning, "If he be a god, let him plead for himself."
— from The Lord's Coming. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

There was very little room inside when we at last boarded it, but we presently overtook, a belated and garrulous voyageur , a weather-beaten countryman who talked to me without cessation during the whole journey.
— from Autumn Impressions of the Gironde by I. Giberne (Isabel Giberne) Sieveking

” No one knew better than himself how weak-hearted many of these disciples were, and how great were the dangers of his own position and of all those who ventured to associate themselves with him.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles by Alfred Plummer

His noble figure towered over all around him, and the haughty expression of his features was in accordance with his bodily power; but though handsome, they were vicious and repellant.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 1 of 3) by Meadows Taylor