With this object in view, the security for the loan should be the best obtainable, and the arrangements for its ultimate repayment as complete as possible.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

In reflecting the English crowd about him he unconsciously reflected all crowds, which are alike in all ages; hence his continued popularity.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

at present, now Awrol, a. horary; hourly Awrlais, n. a clock Awrwydr, n. an hour-glass Aws, n. defiance, challenge Awsaidd, a. ripe; tender, soft Awst, n. the month of August Awydd, n. ardent desire: avidity Awyddfryd, n. zeal Awyddo, v. to desire earnestly Awyddol, a. desirous; zealous Awyddu, v. to be anxious for Awyddus, a. desirous, eager Awyn, n. rein of a bridle Awyr, n. the air, the sky Awyraidd, a. aërial, airy Awyrbwysai, n. a barometer Awyrddysg, n. aerology Awyrell, n. an air vessel Awyren, n. air vessel, balloon Awyrgoel, n. aeromancy Awyrgylch, n. atmosphere Awyro, v. to air, to make air Awyrog, a. pneumatic aërial Awyrogaeth, n. pneumatics Awyrolaeth, n. pneumatics Awyroldeb, a. airiness Awyroli, v. to become airy Awyrydd, n. an aërostatist Awyryddiaeth, n. aërostation Awys, n. general invitation; marriage rites Ba, n. a being in; immersion Baban, n. a babe, baby Bacon, n. berries Bacwn, n. bacon Bacsau, n. stockings without feet Bach, n. a hook; a grapple: a. little, small, minute Bachell, n. a grapple; a hook Bachellu, v. to grapple; to snare Bachgen, n. a boy, a child Bachgenaidd, a. boyish, childish Bachgenos, n. little youngsters Bachgenyn, n. dim, a little boy Bachiad, n. a hooking, a grappling: a bending, like a hook Bachig, a. smallish, dimunitive Bachigyn, n. a very little thing Bachog, a. hooked; crooked Bachol, a. hooking; grappling Bachu, v. to hook, to hitch; to grapple: to go into nooks Bâd, n. a boat; a ship’s boat Badaid, n. a boatful Badwr, n. a boatman Badd, n. a bath Baddon, n. a bathing place Baedd, n. a boar Baeddaidd, a. boarish Baeddgig, n. boar’s flesh Baeddu, v. to beat, to make one dirty Baesg, n. the ring of a wheel Bagad, n. a cluster; a troop Bagadu, v. to cluster, to bunch Bagell, n. a nook; a snare Bagl, n. a crook, a crutch Baglan, n. a crook, a hook Baglog, a. having a crook crutched Baglu, v. to hold with a crook Bagwn, n. strength, potency Bagwy, n. a cluster, bunch Bai, n. a fault, a vice Baich, n. a burden, a load Baich, n. an outcry Baid, n. briskness Baidd, n. a daring Bais, n. flats, shallows; ford Bal, n. a prominence; a bud Bala, n. a shoot out; efflux Balalwyf, n. a palm-tree Balanu, v. to shoot, to bud Balant, n. a shooting, a sprouting, a budding Balasar, n. azure, sky-blue Balasarn, n. a ballast Balc, n. a break in furrow land Balcio, v. to break furrows Balciog, a. having irregular furrows Balch, a. proud; towering Balciwr, n. breaker of furrows Balchder, n. pomp; pride Balchedd, n. pomp; pride Balchïo, v. to grow proud Balchineb, n. arrogance; pomp Baldardd, n. a budding Baldarddu, v. to bud Baldog, n. a punch, a squab Baldordd, n. a babbling Baldorddi, v. to babble, to tattle Baldorddus, a. babbling Baldorfi, v. to mutter Balennyn, n. a bud Balgur, n. a springing out Balog, n. a jut; a pinacle; a fidula, a valve; a flab; a jetting, flapped, valved Balwyf, n. palm wood Balwyfen, n. a palm tree Ball, n. erruption; plague Ballasg, n. shell: porcupine Ballasgu, v. to busk Ballaw, v. to shout, to scream Ballawg, n. a hedgehog Balleg, n. a bow net; a purse Ballegmyd, n. a wear net Bàn, n. a prominence; a peak; a branch; a. lofty, high, loud Banc, n. a platform, a table Baner, n. a banner, a flag Banffaglu, v. to light a bonfire Bangaw, n. the bandage of honour: a. compact Bangeibr, n. a minister Bangor, n. upper row, a compacture, a high circle; a college, seminary Bangori, v. to cope or bind together, to wattle the binding row of a fence Bannwch, n. a wild sow Baniar, n. a banner Banierog, a. bearing ensign Banierydd, n. standard-bearer Banllef, n. a loud shout Banllefain, v. to shout Bannas, n. a mat Bannod, n. article; clause Bannodi, v. to make clauses Banon, n. an exalted person, a queen, empress Bant, n. a high place; a. prominent, high, lofty Banu, v. to raise, to erect Banw, n. a swine, a farrow pig Banwel, n. upward look; sky Banwes, n. a sow, a farrow sow, the fish called gilt head Bâr, n. a top, a summit, a tuft; agitation; impulse; ire, fury, wrath: a bar, a bolt, a rail Bara, n. bread; sustenance Baran, n. a wren Baranres, n. a front rank Baranu, v. to front; to present Baranwg, n. a presence Barcer, n. a tanner Barcud, n. a kite; a buttock Barcutan, n. a kite, a glead Bardysen, n. a shrimp Bardd, n. a bard Barddaeth, n. bardism Barddair, n. the bard’s word Barddas, n. bardism; lore Barddol, a. bardic Barddawr, n. bardic genius Barddes, n. a female bard Barddonol, a. poetical Barddoneg, n. bardic lore Barddoniaeth, bardism, poetry, the science of poetry Barddonïaidd, a. that is after the bardic manner Barf, n. a beard; whiskers Barfiad, n. a bearding Barfle, n. crest of a helmet Barfog, a. bearded: the fin fish; the lesser wood-chat, a bird Barfogyn, n. a barbel Barfu, v. to beard, to grow into a beard Barfwr, a. barber, a shaver Bargod, n. jut; skirt; eaves Bargodi, v. to overhang Bariaeth, n. viciousness Baril, n. a barrel, a cask Barilaid, n. a barrelful Barilan, n. a small barrel Barilo, v. to barrel Barlen, n. the lap Barn, n. judgment Barnedig, a. judged; condemned; sentenced Barnedigaeth, n. judgment Barniad, n. a judging Barnol, a. that is judging, o castingr Barnu, v. to judge, to condemn Barnwr, n. a judge Barnydd, n. a judge Baron, n. a chief, a baron Baroniaeth, n. a barony Barog, a. ireful: n. a spur Barth, n. ground floor: floor Barug, n. a rime, hoar Barugiad, n. casting a rime Barugo, v. to cast a hoar Barus, v. vicious, mischievious Bâs, n. a shallow, a shoal: a. shallow; low, flat Basaidd, a. shallowish Basdardd, n. a bastard Basdarddes, n. female bastard Basdarddiad, n. bastardising Basdarddiaeth, n. bastardy Basdarddio, v. to bastardise Basdarddu, v. to spring from a base origin Basder, n. shallowness Basg, n. plaiting, basket work Basged, n. a basket Basgedaid, n. a basketful Basgedog, a. having a basket Basgedol, a. basketted Basgedwr, n. a basket maker Basiad, n. a shallowing Basu, v. to make shallow Batel, drawing a bow; battle; combat, a fight Batelu, v. to draw a bow; to battle, to war, to fight Bath, n. a likeness or emblem; a copy; a coin Bathdy, n. a mint Bathedig, a. coined; stamped Batheinio, to stamp effigies Bathell, n. a small coin Bathiad, n. coining; coinage Bathodyn, n. a medal Bathog, a. having coin; monied Bathol, a. that is coined Bathor, n. a dormouse Bau, n. boof Bauad, n. bearer of a saw-pit Baw, n. dirt, mire; excrement Bawaidd, a. dirty, vile; sordid Bawd, n. a thumb, a toe Bawdŷ, n. necessary-house Bawdd, n. a drowning Bawddyn, n. a dirty fellow Bawlyd, a. dirty, miry, nasty Be, conj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

After several times falling short of my destination and as often overshooting it, I came unexpectedly round a corner, upon Mill Pond Bank.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

After which strong avowal Bella underwent reaction, and cried to any extent, with her face on the back of her chair.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

That will to power, in which I perceive the ultimate reason and character of all change, explains why it is that selection is never in favour of the exceptions and of the lucky cases: the strongest and happiest natures are weak when they are confronted with a majority ruled by organised gregarious instincts and the [Pg 159] fear which possesses the weak.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The afternoon was unusually raw and cold.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

It is noticeable that coined pieces, and sums which from their smallness or otherwise are mostly in use, receive a commensurate amount of attention from promoters of Slang.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

LOS MUERTOS, excavations at, in Arizona … 518 LOWER CALIFORNIA, early name of … 351 —, colony in, under Cortes … 351 —, Cortes' colony recalled from … 369 LUCAS, native companion of Padilla … 400 , 535 LUIS, a Franciscan friar … 556 , 565 , 579 LUIS DE ESCALONA, settlement of, at Cicuye … 592 LUIS DE UBEDA remains at Cicuye … 401 , 534 , 535 MACAQUE, a pueblo settlement … 517 —, see MATSAKI.
— from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1. by George Parker Winship

Here he remained for three years, always under restraint and closely guarded.
— from The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-Christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham

An unprecedented[original has "unprecedent"] rain and consequent flood happened Page 352: 1811.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

“I have never done anything half as useful,” returned Allan, composedly.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

Philadelphia, with its usual reticence and conscientiousness in preventing any Philadelphian from becoming a prophet in Philadelphia, had hidden its literary, with its innumerable other, lights under a bushel, content itself to know they were there, if nobody else did.
— from Our Philadelphia by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

I thought hard for a minute, and suddenly up rolled a curtain in my mind, and there in his niche stood St. Gilles.
— from The Motor Maid by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

"Gassigaloopi" was a tower of strength in himself; he was a retired Italian politician and spoke so many languages that when he got excited he mixed them thoroughly, utterly routing all contestants in any arguments that might come up.
— from A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by Samuel G. (Samuel Gamble) Bayne

After taking the oath to guard the constitution and preserve the territory of the Belgian nation, he made a carefully prepared and well thought out speech, in which he declared that the Belgian monarch must always obey the laws of the country and preserve the law with the utmost respect and care.
— from A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Clayton Edwards

The next afternoon Wayne did a half mile in good time with his hands and arms where they belonged, and after [217] that for the rest of the week the training went on as theretofore, save that he was put over numerous short distances to develop his speed and substituted three-mile walks for the usual runs across country.
— from For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport by Ralph Henry Barbour

Betty replaced the cask, returned to the upper room, and closed the trap-door just a few minutes before her father ushered Gashford and his party into the hut.
— from Twice Bought by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne