{397} This done, they compassed them round on every side; some went before, some behind, and some on the right hand, some on the left, (as it were to guard them through the upper regions), continually sounding as they went, with melodious noise, in notes on high: so that the very sight was, to them that could behold it, as if heaven itself was come down to meet them.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

I enjoy it all over me, from top to toe, from right to left, longitudinally, perpendicularly, diagonally; and I cannot but selfishly hope we are to have it last till Christmas,—nice, unwholesome, unseasonable, relaxing, close, muggy weather.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

There was something peculiar about it, quite unsoldierly, rather comic, but extremely attractive.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Don Quixote at this grew desperate, but the more he drove his heels into the horse, the less he stirred him; and not having any suspicion of the tying, he was fain to resign himself and wait till daybreak or until Rocinante could move, firmly persuaded that all this came of something other than Sancho's ingenuity.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Job analysis, personnel administration, ungraded rooms, classes for exceptional children, vocational guidance, indicate fields made possible by the development of tests for measuring individual differences.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

V. be related &c. adj.; have a relation &c. n.; relate to, refer to; bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to, belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The factory was cleansed, but the Shpigulins, for some unknown reason, closed it.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"I know you think me ungrateful," Rebecca continued, coming out of the window, and once more looking at him and addressing him in a low tremulous voice.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

"Humoring us!" realized Coburn.
— from The Invaders by Murray Leinster

Therefore to suggest to Miss Harden that his father might insist upon remaining, constituted a far more terrible exposure of that person than anything he had said to Miss Palliser.
— from The Divine Fire by May Sinclair

Loans upon time, if secured by productive landed estate not subject to unusual risks, can usually be made at moderate rates, and form a fair basis for judging the normal interest in any region.
— from Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life by Geo. T. (George Thompson) Fairchild

The northern pygmy mouse makes runways in the grass, in miniature resembling those of Microtus , and often uses runways constructed by Sigmodon .
— from Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. (Robert Lewis) Packard

"I don't hanker after strong drink; don't like tobaccer (always could keep my temper 'thout smokin'), ain't partic'lar 'bout meat-eatin', don't keer 'bout heapin' up riches, can't 'stand the ways o' worldly women-folks, jest as lives confess my sins to the Elder as not, 'cause I hain't sinned any to amount to anything sence I made my first confession; there I be, a natural follerer o' Mother Ann Lee."
— from Susanna and Sue by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Political pressure groups and leaders: trade unions; Roman Catholic Church International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

A plan has been proposed by Mr. Lloyd Baker for dealing with refractory and unmanageable Reformatory children, the substance of which is to send them to another institution of a stricter character than the ordinary Reformatory School, and which for want of a better name he calls a Penal Reformatory.
— from Crime and Its Causes by William Douglas Morrison

"Certainly he understood," replied Charlton.
— from The Conflict by David Graham Phillips