But Donna Inez, to divert the train Of one of the most circulating scandals That had for centuries been known in Spain, At least since the retirement of the Vandals, First vow'd (and never had she vow'd in vain) To Virgin Mary several pounds of candles;
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

In the active voice, these verbs may take two objects referring to the same person or thing,—a direct object and a predicate objective ( § 104 ).
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

I expose myself entire; ‘tis a body where, at one view, the veins, muscles, and tendons are apparent, every of them in its proper place; here the effects of a cold; there of the heart beating, very dubiously.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

V. The Virgin Mary .
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

But it is the opinion of most physiologists that there is no essential difference between a bud and an ovule in their earliest stages of formation; so that, in fact, "sports" support my view, that variability may be largely attributed to the ovules or pollen, or to both, having been affected by the treatment of the parent prior to the act of conception.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Inflected to FY Mychol, a. of rapid motion Mychiad, n. a swineherd Myd, n. aptitude, fluency Mydaidd, a. like an arch, arched Mydedd, n. archedness Mydiad, n. cameration Mydr, n. metre, verse Mydraeth, n. versification Mydriad, n. a versifiying Mydrwr, n. a versifier Mydryddiaeth, n. versification Mydryddu, v. to versify Mydu, v. to arch, to vault Mydum, n. gesture; mimicry Mydw, n. aptitude; fluency Mydwal, a. apt to proceed Mydwaledd, n. fluent speech Mydyliad, n. a stacking Mydylu, v. to stack, to cock Myddi, n. a hogshead Myfi, pron, myself, I, me Myfiaeth, n. egotism Myfio, v. to egotise Myfyr, n. muse, study: a. musing, pensive Myfyrbwyll, a. of musing mind Myfyrdod, n. contemplation Myfyrdodol, a. contemplative Myfyriadol, a. contemplative Myfyrio, v. to contemplate Myfyriol, a. contemplative Myfyriwr, n. a contemplator, a speculator Myg, n. solemnity, sanctitude Mygawd, n. suffocation Mygdarth, n. vapour, fog Mygdarthu, v. to burn incense Myged, n. respect, reverence: a. respected, solemn Mygedorth, n. a funeral pile Mygfa, n. a suffocation Mygfaen, n. brimstone Mygiad, n. a smoking Myglyd, a. apt to smoke Mygodarth, n. exhalation Mygodfa, n. an asthma Mygodorth, n. a flatulency Mygol, a. fumous, smoking Mygu, v. to smoke; to stifle Mygyr, a. majestic, glorious Myngog, a. having a mane Myngen, n. the crest of a horse; a mane Myngial, n. guttural speaking Myngialu, v. to speak gutturally Myharan, n. tup, a ram Myhefin, n. month of June Myldardd, n. what is in grains Mylliad, n. a growing saltry Myllu, v. grow sultry Myllynen, n. a violet Mym, n. what is incipient Mympwy, n. opinion; humour Mympwyaeth, n. opiniation Mympwyo, to opine Mympwyol, a. opinionative Mymryn, n. an atom Myn, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

This not being pleasing, and less profitable to me, I consulted with my two brothers, Dr. Reason and Dr. Experience , and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature , by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. Diligence , I at last obtained my desire; and, being warned by Mr. Honesty , a stranger in our days, to publish it to the world, I have done it.
— 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 fall of ’85 found Rizal in Paris, studying art, visiting the various museums and associating with the Lunas, the Taveras and other Filipino residents of the French capital, for there had been a considerable colony in that city ever since the troubles of 1872 had driven the Tavera family into exile and they had made their home in that city.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

When he sees me he is always talking of Constancy, but vouchsafes to visit me but once a Fortnight, and then is always in haste to be gone.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

I took lodgings at Mrs. McCullough's, a respectable hotel on Wood street, and visited the various manufactories, for which the place was then, and is now celebrated.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

"It seems to me," said Harry, in a would-be sarcastic voice, "that very much the same thing may be said of some girls.
— from Red Rose and Tiger Lily; Or, In a Wider World by L. T. Meade

A certain quantity of stimulus, less than that above mentioned, inverts the order of successive fibrous contractions; as in vomiting the vermicular motions of the stomach and duodenum are inverted, and their contents ejected, which is probably owing to the exhaustion of the spirit of animation in the acting muscles by a previous excessive stimulus, as by the root of ipecacuanha, and the consequent defect of sensorial power.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I by Erasmus Darwin

Queen Victoria to Viscount Melbourne.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

And he, Cæsar, the man of infamous memory, sitting there the very incarnation of bodily strength and mental daring; square as a gladiator, dark as a Moor, with deep and fiery eyes, now black, now red in the lamplight, the marvellous smile wreathing his thin lips now and then, and showing [Pg 151] white, wolfish teeth, his sinewy brown hands direct in every little action, his soft voice the very music of a lie to those who knew the terrible brief tones it had in wrath.
— from Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

It is the presence of this acid that gives their only value to very many “compounds,” tan bark, gum catechu (which sometimes contains one-half part of tannic acid), etc.
— from Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc. by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

Among the multitude of public and private affairs to be arranged before his departure, his friends were not forgotten, and he made many farewell visits to Versailles, Marly-le-Roi, and St. Germain.
— from Calvert of Strathore by Abbe Carter Goodloe

In this wise:— “Ever charming, ever new, The landscape never tires the view: The verdant meads, the river’s flow, The woody vallies warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, [Pg 249] Roughly rushing on the sky: The pleasant seat, the ruin’d tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village,”——
— from The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper