And come you now with ‘knocking at the gate’?
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

The ladies in court think it a most desperate impair to their quickness of wit, and good carriage, if they cannot give occasion for a man to court 'em; and when an amorous discourse is set on foot, minister as good matter to continue it, as himself: And do you alone so much differ from all them, that what they, with so much circumstance, affect and toil for, to seem learn'd, to seem judicious, to seem sharp and conceited, you can bury in yourself with silence, and rather trust your graces to the fair conscience of virtue, than to the world's or your own proclamation?
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

Yes, yes Madam and your daily occupation to inspect the Dairy, superintend the Poultry, make extracts from the Family Receipt-book, and comb your aunt Deborah's Lap Dog. LADY TEAZLE.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

You are a man yet qualified to shine in society, with many years of life before you; that is, if you lived in freer air, and under brighter skies, and chose your own companions.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

When you sign a contract, you are obliged to abide by it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

ardent Ystid, n. what forms a wreath Ystido, v. to form a wreath Ystig, a. strenuous, perserving Ystigo, v. to act strenuously Ystle, n. a fight, a retreat Ystlen, n. a sex, a kind Ystlenol, a. sexual, kindred Ystlom, n. excrement, ordure Ystlomi, v. to void ordure Ystlum, n. a bat, a bird Ystlwn, n. connection, a kind Ystlwyd, a. of a hoary hue Ystlwyn, n. a luxuriant grove Yslyned, n. society; kindred Ystlyniad, n. a forming society Ystlyniol, a. being associated Ystlynu, v. to associate Ystlys, n. a side, a flank Ystlysgam, a. being lop-sided Ystlysol, a. lateral, sided Ystlysu, v. to go to one side Ystod, n. a course; a layer; a swathe Ystodi, v. to dispose a course range, layer, or swathe Ystodiad, n. a laying of a course Ystofen, n. a warping tray Ystofi, v. to range; to warp Ystofiad, n. ranging, a warping Ystol, n. a stool Ystola, n. scarf, a stole Ystolciad, n. a butting Ystolcian, v. to keep butting Ystor, n. a bulk; a store, a stock; a quantity Ystoraeth, n. store, plenty Ystordy, n. a storehouse, a warehouse Ystordyn, n. trigger, in bowling, a mark to jump from Ystori, v. to cover with resin Ystorio, v. to store up Ystorm, n. a tempest, a storm Ystormus, a. tempestuous Ystrad, n. a flat, a vale, a dale Ystraff, n. what strews about Ystraffu, v. to strew, to waste Ystraig, n. a buckle, a clasp Ystraigl, n. a turn, a detour Ystraill, n. what is trailed; a mat Ystrain, n. tribe, a crew, a breed Ystram, n. a frame Ystranc, n. a trick, a while Ystranciad, n. a playing of tricks Ystrancio, v. to play tricks Ystrancus, a. apt to play tricks Ystrawu, to educate; to mature Ystre, n. a course, a range Ystred, n. a village, a hamlet Ystref, n. what forms a dwelling Ystreigio, v. to turn, to roll Ystreillach, n. trundling Ystreillio, v. to trundle Ystrem, n. what is made to appear Ystremio, v. to make to seem Ystremp, n. a dash, a stroke; a trick; a charm Ystrempiad, n. a dashing; a bewitching Ystrempio, v. to dash; to bewitch Ystres, n. a wreath, a chain Ystresu, v. to wreath, to chain Ystrew, n. a sneeze; a snort Ystrewi, to sternutate, to sneeze Ystrewiad, n. a sneezing Ystrewlwch, n. snuff Ystrewlys, n. sneeze-wort Ystrodur, n. the frame work of a saddle, a packsaddle Ystrodwm, n. a round-about Ystrwy, n. what passes through Ystrwyad, n. a forming a passage Ystrwyo, v. to pass through Ystrwytho, v. to saturate Ystrych, n. what forms a scope Ystrychu, v. to form a scope Ystryd, n. a way, a street Ystrym, n. a main stream or current; a channel Ystryw, n. a subtlety, a finesse, a stratagem, a trick Ystrywgar, a. crafty, wily Ystrywiad, n. a using of craft Ystrywio, v. to use craft Ystrywiol, a. plotting, devising Ystum, n. a bend, a curve; shape fashion, gait Ystumgar, shapely, well-formed Ystumiad, n. a shaping Ystumio, v. to form, to fashion, to bend, to turn Ystumiol, a. pliable, sinuous Ystun, n. what is irritating Ystunad, n. an irritating Ystuno, v. to irritate; to instigate Ystwc, n. a bucket: a shock Ystwff, n. a lift Ystwffwl, n. a stock, a holdfast, a staple, the knocker of a door Ystwng, n. a putting down Ystwmp, n. a stump Ystwr, n. a stir, a noise Ystwrio, v. to bustle, to stir Ystwy, n. a stop, a check Ystwyad, n. a checking Ystwyll, n. Epiphany Ystwyo, v. to check, to restrain Ystwyr, n. what stretches out Ystwyrain, v. to be stretching Ystwyriad, n. a stretching Ystwyth, a. flexible, pliant Ystwythder, n. flexibility Ystwythiad, n. a making pliant Ystwytho, v. to make flexible Ystyciad, n. a bucketful Ystycyll, n. a signal Ystyffernach, n. utensils Ystyffyllu, v. to stock, to log Ystyr, n. sense, meaning Ystyrgar, a. considerate, contemplative, meditative Ystyriaeth, n. consideration Ystyriaethu, v. to use consideration or reflection Ystyried, v. to consider, to reflect Ystyrio, v. to consider, to regard Ystyriol, a. considerate Ystyrioldeb, n. considerateness Ystyrmant, n. a jews-harp Ystyw, n. a settlement Ystywaws, n. a pair of stays Ystywanu, v. to belabour Ystywell, a. steady, manageable Ystywellu, v. to make steady Ysu, v. to hanker, to itch, to eat, to corrode; to consume Yswadan, n. a stroke, a flap Yswail, n. what ejects Ysweilydd, n. one who casts out, a brawler Yswain, n. an esquire, page; armour bearer Yswatiad, n. a squatting Yswatio, v. to squat Yswbwb, n. a hubbub Yswbwbio, v. to rumble Ysweiliad, n. a brawling Ysweilyd, n. a brawler Ysweiniad, n. esquire, page Yswid, n. what turns quickly Yswidw, n. the titmouse Yswil, a. bashful, timid Yswilder, n. bashfulness Yswiliad, n. an abashing Yswilio, v. to be abashed Yswitiad, n. a chipping Yswitian, v. to chirp, to make a small noise Yswitio, v. to chirp, to twitter Yswr, n. a consumer Yswydden, n. a privet tree Yswymbren, n. a quiver Ysŵyr, n. what dawns; the east Yswyth, n. what pervades Yswythbysg, n. the torpedo Yswytho, v. to pervade Ysyn, n. a fire brand Ysywaeth, adv.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The St. Austins, Tertullians, and Jeromes, have wrote to the Eudoxas, Paulas, and Melanias; and can you read those names, though of saints, and not remember mine?
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

And can you eat any thing?”
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

I think she must be Mary, though it did not occur to me at first, she is such a corpulent young woman, with a thick, short waist, and solid feet, which, nevertheless, by their position, express the idea that she is floating.
— from One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard

You’ve already clenched your fists!
— from The Inevitable by Louis Couperus

"And could you reduce a human being in stature as radically as you did the dog?
— from The Raid on the Termites by Paul Ernst

But in any case you must agree to y e artickls, and send it by y e first under your hands & seals.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

45 50 55 VI "Now would you see this aged Thorn, This pond, and beauteous hill of moss, You must take care and choose your time The mountain when to cross.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

Bloody riots occurred at Clinton, Yazoo City and Vicksburg, in which hundreds of negroes were killed.
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society

de Chateaudun must be found, at any cost; you know my principles: I have a profound respect for any genuine passion.
— from The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers by Girardin, Emile de, Mme