Here stay'd the toil, here did the battle gain Of numerous days a respite, either power Resting on arms unhostile.
"The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II"
Ovid
Respectable citizens from Matamoros had frequently visited his camp; and to all of those who were represented as possessing influence at home he proclaimed the unhostile feelings of our government towards their country, and that when our army marched southward it would not pass the Rio Grande unless Mexico provoked war.
"History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1"
Brantz Mayer
Still, there are several others, yet currently employed, which might better perhaps, for the same reason, give place to more regular terms: as, amicable, for friendly or kind; charitable, for benevolent or liberal; colourable, for apparent or specious; peaceable, for peaceful or unhostile; pleasurable, for pleasing or delightful; profitable, for gainful or lucrative; sociable, for social or affable; reasonable, for rational or just.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown