No doubt in science a certain abstractness of treatment is not merely legitimate, but necessary, since science is nothing but knowledge raised to the highest power, and all [ x ] knowledge implies a process of abstraction and generalisation: even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalisation from his appearances in the past.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

[29] The Benedictines remind us that Alexander and Xenophon, at least on some occasions, did so.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

also Ant. xviii.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

V. There was also another Xenophanes, a native of Lesbos, and an iambic poet.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Washington, 1895. (7) Warne, Frank J. "The Anthracite Coal Strike," Annals of the American Academy , XVII (1901), 15-52.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

And as Xenophon 713 advised that we should remember and honour the gods most especially in prosperity, that so, when we should be in any strait, we might confidently call upon them as already our well-wishers 290 and friends; so sensible men would do well before trouble comes to meditate on remedies how to bear it, that they may be the more efficacious from being ready for use long before.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Consequently Xenophon fell to considering what he ought to do as regards marching any further up the country; and Heracleides introduced the other generals to Seuthes, urging them to say that they were quite as well able to lead the army as Xenophon, and promising them that within a day or two they should have full pay for two months, and he again implored them to continue the campaign with Seuthes.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

But this rejoinder, as I have said already, is attributed both to Diogenes and Aristippus. XVIII.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Some say that they were called Anakas because of the appearance of their stars in the heavens above, for the Attics called "above" "anekas." XXXIV.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

In the following dialogues, therefore, wherever one of the speakers is introduced as a Xenos, I have translated this word guest, as being more conformable to the genius of Plato's dialogues, which may be justly called rich mental banquets, and consequently the speakers in them may be considered as so many guests.
— from Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor

If O is the orthocenter of the triangle ABC , and X , Y , Z are the feet of the perpendiculars from A , B , C respectively, and P , Q , R are the mid-points of a , b , c respectively, and L , M , N are the mid-points of OA , OB , OC respectively; then the points L , M , N ; P , Q , R ; X , Y , Z all lie on a circle, the "nine points circle."
— from The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

Mediation and Atonement, xxiv.
— from Outlines of Ecclesiastical History by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

IT HAPPENED XIX AN APPOINTMENT XX IN SIGHT OF
— from Enter Bridget by Thomas Cobb

JAPAN, THE ARCHIPELAGO, SOUTHERN INDIA, AND THE COASTS AND ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN SEA [Illustration: The Kaan's Fleet passing through the Indian Archipelago "Fist aparoiller xiv nes, lesquels avoit chascune iv arbres, et maintes foies aloient a xii voiles … et najeient bien iii mois tant k'il vendrent a bre Asie qui es ver midi"] BOOK III.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

c. 12; Cicero, Ad Atticum , xvi.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4 (of 4) by Plutarch

Antony Burk next testified that he had given the accused instructions about the road to Elm Bluff, when she arrived at X—; and that after buying her return ticket, she told him it was necessary she should take the 7:15 train, and that she would be sure to catch it.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Taj Mahal Tamerlane Tata, J. N. Taxes Tea-planting Telegraphs and telephones Temperance in the army Temples of Delhi of Ahmedabad Tigers Tiger catching Timour Thibet, invasion of Thugs founder of the Throne, the Peacock Tomb of Akbar Tombs of Delhi Towers of Silence Travellers, English and American Trust of Bombay, the Improvement Universities University of Bombay Tata, the Viceroy, authority of receptions of Voyage to India Wages Water, impurities of the supply Wedding customs Wheat growing Widows in India Widow burning Winter in India Women of India of Bombay English and American Xavier, St. Francis Younghusband, Colonel
— from Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis