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Still as these were the received ways for undermining the influence of a dominant minister, Louis XIII.
— from The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 2 (of 7) by Arthur Thomas Malkin
After the lapse of nearly 90 years, exactly the same sum was awarded for the discovery of the first six books by another de' Medici, Leo X., to Arcimboldi, afterwards Archbishop of Milan, —the 122nd, according to the Abbot Ughelli, in his work that occupied him thirty years,—"Italia Sacra".
— from Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross
Stay at Cincinnati (continued)—Close of the Welsh Service—The Governor of Ohio and his Relatives—The "Black Laws"—Governor Bebb's Hostility to them—Dr. Weed and American Versatility—Private Lodgings—Introduction to Dr. Beecher and others—A Peep at a Democratic Meeting LETTER XVII.
— from American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Ebenezer Davies
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