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Avventuriere del Secolo XVIII

It was finally disproved by a series of articles of Armand Baschet, entitled ‘Preuves curieuses de l’authenticite des Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt,’ in ‘Le Livre,’ January, February, April and May, 1881; and these proofs were further corroborated by two articles of Alessandro d’Ancona, entitled ‘Un Avventuriere del Secolo XVIII., in the ‘Nuovo Antologia,’ February 1 and August 1, 1882.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

all doth send XXII

That is best for every one, that the common nature of all doth send XXII.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

A DESPERATE SITUATION XXIV

A DESPERATE SITUATION XXIV.
— from Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes

A DOMESTIC SCENE XIV

A DOMESTIC SCENE XIV.
— from Ships That Pass in the Night by Beatrice Harraden

Almighty DEO SANC XRO

Or the divine attributes are still more strongly expressed as follows: ΔΕΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟΥϹ ΟΜΝΙΠΟΤΕϹ , ( sic )—“God Christ Almighty;” DEO SANC XRO VN LVC , ( sic )—“God, holy Christ, only light;” DEO SANC ☧ VNI , ( sic )—“To Christ, the one holy God.”
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

a distant shore XVII

For that another love had taken root In her, whose every fond affection flows Towards a gentle knight of courteous lore, Who sought our Scotland from a distant shore: XVII "And with a brother, then right young, to stay In our king's court, came out of Italy:
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

A DELICATE SITUATION XVIII

A DELICATE SITUATION XVIII.
— from Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Edward Sylvester Ellis

a double stroke x

The speed of the piston will be 7 (the length of a double stroke) x 85 = 595 feet per minute.
— from A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

and deemed sacred xi

298 sq .; regarded as a god descending out of heaven, xi. 298; places struck by lightning enclosed and deemed sacred, xi. 299. See also Thunder Lightning and thunder, the Yule log a protection against, x. 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 258, 264; mountain arnica a protection against, xi. 57 sq .
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

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