Busy all the morning upon some accounts with W. Hewer, and at noon, an excellent dinner, comes Pelling and W. Howe, and the latter staid and talked with me all the afternoon, and in the evening comes Mr. Mills and his wife and supped and talked with me, and so to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The authors ( op. cit. :689) mention the presence of continental Cretaceous deposits in the Central Plateau of Brazil, in support of these changes, and state that "pelo menos em certas zonas do litoral a elevação do continente prolongou-se até o Pleistoceno."
— from Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats by João Moojen

"[ B ] It is indeed "remarkable," that while neither Christ nor his apostles ever gave "an exhortation to masters to liberate their slaves," they enjoined such "general principles as have destroyed domestic slavery throughout the greater part of Christendom;" that while Christianity forbears "to urge" emancipation "as an imperative and immediate duty," it throws a barrier, heaven high, around every domestic circle; protects all the rights of the husband and the fathers; gives every laborer a fair compensation; and makes the moral and intellectual improvement of all classes, with free scope and all suitable means, the object of its tender solicitude and high authority.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

In 1899 a more largely attended gathering assembled at Washington, the chief result of which was the establishment there of an institution, now called the Pan-American Union, which under its zealous and energetic director collects, publishes, and distributes information, chiefly statistical and commercial, regarding the various republics.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Items devoid of truth and wit, appear every day concerning people who have committed no offense greater than to succeed in some special calling.
— from Mal Moulée: A Novel by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

As soon as I perceived its success, I combined its most important ingredients with a few more drugs, and so formed another excellent delusion, called "party spirit."
— from Adventures in the Moon, and Other Worlds by Russell, John Russell, Earl

p. 266.— “Tum ex Conciliis, tum ex aliis Patrum scriptis notum est, consuevisse primos Ecclesiao Patres acta et decreta Conciliorum passim ad omnes Dei Ecclesias mittere per epistolas, quas non uni privatim dicârunt, sed publice describi ab omnibus, dividi passim et pervulgari, atque cum omnibus populis communicari voluerunt.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

NA km2 Environment: soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; cyclones possible during rainy season Note: important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel *Comoros, People Population: 511,651 (July 1993 est.)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"[ 64 ] It is indeed "remarkable," that while neither Christ nor his apostles ever gave "an exhortation to masters to liberate their slaves," they enjoined such "general principles as have destroyed domestic slavery throughout the greater part of Christendom;" that while Christianity forbears "to urge" emancipation "as an imperative and immediate duty," it throws a barrier, heaven high, around every domestic circle; protects all the rights of the husband and the father; gives every laborer a fair compensation; and makes the moral and intellectual improvement of all classes, with free scope and all suitable means, the object of its tender solicitude and high authority.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

Amer. , 1885, p. 126, and Paul Perrin, “ Les Annotations Européennes du Codex Peresianus ,” in the same, June, 1887, p. 87
— from A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton