] Note 65 ( return ) [ Ammianus, l. xiv.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In some places they refer to human dignities, as Luke xii.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

The Corsican Ogre A t the sight of this agitation Louis XVIII. pushed from him violently the table at which he was sitting.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Ammianus, l. xvii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

H2 anchor LECTURE XIII.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

State of Europe in 1660.—Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-1667.—Sea Battles of Lowestoft and of the Four Days Accession of Charles II. and Louis XIV.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

and Louis XII., and stood at the font as sponsor, giving his name to that last light of French chivalry, Francis I. In 1515 he was created a baron, and was afterwards advanced to a count, on account of his great service to Francis and his predecessors.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

Your most dutiful DAUGHTER. H2 anchor LETTER XXV MY DEAR PARENTS, O let me take up my complaint, and say, Never was poor creature so unhappy, and so barbarously used, as poor Pamela!
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Now for visions, revelations, miracles, not only out of the legend, out of purgatory, but everyday comes news from the Indies, and at home read the Jesuits' Letters, Ribadineira, Thurselinus, Acosta, Lippomanus, Xaverius, Ignatius' Lives, &c., and tell me what difference?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Danton against Louis XIV. is insurrection; Hébert against Danton is revolt.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Raphael lived the better part of his life at Rome under the patronage of Julius II and Leo X, and spent several years in decorating the papal palace of the Vatican.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

In 1498 the duke of Orleans mounted the throne as Louis XII., and d'Amboise was suddenly raised to the high position of cardinal and prime minister.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

―Although Louis XIV. of France, A.D. 1643-1715, as a good Catholic king, powerfully supported the claims of papal dogmatics against the Jansenists (§§ 156, 5 ; 165, 7 ), he was by no means unfaithful to the traditional ecclesiastical polity of his house (§§ 96, 21; 110, 1, 9, 13, 14), and was often irritated to the utmost pitch by the pope’s opposition to his political interests.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

[Footnote 1: Sully and Colbert were the two great Finance Ministers of Henry IV. and Louis XIV.]
— from Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

[618] French Hainault, French Flanders and Cambrésis (the present Dép. du Nord), with Artois, were conquests of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV., confirmed to France by the treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) and Nimeguen (1678).
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

They saw Chiflevast, a Janus, Gothic on one side and Louis XIV on the other.
— from A Virgin Heart: A Novel by Remy de Gourmont

The walls of this special room are covered with Mr. Smee’s admirable blue paper at 4 s. the piece, all the paint is Aspinall’s electric-turquoise enamel, the frieze is plain gold Japanese leather paper, and the ceiling is in squares; the moulding that forms each square is coloured cream, and the squares themselves are filled in with a well-designed yellow and white ceiling paper from Mr. Smee’s at 3 s. a piece; the floor is covered with yellow and white matting, and has several rugs lying about, and the curtains are Louis XVI.
— from Nooks and Corners being the companion volume to 'From Kitchen to Garret' by J. E. (Jane Ellen) Panton

"What has become of them?" asked Louis XVI.
— from Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand

Charles II. of Spain dies, having bequeathed his dominions to Philip of Anjou, Louis XIV.'s grandson.
— from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir

Washington, therefore, stands, in relation to the waterways of the United States, in the same position as the Duke of Bridgwater does in regard to the canal system of our own country, Peter the Great in reference to the canal system of Russia, and Louis XIV. in relation to the canal system of France.
— from Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals. by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans