According to the account given to us by Hippobotus and Sotion, he had as pupils, Dioscorides of Cyprus, and Nicolochus of Rhodes, and Euphranor of Seleucia, and Praylus of the Troas, who was a man of such constancy of mind that, as Phylarchus relates in his History, he allowed himself to be punished as a traitor wholly undeservedly, not uttering one word of complaint against his fellow citizens; and Euphranor had for his pupil, Eubulus, of Alexandria, who was the master of Ptolemy, who was the master of Sarpedon and Heraclides.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Shortly afterward Mr. Hardee, a merchant of Savannah, came to me and presented a letter from his brother, the general, to the same effect, alleging that his brother was a civilian, had never taken up arms, and asked of me protection for his family, his cotton, etc.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

The Royal and many other State chariots made or refurbished for the recent coronation ceremonies show that, when an opportunity of the fullest display properly arises, the robe of estate is not yet a thing of the past.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The cabin door opened and he saw the Hungarian standing in a shaft of grey light: “Daybreak, gentlemen!” H2 anchor TWO GALLANTS The grey warm evening of August had descended upon the city and a mild warm air, a memory of summer, circulated in the streets.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

Adjective clauses are very common as modifiers of substantive complements (cf.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

[36] Franklin Henry Giddings, The Concepts and Methods of Sociology , Congress of Arts and Science, Universal Exposition (St. Louis, 1904), pp.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

ex Leontio , holds it an only cure for rotten sheep, and any manner of sick cattle.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

So after this threat he ceased from his march against Babylon and divided his army into two parts; and having divided it he stretched lines and marked out straight channels, 193 one hundred and eighty on each bank of the Gyndes, directed every way, and having disposed his army along them he commanded them to dig: so, as a great multitude was working, the work was completed indeed, but they spent the whole summer season at this spot working.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

His master may be a man of some conscientious scruples; ours may be unmerciful.
— from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany

Eau de Javelle, first made by Percy at the Javelle works near Paris in 1792, is another chlorine compound that has enjoyed a considerable reputation as a disinfectant and deodouriser for over a century; it is essentially a mixture of sodium chloride and sodium hypochlorite.
— from Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

And as the shadows and mists of stupor cleared away from my mind, I was overwhelmed at the extent of the disaster which had befallen me, for I saw in it but too surely an indication of some dreadful evil, some fearful calamity which had overtaken my mistress and her fortunes, and that, too, at the hands of Desmond.
— from Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray

This sets up a series of strong vibrations in the body of the aura, which gradually resolve themselves into a strong whirling centre of thought-force involved [ 48 ] in a mass of strongly cohesive auric substance, and strongly charged with the power of the prana of the person.
— from The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms by William Walker Atkinson

And so might we see revivals spreading over this land, and continuing, with increasing power, and multitudes of sinners converted, if the church, as {168} one , united in Christ, would come up to her duty.
— from A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Harvey Newcomb

In the Duomo of Castello is a Martyrdom of S. Crescenziano, a picture of fine effect, though inferior in other respects.
— from The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Lanzi

The Copyright Holder is especially concerned about performance rights in any media on stage, cinema, or television, or audio or any other media, including readings for which an entrance fee or the like is charge.
— from Signora Fantastici (A Dramatic Proverb) by Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) Staël

His remarks would have been very laughable to outsiders, but as he was a man of strong character and genuine feeling, his hearers took him quite seriously.
— from The Romance of the Coast by James Runciman

I once asked a Cabinet Minister how it was that a man of such conspicuous quality had failed to win office.
— from The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

The walls, made of a solid network of young branches interwoven, and plastered with a mixture of sand, clay, and chopped rushes, he takes care not to build quite to the top, but to leave between them and the roof a little space, where the air can circulate freely through a light trellis formed of branches of the blue willow.
— from The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe by M. Xavier