Some Democratic writers came in, amongst whom were Alexander Rey and Xavier Durrieu, with Kesler, Villiers, and Amable Lemaître of the Révolution ; one of these writers was Millière.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

The Confederates change their Battery, and achieve a remarkable Adventure X They proceed to levy Contributions with great Success, until our Hero sets out with the young Count for Vienna, where he enters into League with another Adventurer XI Fathom makes various Efforts in the World of Gallantry XII He effects a Lodgment in the House of a rich Jeweller XIII
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The symbol represented the sum of nature--the Energy of modern science--and society believed it to be as real as X-rays; perhaps it was!
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

[1531.] It̃m the x th daye paied to Thomas Osbo r ne of london̑ upon̑ his bille for viij yardꝭ iij quarters and the nayle of Crymysin clothe of golde for my lady Anne Rocheford at xxxiij s̃. iiij d. the yarde xiiij ƚi. xiij s̃. ix d. It̃m the xj daye paied to pollo that kepith the barbary horse for his bo r de for xvj wokꝭ ended the iiij daye of Maye at xx
— from The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

Right across the horizon, a little higher than the sun, a long thin bar of cloud suddenly changed colour, becoming rich dark purple, and all along its jagged upper edge the light shot out in one continuous sheet of bright glory to the zenith, while below there poured from the bar a long cascade, a very Niagara of golden mist and rain, as [xx] if the flood-gates of some celestial dam had suddenly given way, and all the precious stuff were escaping in a cataract through the rift, in one gigantic plunge, to be lost for ever in some bottomless abyss.
— from The Substance of a Dream by F. W. (Francis William) Bain

256 sq. ; ritual of death and resurrection among, xi. 268 sq. Dad pillar. See Ded pillar Daedala, Boeotian festival of the Great, ii. 140 sq. , xi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

The admiral's fears were but too well grounded; Hojeda had scarcely landed before he had an interview with some of the malcontents, inciting them to a rising at Xaragua, and to a determination to expel Columbus.
— from Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. The Exploration of the World by Jules Verne

But as she's promised me faithfully she'll let herself rip next term, you'll see it'll be all right at Xmas.
— from The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair