When the tongues first appeared at table, the guests praised the choice of this dish, but when it appeared in constant succession, they became disgusted with it; and Xantus exclaimed, "Did I not bid you buy whatever was best in the market?"
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

H2 anchor XII Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
— from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, with the Hymn of Cleanthes by Epictetus

For example, quoth he, 'Solon never went to see Croesus, as Herodotus avers; nor did those about Xerxes ever dream dreams; but Herodotus, out of his abundant wickedness, invented these things.
— from Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang

For example, quoth he, “Solon never went to see Croesus, as Herodotus avers; nor did those about Xerxes ever dream dreams; but Herodotus, out of his abundant wickedness, invented these things.”
— from Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang

Ils avaient été les maîtres du riche territoire de Soconusco (autrefois Xoconochco ... espèce de nopal), et avaient étendu leurs conquêtes jusqu'au sein même des montagnes, où ils avaient fondé ou accru la ville de Xalapa la Grande (Xalapa-del-Marques).'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Then follows one of those ejaculatory paragraphs, which page 119 p. 119 tract-controversialists generally, and X especially, delight in.
— from Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey

I desire, therefore, that agreeably to your own proposal, you will digest a detailed and [xxiv] exact description of your process.
— from The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, 2nd ed. A work published by the order of the French minister of the interior, on the report of the Board of arts and manufactures by Nicolas Appert

H2 anchor X. EDWARD DELANEY TO JOHN FLEMMING.
— from Marjorie Daw by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

H2 anchor XII. EDWARD DELANEY TO THOMAS DILLON, M.D., MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK.
— from Marjorie Daw by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow