But nothing can be absolutely satisfactory in such a case except historical evidence of the application of the name.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

“for this poor Mrs. Beaumont,” added she, “is so eager to have a discharge in full of her debt to me, that out of mere compassion, I am induced to listen to her.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

AND DAME P.] That master That had received such happiness by a servant, In such a widow, and with so much wealth, Were very ungrateful, if he would not be A little indulgent to that servant's wit, And help his fortune, though with some small strain Of his own candour.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

The daughter of Gregory, a maid of incomparable beauty and spirit, is said to have fought by his side: from her earliest youth she was trained to mount on horseback, to draw the bow, and to wield the cimeter; and the richness of her arms and apparel were conspicuous in the foremost ranks of the battle.
— 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

v 1 [B3; a12] solidify into s.t. sticky.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The foregoing Letter would probably not have produced any others, if it had been delivered to the person to whom it was directed; but falling by accident into Heloise's hands, who knew the character she opened it and read it; and by that means her former passion being awakened, she immediately set herself to write to her husband as follows. *
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

Either then the case is really as we have supposed it and then the claim is not equal, or it is not so but supposed to be; and still in so acting people are not to be thought to act wrongly.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

short Brundisium, -ī , n. Brundisium , a seaport in southern Italy.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Hsi Wang Mu 136 Chang Tao-ling 138 Tou Mu, Goddess of the North Star 144 Chiang Tzŭ-ya At K’un-lun 156 Chiang Tzŭ-ya Defeats Wên Chung 160 The Kitchen-god 166 The Gods of Happiness, Office, and Longevity 170 The Money-tree 172 The Door-gods, Civil and Military 174 Hêng Ò Flies to the Moon 184 Wên Chung, Minister of Thunder 198 Dragon-gods 208 Spirit of the Well 216 The Magic Umbrellas 242 P’an Kuan 248 Miao Shan Reaches the Nunnery 262 The Tiger Carries Off Miao Shan 266 The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea 302 The Birth of the Monkey 326 The Demons of Blackwater River Carry Away the Master 352 Buddhists as Slaves in Slow-carts Country 354 Sun Steals Clothing for His Master 364 The Return to China 368 Chia Tzŭ-lung Finds the Stone 382 Page 12 Mais cet Orient, cette Asie, quelles en sont, enfin, les frontières réelles?...
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Their appearance suggested that they had been used for breaking, pounding, or detaching the ore from the rock; and the character both of the bronze and stone implements seems to point to a period long prior to the Roman occupation of Britain.
— from Prehistoric Man Researches into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and the New World by Wilson, Daniel, Sir

While my grandmother was busy about supper I settled myself on the wooden bench behind the stove and got acquainted with the cat—he caught not only rats and mice, but gophers, I was told.
— from My Ántonia by Willa Cather

Dull and trite, and only too well known as these objects might be, a sentimental interest seemed now to hallow them.
— from Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, G. C., Mrs.

Looking over what I have said of Sodoma's "Christ Bound," at Sierra, I see that I have omitted to notice what seems to me one of its most striking characteristics,—its loneliness.
— from Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne

According to Niemann's ideas of art, Formes sang atrociously, bellowing and shouting in stentorian tones.
— from Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee

However skilfully the composition of the guano may be artificially simulated, it still remains an undoubted fact that the "equalised" guano is not exactly similar in its action to the genuine article.
— from Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

Eleanor was well pleased to be so busied in looking out that she had little leisure for talking; and Mr. Esthwaite sat by and smiled in satisfaction.
— from The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner

Some were dreamy bits and snatches in Spanish and English; others were sacred in character.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking