Gore's “Bampton Lectures,” editorial references to, 19 n., 255 n. Goths, The, 22 , 382 .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

But like everything referring to this form of witchcraft, these formulæ never come to light.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Eager inquiries concerning the twins were pouring into their enchanted ears all the time; each was the constant center of a group of breathless listeners; each recognized that she knew now for the first time the real meaning of that great word Glory, and perceived the stupendous value of it, and understood why men in all ages had been willing to throw away meaner happinesses, treasure, life itself, to get a taste of its sublime and supreme joy.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

"Just what we have; and I hope it's going to be long enough," replied Thad.
— from The Boy Scouts in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

By Laura E. Richards THREE MINUTE STORIES Cloth decorative, 12mo, with eight plates in full color and many text illustrations by Josephine Bruce.
— from Our Little Danish Cousin by Luna May Ennis

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— from Our Little Finnish Cousin by Clara Vostrovsky Winlow

Surrounded day and night by lions, elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, hyenas, wolves, crocodiles, hippopotami, &c. Beg for transfer.”
— from The Post Office and Its Story An interesting account of the activities of a great government department by Edward Bennett

Many good words are there engraved in black letters, epigrams reproving the curious, concetti , wittily turned farewells, rendezvous given at which only one side appears, pretentious biographies, glitter, rubbish and tinsel.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Ismaîlis , one of the Mohammedan sects which support the claim of the house of Ali, Mahomet's cousin, to supremacy among the faithful; originating about A.D. 770, they rose to importance in the 10th century under Abdallah, a Persian, who introduced Zoroastrian ideas into their creed and prophesied the appearance of a Madhi or Messiah who should be greater than the Prophet himself; becoming latterly extremely rationalistic the sect lost its influence in the 13th century, and its representatives in Syria and Persia are now comparatively obscure; in Turkey and Egypt, however, several Madhis have arisen, of whom the last, Mohammed Ahmed, b . 1843, gained possession of the Soudan, defeated the Egyptian army in 1883, two years later captured Khartoum, but died at Omdurman shortly afterwards.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall