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— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

These Ionians to whom belongs the Panionion had the fortune to build their cities in the most favourable position for climate and seasons of any men whom we know: for neither the regions above Ionia nor those below, neither those towards the East nor those towards the West, 146 produce the same results as Ionia itself, the regions in the one direction being oppressed by cold and moisture, and those in the other by heat and drought.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

In the first place it had been made by a man quite drunk to one who was half drunk; and yet, in spite of the incertainty which the vapor of three or four bottles of Burgundy carries with it to the brain, d’Artagnan, when awaking on the following morning, had all the words of Athos as present to his memory as if they then fell from his mouth--they had been so impressed upon his mind.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Mr. Edward B. Tylor, from whose excellent book of travels in that country the figure is copied, says of it:—‘The stone known as [ 273 ] the statue of the war-goddess is a huge block of basalt covered with sculptures.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

It was but of brief continuance, however; soon leaving him in a quiescent, and, to judge by his countenance, not an uncomfortable state.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Inverness, 140 n. Iona, Hii, I or Ii, the island of, included in Ireland, xxv , xxvi , 92 n., 191 n., 201 , 225 ; given to Columba by Bridius or by Conall, xxvi , 142 ; its monastery founded by Columba, xxvi , 142 , 383 ; its constitution and jurisdiction, xxvi , 139 n., 140 , 142 , 169 , 181 , 183 n., 318 ; its monks converted to Catholic usages, xxvi , xxxi , xxxix , 337 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 ; piety of its Abbots, 143 ; derivation of the name, 140 n. Iona, Abbot of, see Adamnan , Columba , Segeni .
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

This important chapter in their history has been omitted by Christian writers for fear the relation of it would damage the credibility of the crucifixion of Christ, or lessen its spiritual force.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

So walked to the Hillhouse (which we did view and the yard about it, and do think to put it off as soon as we can conveniently) and there made ourselves ready and mounted and rode to Gravesend (my riding Coate not being to be found I fear it is stole) on our way being overtaken by Captain Browne that serves the office of the Ordnance at Chatham.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The emperor passed the Danube on a bridge of boats, cut in pieces all that encountered his march, penetrated into the heart of the country of the Quadi, and severely retaliated the calamities which they had inflicted on the Roman province.
— 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

For a crowd of evils would present themselves, if we were to allow poverty, obscurity, humility, solitude, the loss of friends, acute pains of the body, the loss of health, weakness, blindness, the ruin of one’s country, banishment, slavery, to be evils; for a wise man may be afflicted by all these evils, numerous and important as they are, and many others also may be added, for they are brought on by chance, which may attack a wise man; but if these things are evils, who can maintain that a wise man is always happy when all these evils may light on him at the same time?
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He lived at first near the Roman Forum, above the Ring-maker’s Stairs, in a house which had once been occupied by Calvus the orator.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

The Bibliography of Bibliographies Comes of Age
— from A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies by Archer Taylor

How near to the surface of the earth did these dead bodies or bones come?—Within about two feet.”
— from The London Burial Grounds Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Isabella M. Holmes

There are, however, [Pg 12] a few notable exceptions in favor of watered railroad stock, bogus mining shares, patent medicines, and the business done by our bank cashiers when guaranteed a safe transit through to Canada.
— from Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

On the evening of the third day the box of books came.
— from Five Years in the Alleghanies by Jonathan Cross

p. 351), which is about 3000 feet high, is described by Dr. Jack as being overspread by coral and large shells of the Chama (Tridacna) gigas , which rest on quartzose and arenaceous rocks, at various levels from the sea-coast to the summit of the highest hills.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

They form very correct lines, but in manœuvring their movements are too slow, and they would, in consequence, be in danger, from a body of British cavalry, of being successfully charged during a change of position.
— from The Battles of the British Army Being a Popular Account of All the Principal Engagements During the Last Hundred Years by Robert Melvin Blackwood

At New York.—The first brigade of British consisting of the 4th, 15th, 27th, and 45th regiments; a squadron of light dragoons of the 17th; and three Hessian regiments, viz.
— from The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year by Henry Phelps Johnston

The tribal relations of these people are pretty well broken up since we brought our boasted civilization and our whiskey up among their homes, and they don’t recognize the authority of their head men any more.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Ralph Victor

Bennington thought pleasedly how every impression this girl made upon him was one of grace or beauty or bright colour.
— from The Claim Jumpers: A Romance by Stewart Edward White