The old debates between the Catholic and Protestant churches gradually died out as these two branches of Western Christianity settled down in quiet possession of the territory they still occupy.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

We sometimes attribute the difference in culture which we meet among races to the climate and physical conditions generally, but, in the long run, the difference is determined by the way in which climate and physical condition determine the contacts and communications of individuals.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Ἴασπις, ιδος, ἡ, jasper, a precious stone of various colours as purple, cerulean, green, &c. Re. 4.3; 21.11, 18, 19.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

The coffin was deposited in a side room of the inner court; and Pao Chu got ready a bed-room in which she could keep her watch.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

The contraction of the earth's crust with its resultant changes in the distribution of land and water, and the continual modification of climate and physical conditions generally have throughout the past wrought changes in the form and character of all animal and vegetable life.
— from The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by J. Allen (James Allen) Smith

Messrs. Palma, Werbrust & Co., wholesale dealers in muslins, calicoes, and printed cotton goods, live there.—Stay, I have it:
— from The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac

By the advice of Croesus and Phanes, Cambyses gave in to these proposals, though much against his own will: he went so far, indeed, as to offer sacrifice in the temple of Neith, and allowed the newly-created high-priest of the goddess to give him a superficial insight into the nature of the mysteries.
— from An Egyptian Princess — Complete by Georg Ebers

The motley, medley coach provide— Or like Joe Frankenstein compile The vegetable man complete!— A proper Covent Garden feat!
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

The whole should be based on the idea of equipping the corps as plain country gentlemen and yeomen going out to do a day's serious business in the field; and if the business is not to be serious, it is better to leave it alone than to attempt it.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 by Various

He no longer recalled the Holy Father, in red cape and papal cap, giving a paternal welcome to a pilgrimage which brought him a fortune.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

interesting remains of Antoninus' Wall, from Forth to Clyde, still exist; within its borders were fought the battles of Bannockburn, Sauchieburn, Stirling Bridge, Falkirk, &c. Stirrup Cup , a "parting cup" given by the Highlanders to guests when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

A bottom of white sand will give a greyish or apple-coloured green; of chalk, a pure clear green; if the bottom is brownish-yellow sand, the green is naturally duller in character.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4 by Frederick Whymper

In another case a peculiar chorea gradually supervened, for no obvious reason, in an adult female of tardy and imperfect physical and intellectual development.
— from Tics and Their Treatment by Henry Meige

There is something contagious in the C. L. S. C. Nothing could show better the peculiar work of the C. L. S. C. than the following suggestive toasts offered at the “Opening Day Exercises” at Meriden, Conn.; they were: “The C. L. S. C., a beneficial force in the life of a business man; as a coöperative with the duties of a school teacher; for young working people, establishing an alliance between labor and culture; as promoting Christian growth and culture; for the wife and mother at home.”
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, December 1883 by Chautauqua Institution