"Where anciently were the seats of flourishing cities and prosperous communities," says a Chinese author speaking of this region, "is nothing now to be seen but a vast desert; all has been buried in the sands, and the wild camel is hunted on those arid plains."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

And Ramusio: " Vi è anche una sorte di gente che si chiamano Argon, per che sono nati di due generazioni , cioè da quella di Tenduc che adorano gl' idoli, e da quella che osservano la legge di Macometto.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

During this time French privateers, scattered throughout the Channel, harassed the enemy's commerce and protected convoys sent into Ireland.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

For these alone can exhibit to us objects in a definite and actualisable form ( in der Anschauung ), and consequently (if there should occur in them a cognition a priori ) can show the truth or conformity of the cognition to the object in concreto , that is, its actuality, from which we could proceed to the reason of its possibility by the analytic method.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

But he saw that these fears were fancies, for he found himself in the presence of the great fact of the fear of death, with its coarse and pitiless common sense.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Mr. Peggotty was no less pleased than his nephew, though his modesty forbade him to claim a personal compliment so vociferously.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The patricians by their popular influence obtained the prætorship for Spurius Furius Camillus, the son of Marcus, the ædileship for Cneius Quinctius Capitolinus and Publius Cornelius Scipio, men of their own rank.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

“Ay, crow away, poor crittur!” said Aunt Chloe; “ye’ll have to come to it, too!
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

A young scholar discussing the very justification of his own science in a cool and philosophically critical spirit!
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Cheek by jowl with us were white-tilted orange carts from Sollér, a countryman and his cow, a post cart, sundry mules, and a number of pedestrians who arrived half drowned beneath their umbrellas; and in this most welcome shelter we all remained imprisoned while for the next half hour it rained as I have never seen it rain before.
— from With a Camera in Majorca by Margaret D'Este

Grieving over clerical and papal corruptions, she had apocalyptic visions of the antichrist, and travelled far and engaged in an extensive correspondence in appealing for radical reforms.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

[95] “That this meeting, while conveying its cordial thanks to Charles Dickens, Esq., for his presence this evening, and for his able and courteous conduct as President, cannot separate without tendering the warmest expression of its gratitude and admiration to one whose writings have so loyally inculcated the lessons of benevolence and virtue, and so richly contributed to the stores of public pleasure and instructions.”
— from Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens

CHAPTER XIII Cristoval a Prisoner Cristoval stood near the door.
— from The Crimson Conquest: A Romance of Pizarro and Peru by Charles B. (Charles Bradford) Hudson

A series for Roquefort cheeses selected for excellent quality was found by Dox 66 to show the following composition: 151 TABLE IV Composition of Roquefort Cheese Water Per Cent Fat Per Cent Protein Per Cent Ash Per Cent Salt Per Cent Fat 38.69 32.31 21.39 6.14 4.14 Minimum 37.49 31.50 19.14 5.18 3.64 Maximum 40.10 33.53 23.06 6.81 4.88 The composition of the sheep's milk of the Roquefort producing region is reported by Marre: 67 TABLE V Composition of Sheep's Milk Water Per Cent Casein Per Cent Fat Per Cent Lactose Per Cent Ash Per Cent Range 76-83 5-8 5.5-10.5 4 to 5 .8-1.2 Average 79.5 6.5 8.0 4.5 1.0 The cheeses when properly made in the local factories are transported to Roquefort for ripening in the famous caves which have made possible the development of a great industry.
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

Enter, in conquest, with drum and colours, Edmund ; Lear and Cordelia , as prisoners ; Captain, Soldiers, &c. [4598] Edm.
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] by William Shakespeare

See CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGE SERIES .
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office