Among the former it provoked the special condemnation of Christ: and one of the many influences which Christianity had upon Roman law was to diminish the facilities for divorce.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles by Alfred Plummer

It is said that the Chinese have used red light for centuries in the treatment of smallpox and throughout the Middle Ages this practice was not uncommon.
— from Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

Dufour visited the Schafloch with a party of officers in 1822, and he describes [57] the path as a dangerous one, so much so that several of the gallant members of his party could not reach the cave: he uses rather large words about the precipices, and it is a matter of observation that military service on the Continent tends to induce a habit of body which is not the most suitable for doubtful climbing.
— from Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

Towards the end of the century, however, under Roman leadership the Latins resumed their expansion at the expense of both these peoples. Veii.
— from A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak