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Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanatum, tit, vii.
— 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
R. John Landerkin [28] Hyde Park Corner London Middlesex, E. R. Wm.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866 by Canada. Post Office Department
I'll do that same, and be thankful if my voracious cousin leaves me enough room for a few scant and skimpy clodings!"
— from Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells
R. O David Callaway Hyde Park Corner London Middlesex, E. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1872 by Canada. Post Office Department
The engine requires very little attention—a common labouring man easily regulates it.
— from Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2) by Francis Trevithick
He writes—"Therefore, since all those with whom I am intimate think well of me for my truth and probity, I can let my envious rivals indulge themselves as they list in the shameful habit of evil-speaking.
— from Jerome Cardan: A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters
John Graham Huston Maryboro’ Wellington, N. R. W. Robinson Hyde Park Corner London Middlesex, E. R. John Squares Ilderton London Middlesex, E. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1865 by Canada. Post Office Department
Preti diformati, et disobedienti, pigliano l’ armi contra il Rè, lo minacciano, faccino le battaglie seco, lo mettino nelle necessità, doue Sua M ta , è stata, et si truoua tuttauia, et li diano le leggi piutosto, che castigare chi lo merita, et reintegrare la giustitia, et la Religione nel suo Dominio, senza le quali due cose mai si uisse, nè si potrà uiuere rettamente in alcun luogo.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson
I will from all my heart pray that the high aim they pursue may be reached, that their hopes may be fulfilled, and that their individual and corporate lives may equally reflect the noble principles that animate their Cause.
— from Dawn of a New Day by Effendi Shoghi
DUMAS " BRUXELLES , ce 13 mars 1853" NOTE TO P. 357 In the Brussels edition of 1853, Dumas adds: "Happily, these lines of Barbier supply all I could wish to have said:— Oh! lorsqu'un lourd soleil chauffait les grandes dalles Des ponts et de nos quais déserts, Que les cloches hurlaient, que la grêle des balles Sifflait et pleuvait par les airs; Que, dans Paris entier, comme la mer qui monte, Le peuple soulevé grondait, Et qu'au lugubre accent des vieux canons de fonte La Marseillaise répondait; Certe, on ne voyait pas, comme au jour où nous sommes, Tant d'uniformes à la fois; C'était sous des haillons que battaient les cœurs d'hommes; C'étaient, alors, de sales doigts Qui chargeaient les mousquets et renvoyaient la foudre; C'était la bouche
— from My Memoirs, Vol. IV, 1830 to 1831 by Alexandre Dumas
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