page 342 standing this one case of difficulty, I cannot entertain any doubt, that these terrace-like fringes, which are continuously united with the basin-shaped plains at the foot of the Cordillera, have been formed by the arrestment of river-borne detritus at successive levels, in the same manner as we see now taking place at the heads of all those many, deep, winding fiords intersecting the southern coasts.
— from Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete by Charles Darwin

Chiaro mi fu allor come ogne dove in cielo e` paradiso, etsi la grazia del sommo ben d'un modo non vi piove.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

The preface to the once popular farce of “Killing no Murder” informs us, that many a fry of infant Methodists are terrified and frightened to bed by the cry of “the Bishop is coming!”—That the right reverend prelates of the realm should become bugbears and buggaboos to frighten the children of Dissenters, is curious enough, and evinces a considerable degree of ingenious malignity in bringing Episcopacy into contempt, if true.
— from The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti Descriptive of Life in Wales: Interspersed with Poems by T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard

The preface to the once popular farce of “Killing no Murder” informs us, that many a fry of infant Methodists are terrified and frightened to bed by the cry of “the Bishop is coming!”—That the right reverend prelates of the realm should become bugbears and buggaboos to frighten the children of Dissenters, is curious enough, and evinces a considerable degree of ingenious p. 8 malignity in bringing Episcopacy into contempt, if true.
— from The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty (Thomas Jones, Esq.), Commonly known as the Welsh Robin Hood by T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard

Finally, notwithstanding this one case of difficulty, I cannot entertain any doubt, that these terrace-like fringes, which are continuously united with the basin-shaped plains at the foot of the Cordillera, have been formed by the arrestment of river-borne detritus at successive levels, in the same manner as we see now taking place at the heads of all those many, deep, winding fiords intersecting the southern coasts.
— from Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin

The President and Council of the Royal Society appear to have been swayed by this consideration, when they adjudged to him "A Royal Medal, [100] for 257 his Bakerian Lecture on the relations of electrical changes, considered as the last link, in order of time, of the splendid chain of discoveries in chemical electricity, which have been continued for so many years of his valuable life."
— from The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2) by John Ayrton Paris

The male portion of the crowd wore every possible style and color of dress, in complete emancipation from the old business suit uniform, but the women wore sober false-bosomed sundresses and expressed excitement in polite chirps.
— from Thy Rocks and Rills by Robert E. Gilbert

John Scott Haldane ( b. 1860), F.R.S., University Lecturer in Physiology, Oxford; joint editor and founder of “Journal of Hygiene”; has served on several departmental committees, and carried out special inquiries for Government departments; author of “Blue Books on the Cause of Death in Colliery Explosions,” 1895; “Ankylostomiasis in Mines,” 1902-1903, etc.—[“Who's Who.”
— from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Francis Galton

Now, neither of these qualities can be postulated of the Grail; whatever its form, Cup or Dish, it can easily be borne (in uplifted hands, entre ses mains hautement porte) by a maiden, which certainly could not be postulated of a cauldron!
— from From Ritual to Romance by Jessie L. (Jessie Laidlay) Weston