But this Light being trajected only through the parallel Superficies of the two Prisms, if it suffer'd any change by the Refraction of one Superficies it lost that Impression by the contrary Refraction of the other Superficies, and so being restor'd to its pristine Constitution, became of the same Nature and Condition as at first before its Incidence on those Prisms; and therefore, before its Incidence, was as much compounded of Rays differently refrangible, as afterwards.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

It may be only crude outlines of the goat or camel, or realistically drawn rose and lily; but even these are suggestive of associations.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

,” said Sir Isaac Newton, “is composed of rays differently refrangible,” and as we can obtain the colours of the rainbow from white light, we can, by painting them on a circular plate and turning it rapidly round, make the plate appear white.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier

In the choice of Rafaél de Rincón as secretary and assistant, the Archbishop had secured to himself a man of vast knowledge of ecclesiastical matters, of great acumen, and exceptional ability.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

Ralph is delightful and most excellent, and it is on his account that she is insensible to the charms of Raymon de Ramieres an elegant and distinguished young man who is a veritable lady-killer.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic

Civil organisation remained distinctly Roman, and has continued so; upon it are [57] based some of the chief municipal institutions of modern life.
— from The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire by W.E. (William Edwy) Vine

Still others mean a new legal expression of the traditional democratic principle, framed to meet the new political and social conditions; but the reformers who agree upon this last conception of reform disagree radically as to what the new legal expression should be.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

[7] The only reliable contemporary authorities on the subject of John Cabot's first voyage are the family letters of Lorenzo Pasqualigo, a Venetian merchant resident in London, to his brother, and the official correspondence of Raimondo di Raimondi, Archpriest of Soncino.
— from The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

Small parties clustered at the ends of corridors or roamed disconsolately round and round the camp, discussing the eternal question, When?
— from The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) by H. G. (Hugh George) Durnford

The locality usually selected for a nest is some deep, sluggish stream, lake, or pond, and the nests are always built close to the water's edge, being composed of reeds, dry rushes, and grass.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 3, March 1900 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various