He speaks only of inner things: “life” or “truth” or “light” is his word for the innermost—in his sight everything else, the whole of reality, all nature, even language, has significance only as sign, as allegory.—Here it is of paramount importance to be led into no error by the temptations lying in Christian, or rather ecclesiastical prejudices: such a symbolism par excellence stands outside all religion, all notions of worship, all history, all natural science, all worldly experience, all knowledge, all politics, all psychology, all books, all art—his “wisdom” is precisely a pure ignorance
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Every town has a presidio in its centre; or rather, every presidio has a town built around it; for the forts were first built by the Mexican government, and then the people built near them for protection.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

of impediô , hinder ], hindered, burdened im-pellô, -ere, -pulî, -pulsus [ in , against , + pellô , strike ], strike against; impel, drive, propel imperâtor, -ôris , m. [ imperô , command ], general imperium, impe´rî , n. [ imperô , command ], command, order; realm, empire; power, authority imperô, -âre, -âvî, -âtus , command, order .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

of impediō , hinder ], hindered, burdened im-pellō, -ere, -pulī, -pulsus [ in , against , + pellō , strike ], strike against; impel, drive, propel imperātor, -ōris , m. [ imperō , command ], general imperium, impe´rī , n. [ imperō , command ], command, order; realm, empire; power, authority imperō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus , command, order .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

[1007] On the 13th of April, 1436, the Count of Richemont entered Paris.
— from The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 by Anatole France

Apples in custard Beef, round of, boiled Roast sirloin of Calf's head, boiled Charlotte aux pommes Cod's head and shoulders Crab, dressed Duck, wild Ducks, couple of, roast Eggs, poached, and spinach Fowl, boiled with cauliflower Roast, with watercresses Fruits, centre dish of various Goose, roast Grouse Ham, cold glazed Hare, roast Jelly, two colours of Lobsters, dressed Mackerel, boiled Mutton cutlets and mashed potatoes Haunch of roast Saddle of roast Mutton, shoulder of roast Oysters, scalloped Partridge Pheasant Pie, raised Pig, sucking, roast or baked Pigeon Plum-pudding, Christmas, in mould Rabbit, boiled Or fowl, curried Raspberry cream Rissoles Salmon, boiled Snipe Soles, dish of filleted Spinach and poached eggs Strawberries, au naturel, in ornamental flowe
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Commission of Rome, etc. Prof. A.C. MERRIAM, of Columbia College.
— from The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

A child of Rev. E. P——— was threatened with total blindness.
— from Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“You’re a couple of rare, elusive P. G.s whose present mission is to lighten and gladden Leila’s and my declining years,” retorted Vera.
— from Marjorie Dean, Post-Graduate by Josephine Chase

Every clump of rushes, every patch of coarse grass, is carefully searched; and just as every one begins to fear that the hare has passed over the hill, from the extreme left of the St Just line comes the almost whispered exclamation, “See-ho!”
— from Wild Life at the Land's End Observations of the Habits and Haunts of the Fox, Badger, Otter, Seal, Hare and of Their Pursuers in Cornwall by J. C. (John Coulson) Tregarthen

For no considerations of rank ever prevented him from expressing his own opinions or trampling upon those of other people.
— from Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey