—The case of Renfield grows even more interesting.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

And as in beauty she surpass'd the choir, So nobler than the rest was her attire; A crown of ruddy gold enclosed her brow, Plain without pomp, and rich without a show; A branch of Agnus Castus in her hand, She bore aloft her symbol of command.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

Cogollo (Cogollo & Co.); Fossi (Fossi & Co.); B M & C (Breur. Moller & Co.); B & C (Blohm & Co.); FST & C (Filipe S. Toledo & Co.); V D R & C (Van Dessel, Rodo & Co.); and J E C & C over R G E (J.E. Carret & Co.).
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Quicab claimed to be absolute monarch of the whole Guatemalan country; he admitted no allied kings paying homage and a nominal tribute as they had done under the reign of his predecessors, but reduced all rulers to the condition of royal governors entirely subject to his command.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

6 s. GRENVILLE PAPERS ( The ); being the Private Correspondence of Richard Grenville, Earl Temple, and his Brother, George Grenville,—their Friends and Contemporaries;—Including Mr. Grenville’s Diary of Political Events ; 1763-65.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

The press increased in influence and ability; but, more than all, with the concession of responsible government, education became the great question of the day in the legislatures of the larger provinces.
— from The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People: An Historical Review by John George Bourinot

8vo., 32 s. THE GRENVILLE PAPERS; from the Archives at Stowe; being the Private Correspondence of Richard Grenville, Earl Temple, and George Grenville, their Friends and Contemporaries, including MR.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 118, January 31, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

A crown of ruddy gold enclosed her brow, Plain without pomp, and rich without a show: A branch of Agnus castus in her hand
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

If all things were capable of receiving goods equally, all things would be one thing, and the Creator and his creatures would be likewise one.
— from A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

The average cost of riding gear, every article being of the best and finest description, may be thus set down.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

Don Pedro de Acunna was well pleas’d to see them, asking particularly concerning all the Proceedings of the General Furtado , wherein he was very curious, or rather generously emulous, and he having in his Letters referr’d himself to their Relation, they gave it him at large, and perform’d the Duty of their Embassy, each according to his Profession.
— from The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola