The apparent difference between the Lombard historian and the above-mentioned Greeks, is easily reconciled by Camillo Pellegrino (de Ducatu Beneventano, dissert.
— 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

Cette dernière m'a adressé un bon de commande pour deux de mes ouvrages.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Cf. Pluto, Dis, Dives.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

ANT: Certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision, conviction, satisfaction.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

= KEY: Plight \n.\. SYN: Situation, condition, predicament, difficulty, dilemma, [See DILEMMA].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

2 Co. 1.17: from Βουλή , ῆς, ἡ ( βούλομαι ) counsel, purpose, design, determination, decree, Lu. 7.30; 23:51, et al. freq.; by impl.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

[55-5] me lo han contado personas dignas de entera fe, que intervinieron en él muy de 25 cerca
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Commonwealth of Independent States Area: total: 603,700 sq km land: 603,700 sq km water: 0 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Texas Land boundaries: total: 4,558 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km Coastline: 2,782 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south Terrain: most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south Elevation extremes: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point:
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Dropping Anne’s cloak, Patricia dashed down the hill and dove into the water.
— from The Mystery of Arnold Hall by Helen M. Persons

It is difficult to answer such critics patiently, doubly difficult to persuade them, without showing them the five miles.
— from Gallipoli by John Masefield

Cicero admits that it had become less trustworthy in his time, and tries to explain this decline of prophetic power: compare Plutarch, De Defect.
— from History of Greece, Volume 02 (of 12) by George Grote

Aboute hir nekke of gentil entaile Was shet the riche chevesaile, Par derriere dusques as os, Qu'il abaissent des bons les los, Et desloent les aloés, 1050
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

In this part the old writers indéed placed Hemodes of some called Acmodes, sée Plinie, Mela, Martianus, Capella, Plutarch. de defect.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

la nacion ópata es pacífica, dócil, y hasta cierto punto diferente de todas los demas indígenas del continente ...
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

SYN: Portray, color, paint, draw, delineate.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows