Proportional to these parts describe the Circles x , v , t , s , r , q , p , respectively, that is, so that if the Circle x be one, the Circle v may be one, the Circle t two, the Circle s three, and the Circles r , q and p , five, six and ten.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton
Heimdall The Watchman of the Gods The Guardian of the Rainbow Loki and Freya Heimdall’s Names Chapter XIV: Hermod The Nimble God Hermod and the Soothsayer Chapter XV: Vidar The Silent God Vidar’s Shoe The Norn’s Prophecy Chapter XVI:
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Institutione Cyri Xenophontea, v. 1, 2; vi. 1, 17."— Wyttenbach .
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch
CHAPTER XIII VOICE CHARM
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein
CONTENTS VOLUME 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII VOLUME 2 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII VOLUME 3 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII VOLUME 4 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
Inferno: Canto XXXIV "'Vexilla Regis prodeunt Inferni' Towards us; therefore look in front of thee," My Master said, "if thou discernest him." As, when there breathes a heavy fog, or when Our hemisphere is darkening into night, Appears far off a mill the wind is turning, Methought that such a building then I saw; And, for the wind, I drew myself behind My Guide, because there was no other shelter.
— from Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell by Dante Alighieri
Canto X. Vibhishan's Counsel.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
[pg 10] CHAPTER XII The Murder of Bird and Baldwin 134 CHAPTER XIII Ratification of the Treaties by the Mikado 141 CHAPTER XIV Great Fire at Yokohama 156 CHAPTER XV Visit to Kagoshima and Uwajima
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow
H2 anchor CHAPTER XVIII Visit to the Convent and Conversation With M. M.—A Letter from Her, and My Answer—Another Interview At the Casino of Muran
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
If Cer [xii] vantes had only invented for Spain a dramatic blank verse as fine and effective as that of Shakespeare for England, and had produced therein a series of plays showing such original power as the Numantia , then would the Spanish drama, perhaps, under his guidance have taken a different direction, and reached a higher grade of excellence than it ever attained.
— from Numantia by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
[FN] See a sketch of Cutchamequin, of Braintee in Chapter XI, Vol.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher
CHAPTER XX. " Vec .
— from Night and Morning, Volume 5 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
(p. 200) CHAPTER XII "Vive la Compagnie" Four Correspondents Dine the General, the Governor, and Rudyard Kipling, and Produce The Friend as well .
— from War's Brighter Side The Story of The Friend Newspaper Edited by the Correspondents with Lord Roberts's Forces, March-April, 1900 by Julian Ralph
I will kill him to-night, and then I can cut out the notches, and the spooks of my father and my mother and my uncle will stop howling round me in the dark as they do now, when I am asleep.” H2 anchor CHAPTER XXXIII VENGEANCE For three or four minutes more Jess and Jantje whispered together, after which the Hottentot rose and crept away to find out what was passing among the Boers below, and watch when Frank Muller retired to his tent.
— from Jess by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
The hippopotamus—A duel—Shooting on the river—Nearly upset—A night-hunt on land—My companion fires and runs—Appearance and habits of the hippopotamus 189 CHAPTER XXV. Visit of King Quengueza—I promise to visit him—The kindness of the Commi—The dry season of the Fernand-Vaz—Plenty of birds and fishes—The marabouts—The eagles—A bad wound 199 CHAPTER XXVI.
— from Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
CHAPTER X. Varieties, vexations, and vicissitudes.
— from Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
This was the answer to me: See Isaiah, ch. xli., v. 29—'Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing.'
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance
CHAPTER X. " Villette " 127 "Villette" begun—Life and Letters whilst writing it—Great Depression of Spirits—Difficulty in writing—"Lucy Snowe"— "Villette" finished: its Private Reception; the Public Verdict: Waiting for The Times .
— from Charlotte Brontë: A Monograph by T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss) Reid
CHAPTER XIII VIGIL
— from The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
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