And finally there is the delightful and vivid representation of S. Tryphonius and the basilisk.
— from A Wanderer in Venice by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Waitresses, with pale, vacant faces, dressed in dingy black with white aprons, moved about with difficulty at varying rates of speed, but none of them seemed to betray an interest in Richard.
— from A Man from the North by Arnold Bennett
[Pg 443] traversed every sort of mono-rail track that could be devised, at varying rates of speed, it stood still at the inventor’s command and retained its balance perfectly.
— from The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford
The Pantheon, Rome Dome , a vaulted roof of spherical or other curvature, covering a building or part of it, and forming a common feature in Byzantine and also in Renaissance architecture.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various
Guizot de Witt, was the last Reeve received from his old friend, who died at Val Richer on September 12th, in his 87th year.
— from Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Henry Reeve
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