142 143-133 Numantine War 133 Destruction of Numantia (Scipio Africanus Minor) Roman Province in Spain (7) B Achaia made a Roman Province (8) Accius ( c. 170-90) 133 Attalus III bequeaths the Kingdom of Pergamum to Rome.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

——————————————————————————————————— A farther Discourse of New Spain: And some Account of Panuco and Xalisco.
— from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. by Bartolomé de las Casas

Scattered through all his works one finds magnificent descriptions of natural scenery, and exquisite lyrics of love and despair; but they are mixed with such a deal of bombast and rhetoric, together with much that is unwholesome, that the beginner will do well to confine himself to a small volume of well-chosen selections.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

They seemed to be screams of some person (or persons) in great agony—were loud and drawn out, not short and quick.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

This decree, aimed specially at the Dutch, the common carriers of Europe, was resented throughout the commercial world; but the benefit to England, in those days of national strife and animosity, was so apparent that it lasted long under the monarchy.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The Duke of Norfolk, spightfully and bold, Stays but the summons of the appelant's trumpet.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

As we saw in the beginning of this chapter, the whole body of magic naturally falls into several big divisions, each of them corresponding to a department of nature, such as wind or weather; to some activity of man, such as gardening, fishing, hunting or warfare; or to some real or imaginary force, such as artistic inspiration, witchcraft, personal charm or prowess.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Toward dark, or nearly so, an Arkansas regiment came in as reenforcements, but surrendered without any trouble.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

The doctrines, usually associated with the name of Darwin, of Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest, quite sufficiently explain, it is said, on mechanical principles the semblance of purpose with which nature mocks us.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease &c. (disease) 655; death blow &c. (killing) 361.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

That notwithstanding this, the said James Fraser uses all diligence and art to persuade the said lady that she is in the most desperate case imaginable, and that nothing will recover her but a medicine he has prepared, being a composition of pulvis pyrius , [310:1] along with a decoction of northern steel, and an infusion of southern aqua sacra or holy water.
— from Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Hill Burton

Mr. Caine goes on to say that in the city of Lucknow, with a population of some 300,000 inhabitants, there were in 1889 thirty distilleries of native spirits and 200 liquor-shops.
— from Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker

A couple of rugs from Liberty's replace the hideous and costly carpets which lasted their unfortunate possessors a lifetime; and, whereas in those distant days one never saw a flower on a dinner-table, now "it is roses, roses all the way,"
— from Seeing and Hearing by George William Erskine Russell

Above all, he has made known his determination of not seizing an inch of ground belonging to the clergy; which seizure of church property was the favourite idea of Paredes and the progresistas .
— from Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

Has not the juridical doctrine of National Socialism admitted that in domestic criminal law even the judge can and must supplement the law?
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

The outardes, the grey goose, white goose (large and small), swans, ducks of numerous species and varieties are of great value, and constitute the greater part of the people’s food in the spring and the autumn.
— from The Unexploited West A Compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada by Ernest J. Chambers

This discussion occupied nine sittings, and only ended when no one desired to speak any further.
— from Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson