↑ 2 I am indebted to the excellent Yusuf, dragoman of the British Consulate at Erzerum and my friend from childhood, for a copy and translation of this inscription: “In the name of God, the merciful and most compassionate, this is the tomb of the great emir, Melik-ul-Umara, Karanlai Agha, who was taken from this place of corruption to the place of mercy and immortality, a Moslem, believer in one God, on the 5th day of Ramazan in the year 689.”
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch

(A grave disadvantage of radiators is that you cannot throw odds and ends into them.)
— from The Old Adam: A Story of Adventure by Arnold Bennett

Dr. Hutton, in conjunction with several able officers of the artillery and other gentlemen, made an extensive course of experiments at Woolwich, at the expense of the British government, by the direction of the then master-general of the ordnance, (the late duke of Richmond,) in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785, which demonstrated the following facts: 1.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

My opinions will be frankly expressed upon the leading subjects of legislation; and if--which I do not anticipate--any act should pass the two Houses of Congress which should appear to me unconstitutional, or an encroachment on the just powers of other departments, or with provisions hastily adopted and likely to produce consequences injurious and unforeseen, I should not shrink from the duty of returning it to you, with my reasons, for your further consideration.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Bromelia ,) that our gardens were first supplied, through Sir Matthew Decker, of Richmond, in the year 1719; though, as a botanic plant, it had been introduced so far back as 1690, by Mr. Bentick, afterwards Earl of Portsmouth.
— from The different modes of cultivating the pine-apple From its first introduction into Europe to the late improvements of T.A. Knight, esq. by J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon

The mean number of days of rain in the year, that is of days on which at least 0.01 inch fell, for the thirty years 1870-99, was 167.
— from Hertfordshire by Herbert W. (Herbert Winckworth) Tompkins

When Schleiermacher published his famous 'Discourses on Religion', in the year 1799, he addressed them 'to the cultivated among its despisers',—which was only his phrase for what we should call the general public.
— from The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

I thought I did; or, rather, I thought you must know.
— from Victory: An Island Tale by Joseph Conrad