Much depends on the relative emphasis laid on this or that feature or point of view.
— from Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

The final destruction of the Roman empire left the nations of Europe in circumstances similar to each other; and their consequent rivalship prevented any disproportionate refinement from appearing in any particular region.
— from The Columbiad: A Poem by Joel Barlow

John Simpson, Musical Instrument Maker, At the Bass Viol and Flute, In Sweeting's Alley, Opposite the East door of the Royal Exchange, London.
— from The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart

It enclosed two ten dollar notes and a five, and was conceived in the following words: "This is to inform Miss Laura, eldest daughter of the Reverend Edward Lovel, of Rosebrook, Massachusetts, that an unknown friend of hers, whose name it will be impossible for her to guess (and therefore to make the attempt will doubtless be entire loss of time, and time is always precious), having accidentally heard (though by what means is a profound secret) that she, at this present time, is in some little difficulty for want of a small sum of money, he, therefore, this unknown friend, offers to her acceptance the before-mentioned sum, hoping that she will find nothing disgusting in his using so great a liberty."
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

'One of the gravest defects of the Roman Empire lay in the fact that its system left little scope for individual aims, and tended to check the energy of capitalists and labourers alike.
— from An Essay on Mediæval Economic Teaching by George Augustine Thomas O'Brien

The present diocese, of which the see of Lyon is the head, comprehends the Department of the Rhône et Loire.
— from The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

The disappointment of the Roman ecclesiastics led them so far as to anticipate a complete apostacy on the part of Charles.
— from History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III by James Anthony Froude

Was he a descendant of the Rev. Edmund Lodge, the predecessor of Dawes in the Mastership of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School at Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
— from Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

An interesting and hopeful phase of present development is the election to directorates of trained railway executives like L. F. Loree and H. I. Miller.
— from Letters from an Old Railway Official. Second Series: [To] His Son, a General Manager by Charles De Lano Hine