337. --Doge of Venice.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

On the sixth day after the death of Valentinian, the infant prince of the same name, who was only four years old, was shown, in the arms of his mother, to the legions; and solemnly invested, by military acclamation, with the titles and ensigns of supreme power.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Moreover, there was in all these words of Thénardier, in his accent, in his gesture, in his glance which darted flames at every word, there was, in this explosion of an evil nature disclosing everything, in that mixture of braggadocio and abjectness, of pride and pettiness, of rage and folly, in that chaos of real griefs and false sentiments, in that immodesty of a malicious man tasting the voluptuous delights of violence, in that shameless nudity of a repulsive soul, in that conflagration of all sufferings combined with all hatreds, something which was as hideous as evil, and as heart-rending as the truth.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Since, when you shall have once proceeded so far by your wealth, as to a contempt and disregard of virtue, you will also forfeit the favor of God; and when you have made him your enemy, you will be beaten in war, and will have the land which you possess taken away again from you by your enemies, and this with great reproaches upon your conduct.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

But he says newes is come that De Ruyter is dead, or very near it, of a hurt in his mouth, upon the discharge of one of his own guns; which put him into a fever, and he likely to die, if not already dead.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

ADD A DASH OF VINEGAR AND SERVE.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Josephine Maximilienne Auguste, 106 Joubert, General, 34 , 35 , 42 , 43 , 219 , 220 Jouberthon, Madame (wife of Lucien), 266 Jourdan, Marshal, 11 , 20 , 25 , 42 , 57 , 191 , 217 Julian, Emperor, 185 Julien, Mlle., 153 326 Jung, Thomas (or Iung), 228 , 230 , 251 Junot (Duc d'Abrantès), 9 , 10 , 42 , 118 , 128 , 200 , 212 , 230 , 231 , 241 , 261 Kalkreuth, Count (Russian Field-Marshal), 79 Kaunitz, Prince, 71 Keith, Lord, 46 Kellerman, Marshal (Duke of Valmy), 19 , 57 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 209 , 210 , 214 , 217 Kellermann, General, 46 Kilmaine, General, 19 , 27 , 215 , 220 King.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

At the supper, a more familiar repast, buffoons and pantomimes are sometimes introduced, to divert, not to offend, the company, by their ridiculous wit: but female singers, and the soft, effeminate modes of music, are severely banished, and such martial tunes as animate the soul to deeds of valor are alone grateful to the ear of Theodoric.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[Footnote: A festal opera that Mozart had composed in 1775, in honor of the visit of the Archduke Maximilian Francis to Salzburg.] and the new "Non so d' onde viene."
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In this extremity he bethought himself of a certain lady-cousin, Miss Augusta Neuchamp, a damsel of very well-defined opinions and courageous propagandism, with whom he and Courtenay had been much at war―she having a full share of the family obstinacy of purpose.
— from A Colonial Reformer, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Rolf Boldrewood

During one viceroyalty of happy memory half a dozen clever and amusing men and women came together in Simla—it was a mere fortuitous occurrence, aided by a joyous ruler who hated being bored as none before or ever since have hated it—and the place has lived socially upon the reputation of that meteoric term ever since.
— from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeannette Duncan

After tedious delays and disappointments of various kinds,—one fine large boat having been assigned, partially furnished by the Commission, and then withdrawn,—an order was at length received, authorizing the Commission to take possession of any of the government transports, not in actual use, which might be at that time lying at Alexandria.
— from Hospital Transports A memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 by Frederick Law Olmsted

Some who escaped death by drowning died from the bitter cold as they floated downward on vessels or rafts.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian by Charles Morris

The volume seems to have been dedicated to Doña Francisca de Aragon, daughter of the third duke of Villahermosa (D. Fernando), who in 1590 (?) fled from a nunnery, and took refuge in Portugal.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

From that summer day our friendship continued, and during other visits to England I saw her frequently, driving about the country with her in her pony-chaise, and spending many happy hours in the new cottage which she afterwards occupied at Swallowfield.
— from Yesterdays with Authors by James Thomas Fields

"I suppose that all the railroad people and our ranch men have gathered around her, and she has dozens of volunteer advisers.
— from The Midnight Passenger : A Novel by Richard Savage

The symptoms of illness on the first day did not prevent the queen from going abroad; but, as she was still out of sorts at bedtime, she took a large dose of Venice treacle, a powerful diaphoretic which her former physician, the famous physiologist Dr Lower, had recommended her to take as often as she found herself inclined to a fever [861] .
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton