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— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
We cannot now dwell upon the wonderful details of the vast and complicated system, differing so much in various countries.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis
The conscious quality of this passion differs so much in various races and individuals, and at various points in the same life, that no account of it will ever satisfy everybody.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
It was not long after its beginning that nearly every shop on the Piazza di San Marco in Venice was a caffè [41] .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Cafés of the French school are to be found along the Corso in Rome, the Toledo in Naples, in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuel and the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and in the arcades surrounding the Piazza de San Marco in Venice, where Florian's still flourishes.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Nothing fell in with the custom of gaudiness and display so much in vogue, so that he naturally felt full of delight; and, when he forthwith asked that the gate should be thrown open, all that met their eyes was a long stretch of verdant hills, which shut in the view in front of them.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao
"Well, we are none of us going to die," said Mrs. Irving vigorously, as she threw aside her coat and hat.
— from The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge; or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls by Laura Lee Hope
These things did sink me into very deep despair; for I concluded, that such things could not possibly be found amongst them that loved God.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan
Certamen sublime diu, sed moribus impar virtutum scelerumque fuit.
— from Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus
The situations are also “taken from stock,” facial resemblances, disguised strangers, mistaken identities, veiled women and so forth.
— from The Grandeur That Was Rome by J. C. (John Clarke) Stobart
Carrara's "La Dalmazia descritta"; Chiudina's "Le Castella di Spalato"; Fabianich's "La Dalmazia nè primi cinque secoli del Cristianesimo"; Fosco's "La Cathedrale di Sebenico"; Franceschi's "L'Istria"; Gelcich's "Memorie storiche delle Bocche di Cattaro" and "Dello Sviluppo civile di Ragusa"; Lago's "Memorie sulla Dalmazia"; Lucio's "History of Dalmatia and Traù"; Ludwig and Molmenti's "Vittore Carpaccio"; Mantegazza's "L'Altra Sponda"; Modrich's "La Dalmazia"; Pasini's "Il Tesoro di S. Marco in Venezia"; Cav.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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