The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls.
— 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
13 The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls.
— 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
But if it is a phenomenon in space, it has a place not merely in the understanding (among conceptions), but also in sensuous external intuition (in space), and in this case, the physical locale is a matter of indifference in regard to the internal determinations of things, and one place, B, may contain a thing which is perfectly similar and equal to another in a place, A, just as well as if the two things were in every respect different from each other.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Hence Arachosia, Arachotus, Aracynthus, Arambis, Aramatha (Ar-Ham-aith), Archile, Arzilla, Arthedon: all which were cities, or else regions denominated from them.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant
As each Representative descended from the vehicle he was conducted into the rotunda where the registry office was situated.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
" Gregorius said but little; but thought that Erling rather dissuaded from an attack that Gregorius's advice should have no effect, than that he had any better advice to give.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
Laws 7. 795 E]; really designed for the improvement of the soul, 3. 410 ; like music, should be continued throughout life, ib.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato
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— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein
Also, it has been designed to be compatible with electronic reading devices for the blind.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
Of the first, many fabulous tales are told to account for its being found in particular spots each summer after the winter floods, and miraculous agency was asserted, while the early beachcombers of the Hokitika district found an equally ridiculous derivation for their gold, which was always more plentiful after heavy weather.
— from Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Francis) Johnson
With all their errors and blemishes and interpolations taken at the worst, after every reasonable deduction for defects in matter, taste, and style, the writings which are ascribed to the Apostolic Fathers are too venerable for their antiquity, too often quoted with reverence and affection by some who have been the brightest ornaments of the Christian Church, and possess too copious a store of genuine evangelical truth, sound principle, primitive simplicity, and pious sentiment, to be passed over with neglect by any Catholic Christian.
— from Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler
Dr. Asbury knew comparatively little of the young men who visited so constantly at his house, but of the two under discussion he chanced to know that they were by no means models of sobriety, having met them late one night as they supported each other's tottering forms homeward, after a card and wine party, which ended rather disastrously for both.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
It was at St. Jean de Luz that Francis I., enthusiastically welcomed by the people after his deliverance from captivity in Spain, joyfully exclaimed: “ Je suis encore roi de France —I am still King of France!”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various
But although appalled and checked for a brief space by the suddenness of the assault, and the masses of rock which the enemy rolled down from the precipices, Bruce, at the head of his division, pressed up the side of the mountain.
— from Chronicles of the Canongate, 1st Series by Walter Scott
It has been well observed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania behind me (Mr. J. Clay ), that the situation of this nation in 1793 was in every respect different from that in which it finds itself in 1806.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress
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