Those with a cross after them are words she asked for herself: DOLL, MUG, PIN, KEY, DOG, HAT, CUP, BOX, WATER, MILK, CANDY, EYE (X), FINGER (X), TOE (X), HEAD (X), CAKE, BABY, MOTHER, SIT, STAND, WALK.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

After that, as soon as the right men entered, Xenophon first questioned Seuthes as to what use he intended to make of the army, and he replied as follows: "Maesades was my father; his sway extended over the Melanditae, the Thynians, and the Tranipsae.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

CHAPTER III WASHINGTON (1850-1854) E XCEPT for politics, Mount Vernon Street had the merit of leaving the boy-mind supple, free to turn with the world, and if one learned next to nothing, the little one did learn needed not to be unlearned.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The two chief caziques to whom our messengers addressed themselves were Maxixcatzin and the elder Xicotencatl, father of the captain-general of the same name, who was commonly termed the younger.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

C H A P. XXXVII W HICH shews, let your reverences and worships say what you will of it (for as for thinking ——all who do think—think pretty much alike both upon it and other matters)——Love is certainly, at least alphabetically speaking, one of the most A gitating B ewitching C onfounded D evilish affairs of life——the most E xtravagant F utilitous G alligaskinish H andy-dandyish
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

affected by the highest pleasure, such pleasure being accompanied by the idea of himself and his own virtue; thus (Def. of the Emotions, xxv.), from this kind of knowledge arises the highest possible acquiescence.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

All the existing [xviii] families, indeed, have attained their present settlements subsequently to the Muhammadan invasions, except Mewar, Jaisalmer, and some smaller principalities in the desert; whilst others of the first magnitude, such as the Pramara and Solanki, who ruled at Dhar and Anhilwara, have for centuries ceased to exist.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Which shews, let your reverences and worships say what you will of it (for as for thinking—all who do think—think pretty much alike both upon it and other matters)—Love is certainly, at least alphabetically speaking, one of the most A gitating B ewitching C onfounded D evilish affairs of life—the most E xtravagant F utilitous G alligaskinish H andy-dandyish I racundulous (there is no K to it) and L yrical of all human passions: at the same time, the most M isgiving N innyhammering O bstipating P ragmatical S tridulous R idiculous —though by the bye the R should have gone first—But in short 'tis of such a nature, as my father once told my uncle Toby upon the close of a long dissertation upon the subject—'You can scarce,' said he, 'combine two ideas together upon it, brother Toby, without an hypallage'—What's that?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The clerk of the market, taking the droll nature of the purchase into consideration, graciously excused Xantus from paying the usual fee.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

The "Pearl of the East" XXVII Footprints of Paul XXVIII Discontented Pilgrims XXIX Damascus, the Garden Beautiful XXX Where Pilgrims Gather In XXXI The Holy City XXXII The Holy Sepulchre XXXIII Two Holy Mountains XXXIV
— from The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine

In attempting to fill up this gap in our philosophic and scientific literature, Sir David Brewster has not only sought out, from resources hitherto unknown, every xix fresh and novel particular regarding his life, but has given the most lucid explanation of Newton’s great discoveries—and has endeavoured to render these intelligible to all classes of readers.
— from Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by David Brewster

Exercise X. —(For hips and abdomen.)
— from Daily Training by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

CHAPTER XIII Which shows, let your reverences and worships say what you will of it (for as for thinking ——all who do think—think pretty much alike both upon it and other matters)——Love is certainly, at least alphabetically speaking, one of the most A gitating B ewitching C onfounded D evilish affairs of life—the most E xtravagant F utilitous G alligaskinish H andy-dandyish I racundulous (there is no K to it) and L yrical of all human passions: at the same time, the most M isgiving N innyhammering O bstipating P ragmatical S tridulous R idiculous—though by the bye the R should have gone 405 first—But in short ’tis of such a nature, as my father once told my uncle Toby upon the close of a long dissertation upon the subject——“You can scarce,” said he, “combine two ideas together upon it, brother Toby , without an hypallage”——What’s that?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

I MAINLY ABOUT FENN II AN EVENING AT KAY'S III THE FINAL HOUSE-MATCH IV HARMONY AND DISCORD V CAMP VI THE RAID ON THE GUARD-TENT VII A CLUE VIII A NIGHT ADVENTURE—THE DETHRONEMENT OF FENN IX THE SENSATIONS OF AN EXILE X FURTHER EXPERIENCES OF AN EXILE XI THE SENIOR DAYROOM OPENS FIRE XII KENNEDY INTERVIEWS WALTON XIII
— from The Head of Kay's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

What we have said about the dances applies with equal xxxiv force to the songs and music.
— from The Iowa by Foster, Thomas, of Washington, D.C.

A QUARTERLY BILL OF MORTALITY, Beginning XXX and ending XXX for the City of DUBLIN
— from Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic by Petty, William, Sir