The site of the Island Hormuz has often been visited and described; but I could find no published trace of any traveller having verified the site of the more ancient city, though the existence of its ruins was known to John de Barros, who says that a little fort called Cuxstac ( Kuhestek of P. della Valle, II.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

gramática f grammar; Latin. grana f cochineal, carmine; kermes, crimson. granado prominent; lo más—— the foremost people.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

But here the thought seems to be centred in Light as the manifestation of Being (of Kyndhede = relationships, correspondences of nature): of the Triune Divine Light which in Man is corresponding Reason, Faith, Charity: Charity keeping man, while here, in Faith and Hope; Charity leading him from and through and into the Eternal Divine Love.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

17 and capere , catch ); claudere , lock , from *clāvidere ( clāvis , key ); aetās , age , for áevitās ( 262 ); praecō , herald , for *práevicō ( 105, g ) prae-vocō ( 211 ); also with change of ou to ū ( 100 ), prūdēns , prudent , for *proudēns from providēns , foreseeing ; nūper , lately , from *noviper ; nūntius , messenger , from *noventius ( 333 ); iūcundus , joyful , from iuvicundus (Cic.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

heordrǣden f. custody, care, keeping, watch, ward , ÆL(y 1 ).
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

At Glasgow, twelve miles from Cave City, Ky., near the Mammoth Cave, there was a well, and a transportation trough was suggested by Mr. Geo.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 3, October 1899 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

I thought once more of my old friend, Charles Cameron Kingston, cabled to him explaining the position, and suggested that I should resign my appointment as Inspector of Warlike Stores, return to my dormant appointment as Commandant of South Australia, and on my arrival in Adelaide obtain permission to proceed to South Africa as a special service officer, if this could be arranged without my having to give up the Commandantship.
— from The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon

At Vevey a French Colonial officer, had established the "T.I.M." This appeared to be a purely commercial undertaking where unskilled labour made saleable goods, which comprised bags, wire rat-traps, wire for champagne corks, kitchen utensils, etc.
— from The British Interned in Switzerland by Henry Philip Picot

Falco communis , Coues , Key, 1872, 213, f. 141.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

competence (kom'pe-tens), property sufficient for comfort. complacency (kom-pla'sen-si), self-satisfaction.
— from Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

James McCutcheon Crosspoint Restigouche Bonaventure John Fraser Croton Camden Kent J. H. Johnston Crowland Crowland Welland Luther Boardman Croydon Camden, E. Addington John M. Williams Crysler Finch Stormont E. K. Johnstone Culloden Dereham Oxford, S. R. Mrs. M. McKenzie [5] Cumberland Cumberland Russell G. G. Dunning Cumminsville Nelson Halton Robert Thomson Cumnock Nichol Wellington, N. R. John Anderson Curran Plantagenet Prescott Daillebout Daillebout Joliette L. I. Déziel Dalesville Dalesville Argenteuil Peter McArthur Dalhousie Mills Dalhousie Mills Glengary William Chisholm Dalston Dalston Simcoe, N. R. H. A. Clifford Danforth Danforth York, E. R. Henry Hogarth Danville Danville Richmond J. W. Stockwell Darrell Darrell Kent Edward Hall Dartford Dartford Northumberl’d, E. R. William Bailey Davenport Davenport York, W. R. George S. Yearley Dawn Mills Dawn Mills Kent James Smith Daywood Daywood Grey A. S. Cameron Dealtown Dealtown Kent Isaac Russell De Cewsville De Cewsville Haldimand T. B. Dier Deerhurst Deerhurst Simcoe, S. R. Samuel Walker Delaware Delaware Middlesex, W. R. C. J. Ladd Delhi Delhi Norfolk
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1864 by Canada. Post Office Department

TABLE FOR COOKING CEREALS Kind Quantity Water Time Rolled Oats 1 c. 2 c. 20 min. Corn Meal 1 c. 3½ c. 2 hrs. Hominy (Fine) 1 c. 4 c. 1 hr.
— from The Business of Being a Housewife A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy by Jean Prescott Adams

Contemporaneous with 'Warbeck' and 'Demetrius', and broadly similar to them in that it was to deal with a political adventurer and to present an elaborate picture of intrigue in high life, is the plan of a play which was at first called 'Count Königsmark'.
— from The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

I—I am Grace Krowl, your niece who came from Camden Center, Kansas, to help you keep your store.
— from Whispers at Dawn; Or, The Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

He had been in the Barbary States demanding the release of Christian slaves, and getting at Algiers and Tripoli all he asked.[1] Hitherto, naval battles had been fought out at sea; Blake taught Europe that fleets could control kingdoms by dominating and devastating their seaboard.
— from The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time by Amelia E. Barr