Further particulars regarding Rusticiano.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

(2) The Rise of the Drama in England; the Miracle plays, Moralities, and Interludes; our first play, "Ralph Royster Doyster"; the first true English comedy, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," and the first tragedy, "Gorboduc"; the conflict between classic and native ideals in the English drama. (3) Shakespeare's Predecessors, Lyly, Kyd, Nash, Peele, Greene, Marlowe; the types of drama with which they experimented,--the Marlowesque, one-man type, or tragedy of passion, the popular Chronicle plays, the Domestic drama, the Court or Lylian comedy, Romantic comedy and tragedy, Classical plays, and the Melodrama.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Since the deduction of actions from principles requires reason, the will is nothing but practical reason.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

Man is endowed with the power of self-education; and if an individual sees, in the religion in which he is brought up, some inconsistency, which he, thinking it, as it may be, integral, for philosophical reasons rejects, and all religion with it, he may educate himself into speculative atheism.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

This year the temple of Mars, vowed in the Gallic war, was dedicated by Titus Quinctius, duumvir for performing religious rites.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

When they saw such discourses favourably listened to, they publish a new proposition; that instead of two commissioners for performing religious rites, ten should be appointed; so that one half should be elected out of the commons, the other half from the patricians; and they deferred the meeting [for the discussion] of all those propositions, till the coming of that army which was besieging Velitræ.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Dil, Wormwood, Arach, Chamomel, Calaminth, Chamepitis, Henbane, Hops, Hog’s Fennel, Parsley, Rosemary, Rue, Marjoram, Mother of Time.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

This manuscript, which I have examined at Leipzig, is written on foolscap paper, rather rough and yellow; it is written on both sides of the page, and in sheets or quires; here and there the paging shows that some pages have been omitted, and in their place are smaller sheets of thinner and whiter paper, all in Casanova’s handsome, unmistakable handwriting.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

-ê , no plur., m., midday (meridian) nox, noctis (-ium) , f., night (nocturnal) prîmus, -a, -um , first (prime) rês, reî , f., thing, matter (real); rês gestae , deeds, exploits (lit. things performed ); rês adversae , adversity ; rês secundae , prosperity spês, speî , f., hope LESSON XLIX, § 283 amîcitia, -ae , f., friendship (amicable) itaque , conj., and so, therefore, accordingly littera, -ae , f., a letter of the alphabet; plur., a letter, an epistle metus, metûs , m., fear nihil , indeclinable, n., nothing (nihilist) nûntius, nûntî , m., messenger .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

-ē , no plur., m., midday (meridian) nox, noctis (-ium) , f., night (nocturnal) prīmus, -a, -um , first (prime) rēs, reī , f., thing, matter (real); rēs gestae , deeds, exploits (lit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The following year the jury, presided over by Watelet, a justly forgotten painter, refused Rousseau's pictures, and from that time until 1849, when the overthrow of Louis Philippe had opened the Salon doors to all comers, no picture by Rousseau was exhibited at the Salon.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 by Various

—Kolombangara Island is a new locality for Pteropus rayneri rubianus ; heretofore this subspecies was known only from Rubiana and Narovo islands (Andersen, 1908:366; Sanborn, 1931:15).
— from Systematics of Megachiropteran Bats in the Solomon Islands by Carleton J. Phillips

And as a last contribution, a young French pianist, rising rapidly into fame both as a virtuoso and a composer, was writing specially a series of variations on the lovely theme of the "Heynal"--that traditional horn-song, played every hour in the ears of Cracow, from the tower of Panna Marya--of which Otto had spoken to Falloden.
— from Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

In the course of the conversation I remarked that I had seen some men fixing Potts' roof recently; and when I asked Potts if anything was the matter, he said, "My roof was shingled originally; but as it leaked, I had the shingles removed and a gravel-and-felt roof put on.
— from Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark

Instinct with life and vigor, lovers of sentiment, fighting, psychology, romance, realism, each will find it worth while.
— from Hugh Walpole: An Appreciation by Joseph Hergesheimer

When she recovered, her parents were more indulgent to her, and were gratified by finding her former passionate resistance replaced by sulky obedience.
— from The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw

“Well, with that animal out there I guess they’d be safe to put the family silver on the front piazza,” retorted Roy.
— from Captain Chub by Ralph Henry Barbour