Only forty-nine Shlokas out of several hundred are here given, and not every verse is translated verbatim, a periphrasis being sometimes used for the sake of clearness and intelligibility, where a literal translation would be quite unintelligible.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

There seem to have been rose windows round the principal apse at a lower level than the other clerestory windows; but only one of these is visible on either side, owing to the reredos: and I found it impossible to get any near exterior view of the east end, owing to the way in which it is built against by houses.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Without a doubt it is a mediæval monument which stands supreme in its class, though its grandeur comes not so much from mere magnitude as it does from the general disposition of its plan, and the wonderful blending of the transition elements which, after all is said and done, in Germany, are not elsewhere very pronounced.
— from The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

The inscription denotes that the figure represents a German abbot, named Egidius Varnsprach; the date is 1312.
— from Seven Centuries of Lace by Maria Margaret Pollen