According to the genealogy in Genesis, Gomer is the eldest son of Japhet.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Max Duncker
They saw globular aggregations of matter, the suns and their planets, comprising solar systems; saw solar systems, in accordance with those immutable laws, grouped into galaxies, galaxies in turn—here the flow was suddenly shut off as though a valve had been closed, and the astronomer spoke.
— from Skylark Three by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
Not that there is much need for experiment in a country which can grow its grapes gloriously in the open air, the vines not asking for the help of glass.
— from The Khedive's Country by George Manville Fenn
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