1 Th. 5.5. 2 Th. 2.3; υἱὸς θεοῦ, κ.τ.λ., son of God in respect of divinity, Mat. 4.3, 6, 14.33.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

—— mortality, greatly increased ratio of during the distress of 1846-7, 326 .
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir

Not the discoverer's fame, not the gold-seeker's treasure led them forth through gray interminable reaches of desolation.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

He is the notary captain of the national guard, who dislikes to be taken for a notary, solicits the cross of the Legion of honor, keeps his cabriolet, and leaves the verification of his deeds to his clerks; he is the notary who goes to balls and theatres, buys pictures and plays at ecarte; he has coffers in which gold is received on deposit and is later returned in bank-bills,—a notary who follows his epoch, risks capital in doubtful investments, speculates with all he can lay his hands on, and expects to retire with an income of thirty thousand francs after ten years’ practice; in short, the notary whose cleverness comes of his duplicity, whom many men fear as an accomplice possessing their secrets, and who sees in his practice a means of ultimately marrying some blue-stockinged heiress.
— from The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac

Captain Burton, however, would not listen to my request, as he insisted they would only prove of more expense than profit to the expedition; but instead, he employed them himself, after I had gone, in repairing our damaged property, and in laying in supplies for our future journey home.
— from What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke

[Prov. 11:3] It is most deplorable that we should attempt with our reason to defend God's Word, whereas the Word of God is rather our defence against all our enemies, as St. Paul teaches us.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther

At the same time, we are inclined to think that the bestowment of real titles—titles which mean something, titles given in recognition of distinguished worth and eminent services, [Pg 129] titles not hereditary—will be one of the most cherished prerogatives of the enlightened states of the good time coming.
— from How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits Embracing an Exposition of the Principles of Good Manners; Useful Hints on the Care of the Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-culture, and Behavior at Home; the Etiquette of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, the Street, the Church, Places of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., with Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies by Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts) Wells

Not long after this departure, and immediately after the publication of my long article on Goldschmidt, I received one day, to my surprise, a letter of eight closely written pages from Björnstjerne Björnson, dated April 15th, 1869.
— from Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Brandes

This step threw the Irish members under Mr. Parnell and the Liberal Government into relations of definitive antagonism.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

As soon as our men were in position in St. Stephen's Green, I rode off down Leeson Street toward the Grand Canal to learn if the British soldiers were now leaving Beggar's Bush or the Portobello barracks.
— from Doing My Bit For Ireland by Margaret Skinnider

I do not know the exact nature of the apparent curves of suspension formed by a high and weighty waterfall; they are dependent on the gain in rapidity of descent by the central current, where its greater body is less arrested by the air; and I apprehend, are catenary in character, though not in cause.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 4 (of 5) by John Ruskin