(1285-1314) respectively as 63 grains and 61-1/2 grains of remarkably pure silver.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

In half an hour we came upon a group of ragged poor creatures who had assembled to mend the thing which was regarded as a road.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

The good effect which follows, namely, our endeavour to free the object of our pity from misery, is an action which we desire to do solely at the dictation of reason (IV. xxxvii.); only at the dictation of reason are we able to perform any action, which we know for certain to be good (IV. xxvii.); thus, in a man who lives under the guidance of reason, pity in itself is useless and bad.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

And for a crest, a hand issuing from a cloud and reaching down a garland of roses proper, supported by two mermaids aryseing from the sea proper.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

In such a case a Utilitarian has to weigh this indirect evil against the direct good of removing pain and distress: and it is now more and more generally recognised that the question of providing for the destitute has to be treated as a utilitarian problem of which these are the elements,—whether we are considering the minimum that should be secured to them by law, or the proper supplementary action of private charity.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Footnote 11: (return) Origin and Growth of Religion, p. 29.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

In one corner stood a huge bag of wool, ready to be spun; in another, a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the walls, mingled with the gaud of red peppers; and a door left ajar gave him a peep into the best parlor, where the claw-footed chairs and dark mahogany tables shone like mirrors; andirons, with their accompanying shovel and tongs, glistened from their covert of asparagus tops; mock-oranges and conch-shells decorated the mantelpiece; strings of various-colored birds eggs were suspended above it; a great ostrich egg was hung from the centre of the room, and a corner cupboard, knowingly left open, displayed immense treasures of old silver and well-mended china.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Totila led his army to the gates of Rome, pitched his camp at Tibur, or Tivoli, within twenty miles of the capital, and calmly exhorted the senate and people to compare the tyranny of the Greeks with the blessings of the Gothic reign.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

As Miss Bart reached the avenue, however, she saw a smart phaeton with a high-stepping pair disappear behind the shrubbery in the direction of the gate; and on the doorstep stood Mrs. Gormer, with a glow of retrospective pleasure on her open countenance.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

He is also a guardian of roads, protecting cattle and guiding them with his goad.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Very well; then we’ll drive to my tailor’s—you want a new gang of rigging put over your mast-head badly, my boy, and then we’ll go home and you shall rest a bit.
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.
— from Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume 1 (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Anne, Lady

Stem and leaves glabrous (or rarely pubescent) (1-6 dm.
— from The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry A. (Henry Allan) Gleason

87, is used for grinding off rough parts of iron or brass castings and for smoothing up rough surfaces.
— from Inventing for Boys by A. Frederick (Archie Frederick) Collins

She rode 'Jolly well,' too, so that it had been all the more flattering that she had let him lead her where he would in the long gallops of Richmond Park, though she knew them so much better than he did.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery by John Galsworthy

Sleswig is represented as a port of considerable trade and consequence; from it sailed ships to Slavonia, Semland, and Greece, or rather, perhaps, Russia.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson

The sun of prosperity scorched the green growth of religious profession that had suddenly overspread his outward life.
— from The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

The forests are sparse and there are few fine trees, these being confined to the verge of the 380 abyss, and being generally of recent planting.
— from America, Volume 4 (of 6) by Joel Cook