Attempts had been made to introduce some amelioration into warfare again and again, either by forbidding hostilities at certain times, as was the object of the "truces of God," repeatedly enforced by ecclesiastical authority, or by establishing between the combatants themselves courtesies which are at once the chief grace and glory of chivalry; but, to judge by the result as offered, even so late as the eighteenth century, those attempts must be regarded as having proved altogether abortive.
— from History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

Public attention was distracted from the war in America by the Polish question, which for a time, particularly during the months of March and April, 1863, disturbed the good relations existing between England and France since the Emperor seemed bent on going beyond British "meddling," even to pursuing a policy that easily might lead to war with Russia.
— from Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams

( Groseilles rouges et blanches en Grappes. )
— from The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, 2nd ed. A work published by the order of the French minister of the interior, on the report of the Board of arts and manufactures by Nicolas Appert

The Geneva counter recorded about 25% of the total gamma rays emitted by each subject.
— from Whole Body Counters by F. W. (Frederick W.) Lengemann

But it was the mantle of these last two that he felt he was destined to wear, the glittering pinnacles of the great Roman Empire being ever before his romantic ambition.
— from The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele