Which did Gibbon suppose could compete with it, Ravenna or Naples; the next page he calls it the second.—M.] Note 101 ( return )
— 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

The explanation of how a man may not own $250 worth of property and yet pay $15 taxes is that under the old Spanish system, which we partially adopted, a man might pay such cedula or poll-tax as he preferred, according to a graduated scale, certain civic rights being accorded to those voluntarily paying the higher poll-tax which were denied to those paying less.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Gyde , sb. clothing, C3, MD; gide , MD, JD.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Self-love is a principle in human nature of such extensive energy, and the interest of each individual is, in general, so closely connected with that of the community, that those philosophers were excusable, who fancied that all our concern for the public might be resolved into a concern for our own happiness and preservation.
— from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume

Well, step by step, with agile feet, Our ramblers, with a proper sense Of what was due to ancestry, Refused to yield; for one Goat, she Could claim that Polyphemus laid Her sire at Galatea's feet; The other, just as boldly, said [Pg 732] Her dam was Amalthæa sweet— The goat who gave her milk to Jove, Who rules below, and reigns above.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

A German recipe of the 13th century (in “Ein Buch von guter Spise”) calls C.A. “Blamansier,” plainly a corruption of the French.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Yet the little man takes the great hoax so innocently, works in it so headlong and believing, is born red, and dies gray, arranging his toilet, attending on his own health, laying traps for sweet food and strong wine, setting his heart on a horse or a rifle, made happy with a little gossip or a little praise, that the great soul cannot choose but laugh at such earnest nonsense.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Before her the grey sea crawled, coming, now, steadily shoreward.
— from The Beach of Dreams: A Romance by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

A German sub could crash-dive very quickly when sighted and the minute or two taken to look more closely or to ask questions might result in its escape.
— from March Anson and Scoot Bailey of the U.S. Navy by Marshall McClintock

We are now in the height of our winter amusements; balls, great suppers, comedies, &c.; and, except St. Stephen's, I certainly lead a more gay and dissipated life here, among the Alps, (by the bye, a most extraordinary mild winter,) than in the midst of London.
— from Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) by Edward Gibbon