But we are not to look for exact correspondences, when we see Polo applying round figures in European coinage to Chinese currency.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

to which place I expected a find a canoe, we proceeded on and found a Small Canoe at the place I expected, calculated to Carry 3 men, we crossed and from the top of a ridge in the Prarie we Saw a large gange of Elk feeding about 2 miles below on our direction.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

] Note 4 ( return ) [ Corpus crebris partubus exhaustum: from one of these is issued, in the tenth degree, the abbé de Sade, the fond and grateful biographer of Petrarch; and this domestic motive most probably suggested the idea of his work, and urged him to inquire into every circumstance that could affect the history and character of his grandmother, (see particularly tom. i. p. 122—133, notes, p. 7—58, tom. ii.
— 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

In each ceremony there comes first the sprinkling of the animal with holy
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

In either case there can be little doubt that these are the ruins of Colossæ.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

"Ah! it's you, is it, Englishman?" cried the colonel; "it's you who are going to play a spade!" "And who plays it," replied Phileas Fogg coolly, throwing down the ten of spades.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

] Note 4 ( return ) [ Corpus crebris partubus exhaustum: from one of these is issued, in the tenth degree, the abbé de Sade, the fond and grateful biographer of Petrarch; and this domestic motive most probably suggested the idea of his work, and urged him to inquire into every circumstance that could affect the history and character of his grandmother, (see particularly tom. i. p. 122—133, Notes,
— 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

I see that parents commonly, and with indiscretion enough, correct their children for little innocent faults, and torment them for wanton tricks, that have neither impression nor consequence; whereas, in my opinion, lying only, and, which is of something a lower form, obstinacy, are the faults which are to be severely whipped out of them, both in their infancy and in their progress, otherwise they grow up and increase with them; and after a tongue has once got the knack of lying, ‘tis not to be imagined how impossible it is to reclaim it
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Nor does this proceed from the conversation of men, or the agreement of philosophers; it is not an opinion established by institutions or by laws; but, no doubt, in every case the consent of all nations is to be looked on as a law of nature.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

In either case the cranial base, as well as the vertex, will be liable to fracture.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

Therefore, though in every case the cure may be hastened by treatment applied directly to the endometrium, yet causative or complicating conditions must always also be treated if we wish the cure to be lasting.
— from A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles B. (Charles Bingham) Penrose

It may be further pointed out that in each case the current enters (or leaves, as the case may be) the lever at its middle point.
— from Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone A Biographical Sketch by Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips) Thompson

As soon as she was set free Ellen brought her Bible, sat down close beside her, and read chapter after chapter; rewarded even then by seeing that, though her grandmother said nothing, she was listening with fixed attention, bending down over her knitting as if in earnest care to catch every word.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

Other passengers were referred to who have not been mentioned, and in each case the colonel was able to tell precisely where their money was kept.
— from Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

To appreciate the gulf that existed between the ideal and the fact, we have only to contrast such a scheme as that set forth in the "Republic" of Plato with the following description by Thucydides of the state of Greece during the Peloponnesian war: "Not long afterwards the whole Hellenic world was in commotion; in every city the chiefs of the democracy and of the oligarchy were struggling, the one to bring in the Athenians, the other the Lacedaemonians.
— from The Greek View of Life by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson

In every country they conquered the Aryans lived in large patriarchal households.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

In each case the culprit was a Kaffir, and the deed was promptly avenged by the British Army.
— from The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct by Arthur Conan Doyle

I don’t see why I ever consented to come here.”
— from The Buried Treasure; Or, Old Jordan's "Haunt" by Harry Castlemon

In either case they could merely wait, and learn.
— from Keith of the Border: A Tale of the Plains by Randall Parrish

They are all classed by chemists under one name, “keratin,” or horny tissue, and their ultimate analysis shows that in elementary composition they closely resemble the albumins.
— from The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter