I quaintly termed the domination of the Baron Ritzner von Jung, ever rightly entered into the mystery which overshadowed his character.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The existence of no individual of the human race that was real and positive was ever by a like conflict of jarring evidence rendered equivocal and uncertain.
— from The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. (Richard Brodhead) Westbrook

I was made a Freemason at Warrington in Lancashire, with Colonel Henry Wainwaring of Kartichain in Cheshire ; the names of those that were there at the Lodge, Mr. Richard Panket Warden , Mr. James Collier , Mr. Richard Sankey , Henry Littler , John Ellam , Richard Ellam and Hugh Brewer .
— from The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton

Gift of John E. Reynolds, Ellicott's great-grandson, of Meadville, Pa., in 1932.
— from Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Silvio A. Bedini

"My dear Jack, England relies entirely upon you," he exclaimed.
— from Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux

" In the social order, therefore, Bonaparte rigidly maintained the abolition of privilege, of serfdom and feudalism, and sought to guarantee to all Frenchmen equal justice, equal rights, equal opportunity of advancement.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

[ Ut suprà , p. 257.] Quomodo, juxta Matthæum, vespere Sabbati, Maria Magdalene vidit Dominum resurgentem; et Joannes Evangelista refert eam mane una sabbati juxta sepulcrum fiere?
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

JOHNSON, EMORY R., ESTATE OF.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office