[Major Sykes ( Geog. Journal , 1902, p. 130) heard of robbers, some five miles from Mináb, and he adds: "However, nothing happened, and after crossing the Gardan-i-Pichal, we camped at Birinti, which is situated just above the junction of Rudkhána Duzdi, or 'River of Theft,' and forms part of the district of Rudán, in Fars."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Note 425 ( return ) [ 'Journal of Researches during the Voyage of the "Beagle,"' 1845, p. 96.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Many of my words appear here transformed from other publications and I thank the Atlantic , the Independent , the Crisis , and the Journal of Race Development for letting me use them again.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

The essential element is not the matter of sensation (charm or emotion), which has only to do with enjoyment; this leaves behind nothing in the Idea, and it makes the spirit dull, the object gradually distasteful, and the mind, on account of its consciousness of a disposition that conflicts with purpose in the judgement of Reason, discontented with itself and peevish.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Justice, O royal Duke!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

By Charles Darwin, M.A., Fellow Of The Royal, Geological, Linnaean, Etc., Societies; Author Of 'Journal Of Researches During H.M.S. Beagle's Voyage Round The World.' From the First Edition LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

In another division of the market were exposed the skins of tigers, lions, jackals, otters, red deer, wild cats, and of other beasts of prey, some of which were tanned.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Noguchi said that all Japanese of rank, down to the lowest two-sworded man, got out of his way, because his followers were in the habit of extorting money on the pretext that the proper amount of respect had not been paid to the great man.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

“But these New Ladies didn’t have anyone to be jealous of, remember,” drawled Jeff.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Jews of Rousillon during the Spanish rule (fifteenth century) were governed by two syndics and a scribe, elected by the community.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

The first is that of the after-images distorted by projection on to oblique planes; the second relates to the instability of our judgments of relative distance and size by the eye, and includes especially what are known as pseudoscopic illusions.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

The unstable judgments of relative distance and size were also mentioned on pp.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

'Journals of Researches during a Voyage round the World,' 154 - 155 .
— from Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen by Clement King Shorter

Always—though not what is called a great orator—resolute, and sovereign in the use of words; words seemed as things when uttered by one who with a nod moved the troops of Henriot, and influenced the judgment of Rene Dumas, grim President of the Tribunal.
— from Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Title: The Boys of ’98 Author: James Otis Release Date: December 15, 2009
— from The Boys of '98 by James Otis

By Charles Darwin, M. A., Fellow of the Royal Geological, Linnæan, etc., Societies; Author of "Journal of Researches during H. M. S. Beagle's Voyage round the World."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

1768 Expulsion of the Jesuits ordered (R. Decree, 1768; Papal Brief, 1769).
— from The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule by Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

It occupied the site of the present annex of the Bank of France just off Rue des Petits-Champs, between Rues Marsollier and Dalayrac.
— from The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume 1 (of 2) by Benjamin Ellis Martin

But the Jews of Rome do not seem to have been like those of Thessalonica, Ephesus, Corinth, and Jerusalem in one respect.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 by George Thomas Stokes

This is the justification of rigid desk procedure.
— from Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Samuel Henry Prince