] Note 85 ( return ) [ {kat' ouden einai lamprotetos}: Stein reads {kai} for {kat'}, thus making the whole chapter parenthetical, with {ou gar elegon} answered by {parameipsamenos on}, a conjecture which is ingenious but not quite convincing.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

La lingvo estas almenaŭ treege malfacila, kaj post kiam oni estas longe studinta ĝin, oni tamen estas nur duone lerninta ĝin.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

[81] There is no trace of this being recognised in England: Henry V. was the lawful king of England, lawful successor of his great-grandfather, and might reasonably urge his great-grandfather's pretensions.
— from Battles of English History by H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

The King of England, Lord Sandwich, Cook, and Clerke were mentioned in every one of them.”
— from Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston

She was perplexed sometimes by her worldliness; that, somehow, was not a part of the higher life which every one in such a house as theirs must wish above all things to lead; and it was not involved in the reign of justice, which they were all trying to bring about, that such a strict account should be kept of every little snub.
— from The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by Henry James

Shall the kings of earth lie sleeping and the war-dukes wander in sloth Through the last of the winter twilight?
— from A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris

Followed it so stoutly and was such good company on the long road that whether it was high holiday at Cranbrook Circus with Maggie Coalbran , or a fight for the hopeless cause of the Southern States in shell-torn Vicksburg, or only the keeping of eternal lazy summer with the peons of Yucatan, I was altogether content to go humbly forward with him, convinced that, as it was written, so and no otherwise should it be.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various

And we hope that in doing your education on us and on our children (whom English, call inhabitants of benighted land) you will do your best endeavor for knowledge of English language, science, and literature, and not for conversion to Christianity; as the followers of Buddha are mostly aware of the powerfulness of truth and virtue, as well as the followers of Christ, and are desirous to have facility of English language and literature, more than new religions.
— from The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens

In the diagram the ordinates of the curves show the ratio maximum demand to connected load for various kinds of electric lighting service in Chicago.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 08 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins