Of a decent man in Zenith it was required that he should belong to one, preferably two or three, of the innumerous “lodges” and prosperity-boosting lunch-clubs; to the Rotarians, the Kiwanis, or the Boosters; to the Oddfellows, Moose, Masons, Red Men, Woodmen, Owls, Eagles, Maccabees, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus, and other secret orders characterized by a high degree of heartiness, sound morals, and reverence for the Constitution.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

i. p. 263, as meaning a deer in the Camphor Language ( bhasa kapor or pantang kapor ) of Johor, and this word was afterwards confirmed by Mr. D. F. A. Hervey.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Here in the matter Which never sleeps, King of phenomena, King of all forms, Thou, Satan, livest!
— from Poems of Giosuè Carducci, Translated with two introductory essays: I. Giosuè Carducci and the Hellenic reaction in Italy. II. Carducci and the classic realism by Giosuè Carducci

Toasts upon the occasion. ' King of Prussia ,' ' King of Great Britain ,' ' The Berlin Union ,' ' Confusion to the Bavarian Project ,' ' The Wooden Walls of Old England ,' ' The Illustrious House of Brunswick and Wolfenbuttel ,' ' Destruction to the French Interest in Holland, and prosperity to the House of Orange ,' '
— from Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1 by Joseph Grego

—The odors of some flowers are so delicate and volatile, that the heat required in the previously named processes would greatly modify, if not entirely spoil them; this process is, therefore, conducted cold, thus:—Square frames, about three inches deep, with a glass bottom, say two feet wide and three feet long, are procured; over the glass a layer of fat is spread, about half an inch thick, with a kind of plaster knife or spatula; into this the flower buds are stuck, cup downwards, and ranged completely over it, and there left from twelve to seventy-two hours.
— from The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc. by G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus) Piesse

I Clothair I K. of Paris K. of Soissons, Orleans, Metz, d. 558 and finally of Paris d.
— from A Book of the Pyrenees by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Which done, from the order and proportion of these lines you shall draw your single knots or plaine knots of the least curiositie, as may appeare by this figure, being one quarter of the whole Knot: euer proportioning your Trayles and windings according to the lines there discribed, which will kéepe your worke in iust proportion.
— from The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments by Gervase Markham

I first heard of Mokrievitch in May, 1881, a few days after his arrival in Geneva, and through the kindness of Prince Krapotkine obtained (and communicated to a London newspaper) a brief sketch of his fellow-exile's adventures; but for certain reasons, that exist no longer, it was not considered expedient to publish the full and complete account which the reader will find in the following pages.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

Knights of the Bath were knights of peace, knights of compliment and courtesy.
— from The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Mills