Thus the relations which we denote by the terms, great, small, strong, weak, swift, slow, fearful, bold, and the like, almost insensibly compared at need, must have at length produced in him a kind of reflection, or rather a mechanical prudence, which would indicate to him the precautions most necessary to his security.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

646 412 Sphinx has no more than two kinds of riddles, one relating to the nature of things, the other to the nature of man; and correspondent to these, the prizes of the solution are two kinds of empire,—the empire over nature, and the empire over man.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

It means literally king of righteousness or religion.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

Again Melchizedek is evidently a title, not a name—the word means King of Righteousness, or Righteous King.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods

II Hibiscus blooms surprise The swamp with rosy eyes; The Balearic girl but knows Our rose, our rose!
— from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 5 (of 5) Poems of meditation and of forest and field by Madison Julius Cawein

At any rate a sentiment has for some time been gaining force that the inter-American policy of the United States calls for some kind of revision or re-statement; and the solution is sought in "Pan-Americanism."
— from South America and the War by F. A. (Frederick Alexander) Kirkpatrick

Belts of wampum , a kind of rudely ornamented ribbons or girdles, are universally prized among the North American Indians, of which frequent mention will occur in the sequel of this work.--E.] Very early on the 5th of May, a great number of the people came back to speak with their lord, on which occasion they sent a boat, called casnoni in their language, loaded with maize, venison, fish, and other articles of provision after their fashion, and lest any of their men might be detained, this boat was navigated by four women, who were well treated at our ships.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Bertie Eldridge was a careless, light-hearted soul—one of the men who run all kind of risks of ruin, and whom other people suffer for, but who always come out safe at the end.
— from Ombra by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

This indicates the existence at that time of different kinds of roofs, or ridges.
— from Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse