n their life's blood, the latter upon their properties; 69 the union or discord 70 of these governors was equally fatal to those whom they ruled, while the officers of the one, and the centurions of the other, joined in oppressing them by all kinds of violence and contumely; so that nothing was exempted from their avarice, nothing from their lust.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

To sum up, certain kinds of verbal associate, certain grammatical expectations fulfilled, stand for a good part of our impression that a sentence has a meaning and is dominated by the Unity of one Thought.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

All kinds of vines and creepers are good for basket-work, and almost any sort of stakes will answer, but “The Goat” must see that neither poison-sumac nor poison-ivy is used.
— from New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades by Daniel Carter Beard

That some swans have a kind of voice, and can change a note or two, no one who has met with a flock or two of “hoopers,” or wild swans, can deny.
— from Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton

They have not only maintained their conquest of the whole principality of Catalonia, but they have gained the kingdom of Valencia, and carried their arms as far as Alicant; at the same time they blockaded Roses, though the two places were above four hundred miles one from the other."
— from Historical Record of the First, or the Royal Regiment of Dragoons Containing an Account of Its Formation in the Reign of King Charles the Second, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1839 by Richard Cannon

Pedro was to succeed his father as King of Aragon, King of Valencia, and Count of Barcelona.
— from The Story of Majorca and Minorca by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

And in all the time to come two only offered in this manner, to wit, Cornelius Cossus that slew Lars Tolumnius, king of Veii, and Claudius Marcellus that slew Britomarus, king of the Gauls.
— from Stories From Livy by Alfred John Church

And dwellings filled with diverse kinds of viands, and commanding everything desirable,—and mansions for the lower orders of the citizens, exceedingly beautiful to behold.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki

If those persons you have named, said Miss Glanville, were murderers, and made a practice of killing people, I hope my brother will be too wise to follow their examples: a strange kind of virtue and courage indeed, to take away the lives of one's fellow-creatures!
— from The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2 by Charlotte Lennox

Cut up a knuckle of veal and cover it with 2 quarts of cold water, bring it slowly to boiling point and simmer slowly for 2 hours.
— from 365 Luncheon Dishes: A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year by Anonymous