He wore the uniform of the national guard, like Charles X., and the ribbon of the Legion of Honor, like Napoleon.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The rights of husbands and fathers at Rome and Athens are discussed with much learning by Dr. Taylor, (Lectiones Lysiacae, c. xi.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
The prospect of such an occupation made every other circumstance of existence pass before me like a dream; and that thought only had to me the reality of life. CHAPTER XVIII.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Vandalism Prohibited—Angry Pilgrims—Approaching Holy Land!—The “Shrill Note of Preparation”—Distress About Dragomans and Transportation—The “Long Route” Adopted—In Syria—Something about Beirout—A Choice Specimen of a Greek “Ferguson”—Outfits—Hideous Horseflesh—Pilgrim “Style”—What of Aladdin’s Lamp? CHAPTER XLII.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
Apprenticeship Life CHAPTER XXI.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
A GARDENER IN PARIS CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MUNICIPAL POLICE BOOK SIXTH.—JAVERT CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP BOOK SEVENTH.—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL CHAPTER IV—
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
("Gastibelza, l'homme à la carabine.") {XXII., March, 1837.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo
See his life c. xx.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
It is also used as a figure of speech which no one interpreted literally (compare Xen. Symp.).
— from Symposium by Plato
A New Interest in Life CHAPTER XVIII.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Liber, caput x. 201 Comment.
— from Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport
CLEW AT LAST CHAPTER XXIII.—RECROSSING THE RIVER CHAPTER XXIV.—A SUMMONS AND A SURRENDER CHAPTER XXV.—LONE
— from Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
A man who had made pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Chapter XVII).
— from The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Item á Dominguez que reeb los actos de las confiscacions XXV llrs.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea
LATER CHAPTER XL CHAPTER XLI CHAPTER XLII CHAPTER XLIII CHAPTER XLIV CHAPTER XLV IN JERSEY-A YEAR LATER CHAPTER XLVI EPILOGUE JERSEY WORDS
— from The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Complete by Gilbert Parker
It is generally prepared from sodium sulphate mixed with charcoal, silica, and lime (Chapter XII. ), in which case the following reaction takes place at a high temperature:
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
BOOK III IN CAPUA AT LAST CHAPTER XXII A GRATEFUL CARTHAGINIAN Arnold Smith put another lump of sugar on his saucer, poured out a very liberal allowance of rum into his tea, and reached for a sandwich, balancing the cup and saucer with a deftness out of keeping with his long, ungraceful loose-jointedness.
— from The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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