Disciples of Giotto, also, were Pietro Laurati and Simon Memmi of Siena, Stefano, a Florentine, and Pietro Cavallini, a Roman; but, seeing that of all these there is account in the Life of each one of them, let it suffice to have said in this place that they were disciples of Giotto, who drew very well for his time and for that manner, whereunto witness is borne by many sheets of parchment drawn by his hand in water-colour, outlined with the pen, in chiaroscuro, with the high lights in white, which are in our book of drawings, and are truly a marvel in comparison with those of the masters that lived before him.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

And by letters I signified to Thy Prelate, the holy man Ambrose, my former errors and present desires, begging his advice what of Thy Scriptures I had best read, to become readier and fitter for receiving so great grace.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Look, I shall turn to the left, so that the soldier will be at your right, as soon as he mounts on the bench to talk to us.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Let it suffice thee that thou know’st Us happie, and without Love no happiness.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

the present participle is sometimes used: as, nūllō hoste prohibente incolumem legiōnem in Nantuātīs perdūxit , 3, 6, 5, with no enemy hindering, he conducted the legion in safety to the Nantuates .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

It was curious that I could reason and follow out a network of suggestion as clearly as ever: so, at least, it seemed to me.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Why not let it stay there?
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

lv.: "I saw that our Substance is in God, and also I saw that in our Sense-soul God is."
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

This I decided upon doing, but before leaving I paid a visit to my friend, Boranski, who, to my surprise and delight, handed me my wallet with the Czar's letter intact, saying that it had been found upon a German thief who had been arrested at the harbor on the previous night.
— from The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love by William Le Queux

If it were not love itself, she thought, somewhat vaguely, it gave promise of opening into love.
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland

Who knows how much less ideal still the lives of these spiritual grubs and earthworms, these Crumps and Stigginses, might have been, if such poor grace as they have received had never touched them at all?
— from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

"Curs of Bor-Russia," he said at last, in speech that trembled with anger, "you may vex the soul of a Danish gentleman with your aspersions, you may wound his body, but you will never be able to stand up to him in battle.
— from Joan of the Sword Hand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The language is somewhat too strong, and it would not be altogether safe to act upon the suggestion; but the witticism embodies a modicum of truth, for all that.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Bauxites to be of commercial grade should carry at least 50 per cent alumina, and for the making of aluminum should be low in silica though the content of [Pg 242] iron may be fairly high.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

From where he was seated his eyes ranged over the portion where the drain was being cut; and as he looked, it seemed to him that all his troubles had dated from the commencement of the venture by his father, and those who had joined in the experiment.
— from Dick o' the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn

At least, I should think he would.”
— from The River Motor Boat Boys on the Columbia; Or, The Confession of a Photograph by Harry Gordon

God gave me nothing; now to God I go, Now ask for pain, for bread, Life for my brain: dead, By God's love I shall then begin to live."
— from The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 2 by Gilbert Parker

The other Bodhisattvas, though lauded in special treatises, have left little impression on Indian Buddhism and have obtained in the Far East most of whatever importance they possess.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir