And Decision Of Controversies: Eightly, is annexed to the Soveraigntie, the Right of Judicature; that is to say, of hearing and deciding all Controversies, which may arise concerning Law, either Civill, or naturall, or concerning Fact.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

It was necessary for our purpose to make a cavity large enough to hold fifty pounds of fulminating gun cotton, the expansive power of which is four times as great as that of ordinary gunpowder.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Sturlson, Snorri: "The Heimskringla" (Translation: Samual Laing, London, 1844; released as Online Medieval and Classical Library E-text #15, 1996).
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898 First Issued by Methuen and Co. ( Limited Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum ) March 1908
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

Lo mando atore cõ Loſquifo et menolo in q e lla
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

West from this compter was a proper chapel, called of Corpus Christi, and St. Mary, at Conyhope lane end, in the parish of St. Mildred, founded by one named Ion. Irunnes, a citizen of London, in the reign of Edward III., in which chapel was a guild or fraternity, that might dispend in lands better than twenty pounds by year: it was suppressed by Henry VIII., and purchased by one Thomas Hobson, haberdasher; he turned this chapel into a fair warehouse and shops towards the street, with lodgings over them.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Helm-crag arose before our half-closed eyes, With colors brighter than the brightening dove; Beneath that guardian mount a cottage lies; Encircled by a halo breathed from love!
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 2 (of 2) by William Howitt

The plan succeeded; Morini and Clementine liked each other at once.
— from The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth by Jakob Wassermann

[591] (2) 216-8111 Bosnia and Herzegovina chief of mission: Ambassador Charles L. ENGLISH embassy: Alipasina 43, 71000 Sarajevo mailing address: use embassy street address telephone:
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

[1] (202) 337-1502 consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles L. ENGLISH embassy: Alipasina 43, 71000 Sarajevo mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [387] (33) 445-700 FAX:
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON Seventh Edition First Published 1891 First Issued by Methuen and Co. ( Limited Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum ) 1908 Third Edition ( F’cap. 8 vo ) 1909 Fourth Edition ( ,, ) 1911 Fifth Edition ( ,, ) 1913 Sixth Edition ( Crown 4 to , Illustrated by Jessie King ) 1915 Seventh Edition ( F’cap. 8 vo ) 1915 CONTENTS PAGE
— from A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde

Leiophyllum buxifolium (Sand Myrtle), (Syn. L. thymifolium) New Jersey and Virginia; Ericaceæ White; May A compact little evergreen shrub about a foot high.
— from Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by E. T. (Ernest Thomas) Cook

Manner, as crossways, lengthways, etc. 150.
— from 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Benjamin Adams Hathaway

Sailings are given from September 3, 1736, when a Virginia owned vessel was first mentioned in the Gazette , to June 28, 1768, and is by no means a complete list, even in the copies of issues now extant; it is well to recall that copies of many issues have never been found.
— from Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia by Cerinda W. Evans