[ These one hundred and seventy years of the Assyrians mean no more, as Josephus explains himself here, than from the sara of Seleucus, which as it is known to have began on the 312th year before the Christian sara, from its spring in the First Book of Maccabees, and from its autumn in the Second Book of Maccabees, so did it not begin at Babylon till the next spring, on the 311th year.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

[NOTE.—For gallantry in the various engagements, from the time I was left in command down to 26th of October and on my recommendation, Generals McPherson and C. S. Hamilton were promoted to be Major-Generals, and Colonels C. C. Marsh, 20th Illinois, M. M. Crocker, 13th Iowa J. A. Mower, 11th Missouri, M. D. Leggett, 78th Ohio, J. D. Stevenson, 7th Missouri, and John E. Smith, 45th Illinois, to be Brigadiers.]
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

I have likewise been informed by many persons, that he was remarkably quick in writing short-hand, would in merriment and jest engage with his secretaries in the imitation of any hand-writing he saw, and often say, “that he was admirably qualified for forgery.” IV.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

works order Arbeitsauftragszettel job order sheet Arbeitsaufwand expenditure of human labour Arbeitsausfallunterstützung out-of-work benefit Arbeitsbedingungen labour conditions Arbeitsbedingungen working conditions Arbeitsbedingungen; Betriebsbedingungen operating conditions Arbeitsbelastung work load Arbeitsbelastung eines Arbeiters work loading Arbeitsberatung; Ausbildungsberatung youth employment service Arbeitsbereich field of activity Arbeitsbereich working area Arbeitsbeschreibung job specification Arbeitsbestverfahren; Standardverfahren standard method Arbeitsbewegung working motion Arbeitsbewerter job evaluator Arbeitsbewertung job rating Arbeitsbewertungsmerkmal job factor Arbeitsbewertungsschlüssel job evaluation scale Arbeitsblatt work sheet Arbeitseinsatz employment of labour Arbeitseinsparungen economies of labour Arbeitseinstellung; Arbeitsunterbrechung stoppage of work Arbeitselement; Arbeitsteil work element Arbeitserfahrung work experience Arbeitserlaubnis work permit arbeitsfähig able to work arbeitsfähig fit for work Arbeitsfähigkeit ability to work Arbeitsfähigkeit capacity to work Arbeitsfähigkeit fitness for work Arbeitsfähigkeit working ability Arbeitsfähigkeit working capacity Arbeitsfläche work space Arbeitsfluß flow of work Arbeitsfluß workflow Arbeitsflussbild progress chart Arbeitsfrieden industrial peace Arbeitsgebiet area of operation Arbeitsgemeinschaft study group
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Then the March family turned out en masse, and Jo exerted herself to some purpose, for people not only came, but stayed, laughing at her nonsense, admiring Amy's taste, and apparently enjoying themselves very much.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

They flower in May and June, even till September.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

To all whom it may concern schedule pursuant to statute showing return of number of mules and jennets exported from Ballina.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

I have of Turks, Arabians, Moors, and Jews, Enough to cover all Bithynia: Let thousands die; their slaughter'd carcasses Shall serve for walls and bulwarks to the rest; And as the heads of Hydra, so my power, Subdu'd, shall stand as mighty as before: If they should yield their necks unto the sword, Thy soldiers' arms could not endure to strike So many blows as I have heads for them.
— from Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe

Here we have the oldest and most authentic Jewish exposition of binding and loosing, for punishing or absolving men, not for declaring actions lawful or unlawful, as some more modern Jews and Christians vainly pretend.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

907 b) Against this dismal heresy the Tridentine Council solemnly declared that “Justification ... is not remission of sins merely, but also the sanctification and renewal of the inward man through the voluntary reception of the grace and of the gifts,” 908 and anathematized all those [pg 312] who say that “men are justified either by the sole imputation of the justice of Christ or by the sole remission of sins, to the exclusion of the grace and the charity which is poured forth in their hearts by the Holy Ghost and is inherent in them, or even that the grace whereby we are justified is only the favor of God.”
— from Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise by Joseph Pohle

I will mark as James Exhibit No. 3-A a memorandum from Mr. Hale to Mr. Cieplinski in re immigrant visa of Mrs. Marina H. Oswald, and ask you whether you have seen a copy of that document.
— from Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Through these pages we have traced, so far as has been possible, the course of his life, and followed him in what he did; all of which is but preparation for our search for the true man, and just estimate of what he was.
— from Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 8 by Filson Young

"And," added the doctor, "even should the will not stand, you, the only child of your mother, are justly entitled to this bequest; for all that Andrew Hite possessed, save that Kentucky land which he in my presence promised your mother at his death, came through his father, your great-grandfather, Abner Hite; and Sarah Jane Pepper is connected only through her mother, Andrew Hite's half-sister, Sarah Thornton, who was not a descendant of old Abner Hite.
— from Crestlands: A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne

Acknowledging the necessity by which its present continuance and the rigorous provisions for its maintenance are justified," etc.
— from The Conflict with Slavery Part 1 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII by John Greenleaf Whittier

works order Arbeitsauftragszettel job order sheet Arbeitsaufwand expenditure of human labor Arbeitsausfall, Unterbrechung stoppage Arbeitsbedingungen conditions of employment Arbeitsbedingungen conditions of service Arbeitsbedingungen conditions of work Arbeitsbedingungen labor conditions Arbeitsbedingungen working conditions Arbeitsbelastung work load Arbeitsbelastung eines Arbeiters work loading Arbeitsbereicherung job enrichment Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahme employment-creation measure Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahme job-creation measure Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahme scheme aimed at creating employment Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahme scheme aimed at creating jobs Arbeitsbeschaffungsprogramm employment-creation program Arbeitsbeschaffungsprogramm job-creation program Arbeitsbeschaffungsprogramm work-creation scheme Arbeitsbeschaffungsvorhaben employment-creation scheme Arbeitsbeschaffungsvorhaben job-creation scheme Arbeitsbeschreibung job specification Arbeitsbestgestaltung methods engineering Arbeitsbestverfahren, Standardverfahren standard method Arbeitsbewegung working motion Arbeitsbewerter job evaluator Arbeitsbewertung job evaluation Arbeitsbewertung job rating Arbeitsbewertungsmerkmal job factor Arbeitsbewertungsschlüssel job evaluation scale Arbeitsblatt work sheet Arbeitsdirektor labor director Arbeitseinkommen earned income Arbeitseinsatz employment of labor Arbeitseinstellung work stoppage Arbeitseinstellung, Arbeitsunterbrechung stoppage of work Arbeitseinstellung, Berufseinstellung work habits Arbeitselement, Arbeitsteil work element Arbeitsentgelt, Lohn, Vergütung, Entlohnung remuneration Arbeitsentgeltpflicht duty to pay remuneration Arbeitserfahrung work experience Arbeitserlaubnis employment permit Arbeitserlaubnis work permit Arbeitsfluss workflow Arbeitsflussbild progress chart Arbeitsfluß flow of work arbeitsfähig fit for work arbeitsfähig, erwerbsfähig able to work arbeitsfähiges Alter, erwerbsfähiges Alter employable age Arbeitsfähigkeit fitness for work Arbeitsfähigkeit working ability Arbeitsfähigkeit, Erwerbsfähigkeit ability to work Arbeitsfähigkeit, Erwerbsfähigkeit capacity to work Arbeitsfrieden freedom from industrial disputes Arbeitsfrieden industrial peace Arbeitsfrieden labor peace Arbeitsförderung, Arbeitsplatzförderung promotion of job creation Arbeitsförderung, Beschäftigungsförderung employment promotion Arbeitsgemeinkosten overhead labor costs Arbeitsgericht industrial tribunal
— from Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

MRS. A. J. ELLIOT.
— from My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec by Various

But I made a jerky entry in my notebook: "Very casual here about human life.
— from Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart

We had a real meeting, as Jane expressed it, and I said to Louis: "What a great fire a small matter kindleth!"
— from The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell