In the system of nourishment all the elements which strengthen the essence of the constituent yin and yang principles must be found by means of medicine, chemistry, gymnastic exercises, etc.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
She resided with Miss Cushman in Rome, and in London she saw many lions—Mazzini, Kossuth, Dickens and Talfourd, Kingsley, Lover, the Howellses, Miss Mitford, Mrs. Muloch Craik, George Eliot, etc.
— from Memories and Anecdotes by Kate Sanborn
Mendien copetetaric guriec errespuesta eman diote; Beren tuten soinua adiaraci dute, Eta etcheco jaunac bere dardac zorrozten tu.
— from Basque Legends; With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster
[52] The universities, colleges, and educational institutions to which Mr. Carnegie gave either endowment funds or buildings number five hundred.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie
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