Inspired by God, the Chinaman at that moment called upon St. Nicholas and instantly the cayman was changed into a stone.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

IV I beg it to be understood that what I write here about my cousin (unless some necessity should arise for making it public) is for the information of the family only.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The ladies of the Mughal court usually spoke, not Pushto, but Turki.] 38 .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

I am grateful to the following persons who permitted me to examine specimens in their care: Charles M. Bogert, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Doris M. Cochran, United States National Museum (USNM); Norman Hartweg, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Robert F. Inger, Chicago Natural History Museum (CNHM); Arthur Loveridge, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); Hobart M. Smith, University of Illinois Museum of Natural History (UIMNH); and Edward H. Taylor, E. H. Taylor—H. M. Smith collection (EHT-HMS).
— from A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei by William Edward Duellman

But Mithraism centred upon some now forgotten mysteries about Mithras sacrificing a sacred and benevolent bull; all the Mithraic shrines seem to have contained a figure of Mithras killing this bull, which bleeds copiously, and from this blood a new life sprang.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

A.T. MAHAN, Captain, United States Navy .
— from The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

[Pg 310] CHAPTER XXXIV Est-il indispensable, qu'on s'élève à un point d'où le devoir n'apparaisse plus comme un choix de nos sentiments les plus nobles, mais comme une silencieuse nécessité de toute notre nature.
— from Prisoners: Fast Bound In Misery And Iron by Mary Cholmondeley

—For the loan of specimens under their care I am indebted to Doris M. Cochran, United States National Museum (USNM); Norman Hartweg, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Robert F. Inger, Chicago Natural History Museum (CNHM); and Hobart M. Smith, University of Illinois Museum of Natural History (UIMNH).
— from A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacán, México by William Edward Duellman