The most eminent Republican statesmen and leaders of the time thought of for the Presidency were Seward and Chase, both regarded as belonging to the more advanced order of antislavery men.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Real revolutionaries; having their leaflets printed by secret presses; members of societies which exchanged confidential letters with the more eminent Russians, such as Litvinoff and Trotzky, collected for future publication secret circulars, private strike-breaking orders, and other obiter dicta of a rash government, and believed themselves to be working to establish the Soviet government over Europe.
— from Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

The parts added by the popes are, first, the Kyrie Eleyson , taken from the rites of the Greek church; secondly, the Gloria , which is a magnificent outburst of the most elevated religious sentiments; and lastly, the Symbol of the faith.
— from Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous

This pretended liberation from the court of Rome, this religious government concentrated within the hands of the sovereign, became, indeed, at one time, the constant object of Napoleon's thoughts and meditations: "England, Russia, Sweden, a large part of Germany (was he wont to say), are in possession of it; Venice and Naples enjoyed it in former times.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various