Largely as it was influenced by the Italian Renaissance, it is certainly a mistake to reckon the Humanist movement in Germany, as Geiger does, [1] as a 'merely imported culture, entirely lacking independence.'
— from The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese
I called Kenneth Moore a coward, a cruel, cowardly villain, and commanded him to stop the balloon, to let me go back to my home—back to Phillip Rutley, who was the only man I could ever love in the whole wide world!
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
The market is crowded, even late in the day; ox-carts from the indian towns for miles around are constantly seen in the streets.
— from In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
We find that communities largely Mexican in complexion evince little interest in the plan.
— from School Credit for Home Work by L. R. (Lewis Raymond) Alderman
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