Now as to the many things in which Nero acted like a madman, out of the extravagant degree of the felicity and riches which he enjoyed, and by that means used his good fortune to the injury of others; and after what manner he slew his brother, and wife, and mother, from whom his barbarity spread itself to others that were most nearly related to him; and how, at last, he was so distracted that he became an actor in the scenes, and upon the theater,—I omit to say any more about them, because there are writers enough upon those subjects every where; but I shall turn myself to those actions of his time in which the Jews were concerned. 2.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The land you observe at the end of it, about fifty acres of it, was made out of the earth dug out of the canal.
— from Asiatic Breezes; Or, Students on The Wing by Oliver Optic

She is said to be a lineal descendant of his Grace Bryan Maloney, one of the early dukes of Ireland.”
— from 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry by Irving Bacheller

end poetry block end rend Nor is this merely a poetic fiction: it is sustained by the testimony of many ancient historians, who speak of silver and other metals being melted out of the earth, during the burning of the woods on the lofty Alps and Pyrenees.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 2, August 1852 by Various

and where the living exemplification of so many others of the essential doctrines of the New Testament?
— from John Ronge; The Holy Coat of Treves; New German-Catholic Church by Anonymous

It is unnecessary to go into the details of the meeting, or of the ensuing days.
— from The Moon Destroyers by Monroe K. Ruch

OOF transactions are also official government assistance, but with a main objective other than economic development and with a grant element less than 25%.
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mr. Turnbull crossed the street to his residence, which, like many others on that eventful day, he considered impregnable.
— from The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart

In the original version of the 'Museum Ulricæ,' the members of this genus are not separated from the Dentalia (a proof, among many others, of the early date of this catalogue).
— from Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 Zoology by Linnean Society of London

As if in corroboration of this assurance Jerry saw shadowy shapes materializing out of the empty darkness and as he mounted the extra horse provided for him he counted the armed figures swinging easily into their saddles.
— from When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck