Exactly the same thing may be said of the women in the harem of an Oriental: they do not complain of not being allowed the freedom of European women.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

In the year 1411, King Henry IV. caused a new coin of nobles to be made, of less value than the old by four pence in the noble, so that fifty nobles should be a pound troy weight.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

[71] Ledyard says the order to remove the buoys was not carried out (Naval History, vol.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

But in the way in which this business is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

It removes all conditions (without which, however, no conception of Necessity can take place); and, as after this it is beyond our power to form any other conceptions, it accepts this as a completion of the conception it wishes to form of the series.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Chrestus said to make tumults at Rome, 318. Christians, confounded with the Jews, 215 note; accused of sedition, 318 and note; cruelties of Nero to, 347; poll tax on, 489 note.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

He afterwards consented to undertake the government of his native church of Nazianzus, of which his father had been bishop above five-and-forty years.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The familiar English name implies this, and is one of the numerous class of names, as eyebright, goutweed, lungroot, livelong, wormwood, &c., given to plants in recognition {44} of their real or fancied medicinal use.
— from Art-Studies from Nature, as Applied to Design For the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers by James Glaisher

Harry alone seemed to preserve his presence of mind; he neither cried out nor ran, but, when the dreadful animal approached, leaped nimbly aside, and the bull passed on, without embarrassing himself about his escape.
— from The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day

[Narayan Man BIJUKCHHE, party chair]; Nepali Congress or NC
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

But when it's summer an' all warm ag'in, He comes a-whistlin' an' a-drivin in Our alley, 'thout no coat on, ner ain't cold, Ner his mustache ain't white, ner he ain't old.
— from The Book of Joyous Children by James Whitcomb Riley

Then there is the numerous class of neutral characters; these wander about the meadow; formless phantoms, that evade the touch like smoke.
— from The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by of Samosata Lucian

I would have put a label on Mrs. Carey, saying: 'This is what I meant a woman to be!'" XXXIV NANCY COMES OUT Nancy's seventeenth birthday was past, and it was on the full of the August moon that she finally "came out" in the Hamilton barn.
— from Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

There are no crowds of nephews and nieces, there is no house to keep, there is no gardening, and he remembers his own busy countrywomen.
— from Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda M. Douglas

No churches open, no bells rung, no mass, no confession, no marriages, no funerals, no religious rites whatever except baptism and extreme unction—the ushering in and the ushering out of life.
— from Historic Bubbles by Frederic Leake

Each actor could play an infinite number of parts—each singer could sing an infinity of songs—and all considered it a portion of their business to learn new characters, or new music.
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie