From the need of getting law enough by which to try the heathen Dante is led into some inconsistency.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Such, for instance, are several names of geographical localities either near the sea, or the river Seine, in other words, within that tract which was most especially occupied by the invaders.
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

They opposed the Habeas Corpus Act under Charles II, Catholic Emancipation in 1829, the Great Reform Bill of 1832, the Education Bill of 1834, the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, the admission of the Jews to Parliament in 1858, and they very reluctantly consented to the necessity of granting later extensions of the elective franchise.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

And yet he knew naught of Greek, little enough of {8} Latin from the point of view of scholarly attainment in the language.
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall

Mr. Roberts remarks:—“We may reasonably infer that the nucleus of the nebula is variable, and that it will be practicable to study the character of the variability without the necessity of giving long exposures of the plates.”
— from Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings by William F. (William Frederick) Denning

Along the vertical edges of the standard are placed a number of golden labels, each bearing one of the following battle honours: Blenheim; Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Dettingen; Warburg; Beaumont; Waterloo; Sevastopol; Taku Forts; Pekin; South Africa, 1879.
— from The Flags of Our Fighting Army Including standards, guidons, colours and drum banners by Stanley C. (Stanley Currie) Johnson

It was possible that it joined the countries known under the name of Grinnell Land, Ellesmere, and
— from The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne