Note 68 ( return ) [ Photius (or rather Eulogius of Alexandria) confesses, in a fine passage, the specious color of this double charge against Pope Leo and his synod of Chalcedon, (Bibliot. cod.
— 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
Wilkins knew what was necessary in Latin—"and tell her that for this sum she must cater for you, and not only cater but cater as well as ever?
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Truth with a big T, and in the singular, claims abstractly to be recognized, of course; but concrete truths in the plural need be recognized only when their recognition is expedient.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
The king had a conference with Sheldon on the removal of Clarendon, but could not convert the archbishop to his view.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
"—Let it never be forgotten, that no slaveholder or overseer can be convicted of any outrage perpetrated on the person of a slave, however diabolical it may be, on the testimony of colored witnesses, whether bond or free.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
“I did just happen—when I had tea with her at Rome—in the course of conversation—” “But Charlotte—what about the promise you gave me when we were packing?
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
The fan outlet can be carried directly out-of-doors; but the dusty discharge is objectionable in most installations, and this pipe is usually carried to a dust collector from the top of which the roof outlet is connected.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Following are the figures of re-exports of coffee by countries in the calendar year 1921: Re-Exports of Coffee from United States, 1921 Country Pounds Belgium 2,717,949 Denmark 4,099,403 France 11,429,952 Germany 3,200,158 Greece 539,933 Netherlands 920,855 Norway 237,155 Sweden 1,935,641 Canada 1,037,628 Mexico 3,236,245 Cuba 2,831,109 Other Countries 4,618,656 ————— Total 36,804,684 Per capita consumption of coffee in continental United States showed a slight increase during the calendar year 1921 over that of 1920, the figure being 12.09 pounds as against 11.70 for the previous year.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
SYN: Slip, offshoot, cadet, branch, child.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows
They must, of course, be consumed "on the premises," for the cautious caterer takes no chances by permitting the wire to be detached from the cord.
— from China by Blake, Henry Arthur, Sir
Certainly any one can be completely showing this thing, any one of them, that they are different enough from any others of them and they are, any one of them, completely simply showing this thing.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
These are the hard shifts we intelligencers are forced to; therefore our readers ought to excuse us, if a westerly wind blowing for a fortnight together, generally fills every paper with an order of battle; when we show our martial skill in each line, and, according to the space we have to fill, we range our men in squadrons and battalions, or draw out company by company, and troop by troop; ever observing, that no muster is to be made, but when the wind is in a cross point, which often happens at the end of a campaign, when half the men are deserted or killed.
— from The Tatler, Volume 1 by Steele, Richard, Sir
Necessary consequences of a supposed equality of all races—Uniform testimony of history to the contrary—Traces of extinct civilizations among barbarous tribes—Laws which govern the adoption of a state of civilization by conquered populations—Antagonism of different modes of culture; the Hellenic and Persian, European and Arab, etc.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de
On such occasions the natives move about the country, and subsist almost exclusively on the Hapalotis Mitchellii, and an animal they call the Talpero, a species of Perameles, which is spread over a great extent of country, being common in the sand hills on the banks of the Darling, to the S.E. of the Barrier Range, as well as to the sandy ridges in the N.W. interior, although none were met with to the north of the Stony Desert.
— from Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847 by Charles Sturt
'If you can show me the favour I gave you, I shall, of course, be convinced.
— from Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley John Weyman
The German learnt to understand the almost endless varieties of character of foreign nations; the most dissimilar kinds of culture became clear to him.
— from Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
The following are the percentages of nitrogen in various kinds of animal matter:— Horn 15 to 17 Dried blood 15 to 17 Woollen rags 10 to 16 Sheep shearings 16 to 17 Calves’ hair 15 to 17 Bristles 9 to 10 Feathers 16 to 17 Hide clippings 4 to 5 Old shoes 6 to 7 Horn charcoal 2 to 7 Rag charcoal 2 to 12 Animal matters always contain more carbon than is necessary for the formation of cyanogen by combining with the nitrogen also present.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry
Their tents are merely strips of coarse brown cloth, probably camel's hair, like sacking, stretched horizontally over sticks driven into the sand, so as to form a cover from the sun and a protection from the north wind.
— from My Winter on the Nile Eighteenth Edition by Charles Dudley Warner
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