— N. sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela[obs3]; appendage; tail piece[Fr], heelpiece[obs3]; tag, more last words; colophon. aftercome[obs3], aftergrowth[obs3], afterpart[obs3], afterpiece[obs3], aftercourse[obs3], afterthought, aftergame[obs3]; arriere pensee[Fr], second thoughts; outgrowth.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
Video igitur Ephorum, cum locorum positus per certa capita distribuere et explicare constitueret, insigniorum nomina gentium vastioribus spatiis adhibuisse, nulla mala fraude et successu infelici.
— 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
[460] Is there [Pg 206] perchance any one so stupid as to believe that the prophet chose to point it out to us as something great that He had slept and risen up, unless that sleep had been death, and that awaking the resurrection, which behoved to be thus prophesied concerning Christ?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
It was around him that the people chiefly crowded, expecting answers from him to the questions that occupied all their minds.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
He saw the day of package coffee coming, and nearly "beat" John Arbuckle to it.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Four successive summons were signified to Chrysostom; but he still refused to trust either his person or his reputation in the hands of his implacable enemies, who, prudently declining the examination of any particular charges, condemned his contumacious disobedience, and hastily pronounced a sentence of deposition.
— 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 PICKWICK PAPERS By Charles Dickens CONTENTS THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB CHAPTER I. THE PICKWICKIANS CHAPTER II.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Histoire ottomane, écrite par Saadud-din Mehemed Hassan, plus connu chez les Turcs sous le nom de Cogia Efendi, mise en françois par Antoine Galland, Professeur
— from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) by Herbert Adams Gibbons
The process, considered chemically, is simply that of isolating a pure cellulose, and we endeavoured to give due prominence to this view in the original work.
— from Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900 by C. F. (Charles Frederick) Cross
Secure from the disease herself, by past suffering, she spent her days and nights in ministering to the sick, aided in this pious work by a band of holy women of the Roman Catholic faith, and by such hired nurses as her purse could command.
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The foragers had their pack-trains loaded with provisions and forage, and the pioneer corps, composed of negroes, carried axes, spades, and shovels.
— from Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. Late Retired General. U. S. A. by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The next instant his hand was clasped in that of Luis Herrera, who, hot with riding, dusty and travel-stained, gazed anxiously on the pale, careworn countenance of his old and venerable friend.
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
Besides the usual bills to appropriate lands for roads and canals, and to subscribe to the stock of private canal companies, a step further was now taken in the constitutional change led by Adams and Clay.
— from Martin Van Buren by Edward Morse Shepard
{28} Colloids take up by a power called "capillary affinity," a large quantity of water: undergoing at the same time great increase of bulk with change of form.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer
The electro metal plate, copper colored and bright on its surface, has now to go to the FINISHING ROOM.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various
Nevertheless, by means of the cotton-gin, even in its earliest shape, one man, with the aid of two-horse power, could clean five thousand pounds of cotton in a day.
— from Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
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