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Plato c xi
his death, xviii. 112 . despised Plato, &c., xi.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Physiology chapter x
[606] Biographia Literaria, ed. 1847, i, 117 (quoted in Carpenter's Mental Physiology, chapter x, which see for a number of other cases, all unfortunately deficient, like this one, in the evidence of exact verification which 'psychical research 'demands).
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

PLEA Chapter XIII
THE AMBASSADOR PLEA Chapter XIII.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

PLACE CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER III—'THE MORE HASTE THE WORSE SPEED' CHAPTER IV—DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES CHAPTER V—DECISION CHAPTER VI—FAREWELL CHAPTER VII—NEW SCENES AND FACES CHAPTER VIII—HOME SICKNESS CHAPTER IX—DRESSING FOR TEA CHAPTER X—WROUGHT IRON AND GOLD CHAPTER XI—FIRST IMPRESSIONS CHAPTER XII—MORNING CALLS CHAPTER XIII—A SOFT BREEZE IN A SULTRY PLACE CHAPTER XIV—THE MUTINY CHAPTER XV—MASTERS AND MEN CHAPTER XVI—THE SHADOW OF DEATH CHAPTER XVII—WHAT IS A STRIKE?
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

PANZA CHAPTER XLIV
TO THIS MEMORABLE HISTORY CHAPTER XLI OF THE ARRIVAL OF CLAVILENO AND THE END OF THIS PROTRACTED ADVENTURE CHAPTER XLII OF THE COUNSELS WHICH DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA BEFORE HE SET OUT TO GOVERN THE ISLAND, TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELL-CONSIDERED MATTERS CHAPTER XLIII OF THE SECOND SET OF COUNSELS DON QUIXOTE GAVE SANCHO PANZA CHAPTER XLIV HOW SANCHO PANZA WAS CONDUCTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT, AND OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE IN THE CASTLE CHAPTER XLV OF HOW
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Philosophy CHAPTER XVI
Yet Easie The Science Of These Lawes, Is The True Morall Philosophy CHAPTER XVI.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Plato c xxxii
(β) Metaphors; accumulated; extract from the Timaeus ; abuse of Metaphors; certain tasteless conceits blamed in Plato (c. xxxii).
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus

PARTIES CHAPTER XIV
SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIES CHAPTER XIV.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Plutarch Camillus xxi
Plutarch, Camillus , xxi. xxii. 84 D 25 THE INVASION OF THE GAULS, 390 B.C. (4) A. Manlius Capitolinus and the Sacred Geese.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

PIT CHAPTER XXVIII
higher CONTENTS CHAPTER I—THE COAST OF BARBARY CHAPTER II—ON A MAN'S SEA CHAPTER III—OVER THE QUARTER-DECK CHAPTER IV—ON THE SPARKLING SEA CHAPTER V—INTO A PURPLE TWILIGHT CHAPTER VI—BY THE GREAT-CIRCLE ROUTE CHAPTER VII—DRIFTERS AND DERELICTS CHAPTER VIII—ON A LOWER BUNK CHAPTER IX—THE POLAR BARRIER CHAPTER X—TO THE LAST DAY CHAPTER XI—BENEATH THE SURFACE CHAPTER XII—THE MANNER OF MAN CHAPTER XIII—INTO THE ICE CHAPTER XIV—A WHISPERED WARNING CHAPTER XV—OUT OF THE PORTHOLE CHAPTER XVI—FROM HIS POCKET CHAPTER XVII—INTO FORBIDDEN WATERS CHAPTER XVIII—WITH THE SPEED OF WIND CHAPTER XIX—A TOAST FROM MARR CHAPTER XX—THE MOVING SHADOWS CHAPTER XXI—THROUGH THE PORTHOLE CHAPTER XXII—ALONE IN THE CABIN CHAPTER XXIII—OVER THE STERN CHAPTER XXIV—BEFORE THE WHEEL CHAPTER XXV—IN THE GRIP OF THE UNKNOWN CHAPTER XXVI—IN THE SUDDEN DARKNESS CHAPTER XXVII—IN THE PIT CHAPTER XXVIII—THE THIRD DOOR CHAPTER XXIX—TO SEE IT THROUGH CHAPTER XXX—IN SWIFT SALUTE CHAPTER XXXI—DANGER AND DOUBT CHAPTER XXXII—TO THE LAST DAY CHAPTER XXXIII—A GRIM WARNING CHAPTER XXXIV—THROUGH THE DRIVING SNOW CHAPTER XXXV—
— from The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

Patriarch CHAPTEE XXVI
The Old Places—Death of a Patriarch. CHAPTEE XXVI.
— from Stories and Tales of the Irish: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by William Carleton

PARIS CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS CHAPTER XXXVIII.
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Eugène Sue

Physiology ch xi
CARPENTER'S Vegetable Physiology , ch. xi.
— from Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

public conveyances XIX
In hotels, XIX. 236; in public conveyances, XIX. 238; in theatres, XIX. 240; in other public institutions, churches, and cemeteries, XIX.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

possession chapter xiii
[8] No doubt it was in faith that Joshua took—and could take nothing less than—the whole land; but as to actual possession, chapter xiii.
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Paradiso Canto XXVII
Paradiso: Canto XXVII 'Al Padre, al Figlio, a lo Spirito Santo', comincio`, 'gloria!', tutto 'l paradiso, si` che m'inebriava il dolce canto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Paradiso by Dante Alighieri

Pedro CHAPTER XXII
Pedro CHAPTER XXII.
— from The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 by Everett McNeil


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