The clamors of trade and local interests make popular governments especially liable to it.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
1765 Papyri greci e latine, No. 131 (2nd-3rd century): 1766 (ll. 1-10) 'And (Eriphyle) bare in the palace Alcmaon 1767 , shepherd of the people, to Amphiaraus.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
Hombre de elevadas ideas y de inmenso 25 amor a la ciencia, hallaba su más puro goce en la observación y estudio de los prodigios con que el genio del siglo sabe cooperar a la cultura y bienestar físico y perfeccionamiento moral del hombre.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
Después corrió al balcón, a punto que las dos más 30 pequeñas gritaban entre locas risas: ¡Cirio Pascual, Cirio Pascual!
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
Papiri greci e latini, ii.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
"There has been no opportunity for that," replied the captive, "since she left Algiers, her native country and home; and up to the present she has not found herself in any such imminent danger of death as to make it necessary to baptise her before she has been instructed in all the ceremonies our holy mother Church ordains; but, please God, ere long she shall be baptised with the solemnity befitting her which is higher than her dress or mine indicates."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
"Papiri greci e latine", No. 130 (2nd-3rd cent.).—Frag. 14. 5) Strassburg Papyri, 55 (2nd cent.).—Frag. 58. 6) Berlin Papyri 9739 (2nd cent.).—Frag. 58. 7) Berlin Papyri 10560 (3rd cent.).—Frag. 58. 8) Berlin Papyri 9777 (4th cent.).—Frag. 98. 9)
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
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— from Lulu's Library, Volume 3 (of 3) by Louisa May Alcott
“Do they know that I play games exactly like real boys?” he asked very proudly.
— from The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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— from L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas by John Milton
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— from Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 4 Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe by Mme. Du Hausset
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— from Life in the Shifting Dunes A popular field guide to the natural history of Castle Neck, Ipswich, Massachusetts by Laurence B. White
And again, in the same romance:— "Et pierres grans et les Pierriers, Et les Bibles qui sont trop fiers, Getent," &c. Other names occur at this time, indicating machines for casting stones: some of these are probably mere
— from Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century by John Hewitt