And in another play of slightly earlier date ( Le Jus de St. Nicolas ), the King of Africa, invaded by the Christians, summons all his allies and feudatories, among whom appear the Admirals of Coine ( Iconium ) and Orkenie ( Hyrcania ), and the Amiral d'outre l'Arbre-Sec (as it were of "the Back of Beyond") in whose country the only current coin is millstones!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

But if the striking similarity of the two narratives be thus accounted for, it is remarkable that while the priests of Alexandria, or, perhaps, Vespasian himself from his residence in Judaea, were in possession of such exact details of two of Christ’s miracles—if not of a third striking incident in his history—we should find not the most distant allusion in the works of such cotemporary writers as Tacitus and Suetonius, to any one of the still more stupendous occurrences which had recently taken place in a part of the world with which the Romans had now very intimate relations.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Footnote 14: (return) See Pfoundes's Fuso Mimi Bukuro, p. 130, for a list of grades from Ho-[=o] or cloistered emperor, Miya or sons of emperors, chief priests of sects, etc., down to priests in charge of inferior temples.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Take Fénelon, the most perfect and attractive embodiment of ecclesiastical culture in all its power: a sublime golden mean of whom a historian would be tempted to prove the impossibility, whilst in reality he was merely the perfection of something exceedingly difficult and improbable.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Babbitt marveled, “Of course we're up-to-date ourselves, but still, think of us entertaining a famous poet like Chum Frink, a fellow that on nothing but a poem or so every day and just writing a few advertisements pulls down fifteen thousand berries a year!”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet.
— from The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle

At this point our sepoy escort deserted us.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

A long pause of silence ensued, during which he was visibly agitated; at length, he said, 'It would be a cruel delicacy, that could prevail with me to be silent—and I will inform you, that the Chevalier's extravagance has brought him twice into the prisons of Paris, from whence he was last extricated, as I was told upon authority, which I cannot doubt, by a well-known Parisian Countess, with whom he continued to reside, when I left Paris.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve &c. (forgive) 918; exonerate &c. (exculpate) 970; save the necessity.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

It is a great mistake for any one to work incessantly with no physical relaxation of any kind, and yet, after all, it is not so much physical relaxation that is necessary, as the pursuit of something entirely different, so that the mind may be carried into channels other than the accustomed routes.
— from Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension, with Chapters on Blood Pressure 3rd Edition. by Louis M. (Louis Marshall) Warfield

Curacao : Antillean Restructuring Party (PAR), Miguel POURIER; National People's Party (PNP), Maria LIBERIA-PETERS; New Antilles Movement (MAN), Domenico Felip Don MARTINA; Workers' Liberation Front (FOL), Wilson (Papa) GODETT; Socialist Independent (SI), George HUECK and Nelson MONTE; Democratic Party of Curacao (DP), Augustin DIAZ; Nos Patria, Chin BEHILIA Saba : Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM Saba), Ray HASSELL; Saba Democratic Labor Movement, Steve HASSELL; Saba Unity Party, Carmen SIMMONDS Sint Eustatius: Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius (DP-St.E), Julian WOODLEY; Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM); St. Eustatius Alliance (SEA), Ingrid WHITFIELD Sint Maarten: Democratic Party of Sint Maarten (DP-St.M), Sarah WESTCOTT-WILLIAMS; Patriotic Movement of Sint Maarten (SPA), Vance JAMES; Serious Alternative People's Party (SAPP) Julian ROLLOCKS International organization participation: Caricom (observer), ECLAC (associate), Interpol, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO, WToO (associate)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Each 2/ These Tracts comprise Tales, Poetry, Ballads, Remarkable Episodes in History, Papers on Social Economy, Domestic Management, Science, Travel, &c.
— from W. & R. Chambers' Catalogue. - 1897 Books Suitable for Prizes and Presentation by W. & R. Chambers Ltd.

Every one of us has our clo'es picked out so everlastin' durable ."
— from Peace in Friendship Village by Zona Gale

But if the striking similarity of the two narratives be thus accounted for, it is remarkable that while the priests of Alexandria, or, perhaps, Vespasian himself from his residence in Judaea, were in possession of such exact details of two of Christ's miracles—if not of a third striking incident in his history—we should find not the most distant allusion in the works of such cotemporary writers as Tacitus and Suetonius, to any one of the still more stupendous occurrences which had recently taken place in a part of the world with which the Romans had now very intimate relations.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 10: Vespasian by Suetonius

A princess of such eminent discernment, and so observant of merit, naturally regarded the possessor of these advantages with great favour; but being ever open to the approaches of the talebearer, and the attacks of the secret slanderer, it was variable and precarious.
— from Hildebrand; or, The Days of Queen Elizabeth, An Historic Romance, Vol. 2 of 3 by Anonymous