Page 298 {298} The reputed arms of St. Etheldreda, who was both Queen, and also Abbess of Ely, find their perpetuation in the arms of that See, which are: "Gules, three ducal (an early form of the Royal) crowns or;" while the recently-created See of St. Alban's affords an example of a celestial crown: "Azure, a saltire or, a sword in pale proper; in chief a celestial crown of the second."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

argument; case, plaidoyer[obs3], opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference &c. (judgment) 480. prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3], dilemma, perilepsis[obs3], a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

The 'Aphorisms on Love,' by Vatsyayana, contains about one thousand two hundred and fifty slokas or verses, and are divided into parts, parts into chapters, and chapters into [9] paragraphs.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

These times are only approximate, since the size of the canoe, as well as the number of people participating in communal labour, greatly varies.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

After this the Peloponnesians put into Cnidus and, being joined by the twenty-seven ships from Caunus, sailed all together and set up a trophy in Syme, and then returned to anchor at Cnidus.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Any allusion to political parties is certainly foreign to the object of the preceding sketches; but it is impossible to make the British reader acquainted with the various circumstances which retarded the progress of this fine colony, without explaining how the patronage of the local government came formerly to be so exclusively bestowed on one class of the population,—thus creating a kind of spurious aristocracy which disgusted the colonists, and drove emigration from our shores to those of the United States.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

On each side is a serpent, as the emblem of the life flowing from the Creator; that on the male side, having round his head the solar glory, is compared to the sun-god, as the active principle in creation; that on the female side, over whose head is the lunar crescent, to the moon- and earth- goddess, the passive principle in creation.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

ſtudying, For footemen for you, fine pac’d huiſhers, pages, To ſerue you o’ the knee; with what Knights wife, To beare your traine, and ſit with your foure women 35 In councell, and receiue intelligences, From forraigne parts, to dreſſe you at all pieces! Y’haue (a’moſt) turn’d my good affection, to you; Sowr’d my ſweet thoughts; all my pure purpoſes: I could now finde (i’ my very heart) to make 40 Another, Lady Dutcheſſe ; and depoſe you.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

A celebrated writer supposes it to be a ludicrous corruption of the words hoc est corpus, used by the popish priests in consecrating the host.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

He had once seen Judge Colton’s name in one of the Paris papers in connection with a railroad case in which some French investors were interested, but nothing more had met his eye.
— from Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by Francis Hopkinson Smith

He was the son of Henry Robert Morland, a portrait painter in crayons, and engraver.
— from Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society by New-York Historical Society

And even if it be admitted that the tendency to multiply must ultimately produce poverty, it cannot from this alone be predicated of existing poverty that it is due to this cause, until it be shown that there are no other causes which can account for it—a thing in the present state of government, laws, and customs, manifestly impossible.
— from Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth by Henry George

Their Report is of the first importance as offering a policy for attenuating private property in capital in the important group of industries in which private ownership, in one form or another, is likely for some considerable time to continue, and a valuable service would be rendered by any one who would work out in detail the application of its principle to other trades.
— from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. (Richard Henry) Tawney

The City Of Pleasure THE CITY OF PLEASURE A Fantasia on Modern Themes By Arnold Bennett Author Of “The Old Wives’ Tale,” “Clayhanger,” “The Old Adam,” Etc. New York: George H. Doran Company 1907 CONTENTS THE CITY OF PLEASURE PART I—CARPENTARIA CHAPTER I—Over the City CHAPTER II—Interviewed CHAPTER III—Inspiration CHAPTER IV—Mrs. Ilam CHAPTER V—The Band CHAPTER VI—The Black Burden CHAPTER VII—The Cut CHAPTER VIII—Disappearance of Juliette CHAPTER IX—The Dead Dog CHAPTER X—A Pinch of Snuff CHAPTER XI—The Return to Life CHAPTER XII—On the Wheel CHAPTER XIII—Performances of Mr. Jetsam PART II—THE TWINS CHAPTER XIV—Entry of the Twins CHAPTER XV—Proposal of Josephus CHAPTER XVI—The Box CHAPTER XVII—The Man on the Balcony CHAPTER XVIII—An Arrangement for a Marriage CHAPTER XIX—The Heart of the City CHAPTER XX—What Jetsam Wanted CHAPTER XXI—Interrupting a Concert CHAPTER XXII—Carpentaria as Detective CHAPTER XXIII—The Talk in the Garden PART III—JETSAM CHAPTER XXIV—The Boat CHAPTER XXV—-A Wholesale Departure CHAPTER XXVI—The Empty Bedroom CHAPTER XXVII—The Photograph CHAPTER XXVIII—The Dead March CHAPTER XXIX—Mr. Jetsam’s Recital CHAPTER XXX—The Words of Mrs. Ilam CHAPTER XXXI—Unison THE CITY OF PLEASURE PART I—CARPENTARIA CHAPTER I—Over the City C arpentaria!
— from The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett

CREEPING CINQUEFOIL This pretty plant is common everywhere.
— from Flowers, Shown to the Children by C. E. Smith

Nay, I will engage mine honour, which is the most precious pawn I could have in my possession although I were sole and peaceable dominator over all Europe, Asia, and Africa, that, if you marry, you will surely be one of the horned brotherhood of Vulcan.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by François Rabelais

Containing 32 Full Page Plates in Colour, Tipped on Grey Mounts, and the Interleaves, with the Descriptive Notes Illustrated with Thumb-nail Sketches in Black and White.
— from Northern Spain by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram

Palletto Pallas, Inland Columbian tribe, i., 250-91 ; location, i., 317 .
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft