i-ix., which was probably an independent piece, prefixed to x.-xxix., to gather up their sporadic elements of wisdom in a comprehensive whole, and to secure an adequate religious basis for their maxims which were, in the main, ethical.
— from Introduction to the Old Testament by John Edgar McFadyen

258 Arthur, or the British Worthy, viii, 107 Arts, Dryden’s degree of master of, xviii, 185 Arviragus and Philiciæ, prologue to, x, 404 Assassination of the Duke of Guise, xvii, 148 Assault upon Dryden, in Rose-street, i, 204 upon Sir John Coventry, ix, 258 Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a comedy, iv, 343 remarks on, ib.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18 Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden

The motives which determined this important innovation, as to the subject of study, exhibits Sokratês chiefly as a religious man and a practical, philanthropic preceptor, the Xenophontic hero.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

187; to commemorate the dead, vi. 203; sick people passed through, xi. 186 sqq. ——, precious, homoeopathic magic of, i. 164 sq. ——, sacred, anointed, v. 36; among the Semites, v. 107 sqq.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer