A question may still occur to an attentive reader as to the identity of this Romance-compiler Rusticien de Pise with the Messire Rustacians de Pise , of a solitary MS. of Polo's work (though the oldest and most authentic), a name which appears in other copies as Rusta Pisan, Rasta Pysan, Rustichelus Civis Pisanus, Rustico, Restazio da Pisa, Stazio da Pisa , and who is stated in the preamble to have acted as the Traveller's scribe at Genoa.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

(2) The Rise of the Drama in England; the Miracle plays, Moralities, and Interludes; our first play, "Ralph Royster Doyster"; the first true English comedy, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," and the first tragedy, "Gorboduc"; the conflict between classic and native ideals in the English drama. (3) Shakespeare's Predecessors, Lyly, Kyd, Nash, Peele, Greene, Marlowe; the types of drama with which they experimented,--the Marlowesque, one-man type, or tragedy of passion, the popular Chronicle plays, the Domestic drama, the Court or Lylian comedy, Romantic comedy and tragedy, Classical plays, and the Melodrama.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

H2 anchor Chapter 12 MORE BIRDS OF PREY Rogue Riderhood dwelt deep and dark in Limehouse Hole, among the riggers, and the mast, oar and block makers, and the boat-builders, and the sail-lofts, as in a kind of ship's hold stored full of waterside characters, some no better than himself, some very much better, and none much worse.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

'She would be so proud,' returned Riah, dexterously, 'to stand well in your good opinion, that before she quitted London for—' 'For where, in the name of the Cape of Good Hope?' asked Miss Potterson, as though supposing her to have emigrated.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Adj. urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

"Now pray," returned Richard, "don't think me a heap of selfishness.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

January 27th.—Queen and Prince Regent of Portugal reach Rio de Janeiro.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

complexity &c. 59a. turmoil; ferment &c. (agitation) 315; to-do, trouble, pudder[obs3], pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour[obs3], scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

10 Accedit eodem testis locuples Posidonius, qui etiam scribit in quadam epistula P. Rutilium Rufum dicere solere, qui Panaetium audierat, ut nemo pictor esset inventus, qui in Coa Venere eam partem, quam Apelles inchoatam reliquisset, absolveret (oris enim pulchritudo reliqui corporis imitandi spem auferebat), sic ea, quae Panaetius praetermisisset
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

influential, effective; important &c. 642; weighty; prevailing &c. v.; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical[obs3].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

By Rev. Principal Robert Rainy, D.D. Colossians and Philemon.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians by James Denney

This was rather hard on a harassed paymaster who could do nothing for Mr. Spokesly save advance him two hundred francs, as per regulations regarding distressed ships' officers, and promise him a compassionate passage home at some future date, unless Mr. Spokesly's owners authorized something more generous.
— from Command by William McFee

On the other hand, while he knows that they must not be forced against their individual natures, he does not leave them to grow wild, but prunes redundancies, removes destructive worms and bugs from their leaves and stems, and weeds from their vicinity,—carefully watching to learn what peculiar insects affect what particular plants, and how the former can be destroyed without injuring the vitality of the latter.
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann

His head was uncovered and his soft felt hat was lying upon his knees, from which a plaid rug reached down to his feet.
— from Bertha Garlan by Arthur Schnitzler

Thomas Campbell, who was more occupied with teaching than with preaching, rather rapidly dropped out of his position of leadership, which was taken over by his son.
— from An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ by Winfred Ernest Garrison

“Farewell!” said Philippe, running rapidly downstairs, and not waiting to hear another word.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

m highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m Equatorial Guinea lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m Eritrea lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m highest point: Soira 3,018 m Estonia lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m Ethiopia lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m European Union lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Usborne 705 m Faroe Islands lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m Fiji lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m Finland lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m France lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m French Polynesia lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Orohena 2,241 m French Southern and Antarctic Lands lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont de la Dives on Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) 867 m; unnamed location on Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency