Geography of the present Dynasty, quoted by Klaproth.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Those who carefully peruse the account given by Mr. Lewes of the quarrel between Karl August and Goethe, on account of the opposition of the latter to the introduction of a performing dog on the Weimar stage—an incident which led to his resignation of his position of intendant of the theatre—may detect this aversion mingling with his disgust as an artist; and it may be also suspected that it was not the mere noise which caused the tortures he described himself as having once endured at Göttingen from the barking of dogs.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Kt × Q B × Kt 22. B × B B - B 3 23. Q R - Q 1 B × Kt
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

David spoke quietly; but Kitty looked as much surprised as if he had boxed her ears, for he had never used that tone to her before.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

It was imitated by Wieland, praised by Voltaire, and quoted by Kant.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

12 Apr. 1815 QUARTERMASTERS. —— Bradley, K. —— Beamond, K. SURGEON.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

King Eystein and King Sigurd had quarrelled, because King Sigurd had killed King Eystein's court-man Harald, the Viken man, who owned a house in Bergen, and also the priest Jon Tapard, a son of Bjarne Sigurdson.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Nikolas and his men took their ships, gave Jon Halkelson and a few others quarter, but killed the most of them they could get hold of.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

So the barber was dragged up and questioned, but knew not the person's name who had told him, so was obliged to refer its origin to an anonymous and unknown person.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

that I had not been well broken to the check-rein, but I should soon get used to it; but he was not the man to do it, for when I was in the stable, miserable and angry, instead of being smoothed and quieted by kindness, I got only a surly word or a blow.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

The fact quickly became known, and every one was seized with a terrible dread.
— from The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude by Jules Verne

Anything running will arrest the attention of a boy, while a woman hears, just as quickly, but keeps her head rigid.
— from The City of Beautiful Nonsense by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston

Whereupon (the men Friends being generally prisoners already in the castle) some of the women Friends came to me to inquire after me, and to visit me; as Silas Norton’s wife, and Thomas Loe’s wife, who were sisters, and another woman Friend, who lived in the same street where I was, whose husband was not a Quaker, but kindly affected towards them, a baker by trade, and his name, as I remember, — Ryland.
— from The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself by Thomas Ellwood

“Care should be taken,” says Butler (quoted by Kenealy, p. 489), “to distinguish between the Pentateuch in the Hebrew language but in the letters of the Samaritan alphabet, and the version of the Pentateuch in the Samaritan language.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

He harangued on the faults of the Bailiwick: "Red soon were our State-candle's paly wick, If wealth would become but interfluous, Fill voids up with just the superfluous; If ignorance gave way to knowledge —Not pedantry picked up at college From Doctors, Professors et cætera — ( They say: ' kai ta loipa '—like better a Long Greek string of kappas , taus , lambdas , Tacked on to the tail of each damned ass)— No knowledge we want of this quality, But knowledge indeed—practicality Through insight's fine universality!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

The Thirty-first, under Logan, quickly became known as a fighting regiment, and distinguished itself at the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson.
— from Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis

These two had been David and Jonathan from their little boy days, no less friends because they were so unlike; Marty, a quiet, brooding, knowledge-hungry youngster, and J.W. matter-of-fact, taking things as they came and asking few questions, but always the leader in games and mischief; each the other's champion against all comers.
— from John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment by Dan B. (Dan Brearley) Brummitt

Besides these we find mention of the Leabhar buidhe Sláine or Yellow Book of Slane; the original Leabhar na h-Uidhre; the Books of Eochaidh O'Flannagain ; a certain book known as the Book eaten by the poor people in the desert; the Book of Inis an Duin ; the Short Book of St. Buithe's Monastery (or Monasterboice); the Books of Flann of the same Monastery; the Book of Flann of Dungeimhin (Dungiven, co. Derry); the Book of Dun da Leth Ghlas (or Downpatrick); the Book of Doiré (Derry); the Book of Sabhall Phatraic (or Saull, co. Down); the Book of the Uachongbhail (Navan, probably); the Leabhar dubh Molaga , or Black Book of St. Molaga; the Leabhar buidhe Moling , or Yellow Book of St. Moling; the Leabhar buidhe Mhic Murchadha , or Yellow Book of Mac Murrach; the Leabhar Arda Macha , or Book of Armagh (quoted by Keating); the Leabhar ruadh Mhic Aedhagain , or Red Book of Mac Aegan; the Leabhar breac Mhic Aedhagain , or Speckled Book of Mac Aegan; the Leabhar fada Leithghlinne , or Long Book of Leithghlinn, or Leithlin; the Books of O'Scoba of Cluain Mic Nois (or Clonmacnois); the Duil Droma Ceata , or Book of Drom Ceat; and the Book of Clonsost (in Leix, in the Queen's County)."
— from An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

Quoted by Koberstein, IV, p. 168.
— from Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer