Note 45 ( return ) [ Evagrius, l. i. c. 7.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

58 Note 52 ( return ) [ Evagrius, l. i. c. 7.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Robert E. Lee, in command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
— from Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia by Francis Wilshin

Rome sent a new army, under Lucius Papirius Cursor, and laid siege to Lucania, where the Roman equites lay in captivity.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

For this reason extra labour is chiefly required during this season, and the village people are frequently asked to give extra help in connexion with it.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

ROBERT E. LEE IN COMMAND.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

The leaves grow on long petioles, in dense tufts, from the root; each leaf is cut into five to eleven parts, all sharply pointed, and the middle and lateral ones with their ends notched or cleft.
— from Flower Guide: Wild Flowers East of the Rockies (Revised and with New Illustrations) by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed

It was a splendid sight, and resolving to get the best view possible, I climbed into an apple tree by the way side, where, kneeling on a huge bunch of mistletoe, I could see every few minutes a shot directed from the forts and one in reply, each leaving its comet-like train of fire behind it.
— from With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War Personal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies, 1870-1871 by Charles Edward Ryan

This is greatly due in Nicaragua, as it is throughout Central and South America, to the profligate lives led by the priests, who, with few rare exceptions, live in concubinage more or less open.
— from The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt

[Pg 2] The Empire, composed of many races, Etruscan, Ligurian, Iberian, Celtic, Basque, Greek, Egyptian, and divers others, had been created and maintained by the military and administrative genius of Rome.
— from A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Apparently he was the deafest retainer that a peeress of the realm ever left in charge of a princely pile.
— from Denry the Audacious by Arnold Bennett