39-43, and Prince R. Bonaparte's Recueil , Pl. xii.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa
I pray heaven preserve you for us, and bless you with health both now and ever, if the gods have any regard for the Roman people.” XXII.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
Revue philosophique , XLVIII (1899), 135-45.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess
RHYTHM: PROPORTION XVII.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
The rich man lives like Dives jovially here on earth, temulentus divitiis , make the best of it; and boasts himself in the multitude of his riches, Psalm xlix.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Several of this type were found in the grave of the oculist Gaius F. Severus at Rheims ( Pl. XXVI, fig. 6 ).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne
“So in my own day, along with the village sports, they sometimes read aloud, under the linden tree on the green, the song of Justina, 7 or the story of Wieslaw; 8 and the bailiff, dozing at the table, or the steward, or even the master of the farm, did not forbid us to read; [pg xxi] he himself would deign to listen, and would interpret the harder places to the younger folk; he praised the beauties and forgave the faults.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz
[Pg 73] I give a figure of a stylus in silver, beautifully oxidized, which was found at York while making excavations there in constructing the railway ( Pl. XVII, fig. 3 ).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne
Under these circumstances a repeller ( Pl. XX , fig. 7) may be planted in the breast and the body of the calf pushed backward into the womb, when the limbs will extend easily under traction and the presentation becomes at once natural.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward
Passing by those grand romances of 'Ivanhoe,' 'Old Mortality,' and 'Kenilworth,' with their terrible intricacies of crime and bloodshed, constructed with so fine a mastery of the art of exciting suspense and horror, let the reader pick out those two exceptional novels in the series which profess to paint contemporary manners and the scenes of common life; and remembering [pg xviii] in the 'Antiquary' the vision in the tapestried chamber, the duel, the horrible secret, and the death of old Elspeth, the drowned fisherman, and above all the tremendous situation of the tide-bound party under the cliffs; and in 'St. Ronan's Well,' the long-drawn mystery, the suspicion of insanity, and the catastrophe of suicide;—determine whether an epithet which it would be a profanation to apply to the structure of any, even the most exciting of Sir Walter Scott's stories, is fairly applicable to tales which, though illimitably inferior in execution, yet observe the same limitations of incident, and the same moral aims.
— from Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Krantz , Revue Politique , xxxiii.
— from A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
94 Regimental Colours: 24th of the Line, the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment. PLATE XI.
— from The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
Rhæteum, promontory, xxxvii.
— from The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books by Livy
Lithium ( Plate IV , 2 and Plate XIX , 1) is a striking and beautiful form, with its upright cone, or spike, its eight radiating petals ( x ) at the base of the cone, and the plate-like support in the centre of which is a globe, on which the spike rests.
— from Occult Chemistry: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by Annie Besant
Apparently it has not yet heard of the rapid growth of X., for it has done nothing whatever to increase its facilities to keep pace with that growth; even its officers rarely pay X. the honor of a passing visit.
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford
(Study in Reading Poetry— X, 306 .)
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester
[Pg 28] in different lots until his property extended from Chestnut Street to the Mill Pond, then known as South River. Plate X.—Pickering House, Side View.
— from Historic Homes of New England by Mary Harrod Northend
171 Lucuma Rivicoa, Plate LXXXIV 173 Eriobotrya Japonica, Loquat, Plate LXXXV 175 Litchi Chinensis, "Lichee," Plate LXXXVI 177 Euphoria Longana, Longan, Plate LXXXVII 179 Morus nigra, Mulberry, Plate LXXXVIII 181 Garcinia mangostana, Mangosteen, Plate LXXXIX 183 Garcinia Xanthochymus, Plate XC 185 Bunchosia sp., Plate XCI 187 Malpighia glabra, Barbados Cherry, Plate XCII 189 Theobroma Cacao, Cocoa or Chocolate Tree, Plate XCIII 191 Hibiscus Sabdariffa, Roselle, Plate XCIV 193 Monstera deliciosa, Plate XCV 195 Anacardium occidentale, Cashew Nut, Plate XCVI 197 Ziziphus Jujuba, "Jujube," Plate XCVII 199 Phyllanthus emblica, Plate XCVIII 201 Phyllanthus distichus, Otaheiti Gooseberry, Plate XCIX 203 Olea Europea, Olive, Plate C 205 Vitis Labrusca, "Isabella Grape," Plate CI 207 Pyrus Sinensis, Sand pear, Plate CII 209 Passiflora quadrangularis, Granadilla Vine, Plate CIII 211
— from Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands by Gerrit Parmile Wilder
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