Recently Mr. Capes has published an edition of the parts of Polybius referring to it which will be found useful; and Mr. Strachan-Davidson has an able essay upon it in his edition of Extracts from Polybius.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

There, might also be seen a St. Anthony the Abbot with a hog by his side, a hog that for the worthy Capitan was as miraculous as the saint himself, for which reason he never dared to refer to it as the hog , but as the creature of holy St. Anthony ; a St. Francis [ 40 ] of Assisi in a coffee-colored robe and with seven wings, placed over a St. Vincent who had only two but in compensation carried a trumpet; a St. Peter the Martyr with his head split open by the talibon of an evil-doer and held fast by a kneeling infidel, side by side with another St. Peter cutting off the ear of a Moro, Malchus 3 no doubt, who was gnawing his lips and writhing with pain, while a fighting-cock on a doric column crowed and flapped his wings—from all of which Capitan Tiago deduced that in order to be a saint it was just as well to smite as to be smitten.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

In this passage, written, the author tells us, ‘in awe and reverence,’ there is much that is terrible, and very much that is quite horrible, but it is not without a certain crude form of power, or, at any rate, a certain crude violence of words, a quality which this age should highly appreciate, as it is its chief defect.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

When you read these I that was visible am become invisible, Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me, Fancying how happy you were if I could be with you and become your comrade; Be it as if I were with you.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

But what follows, "The Lord will send forth the rod of Thy strength out of Sion, and rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies," [455] is so clear, that to deny it would imply not merely unbelief and mistake, but downright impudence.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Merely to associate one thing with another brings little gain; and merely to have added a vocal designation to fleeting things—a designation which of course would have been taken for a part of their essence—would in itself have encumbered phenomena without rendering them in any way more docile to the will.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Therefore the words be not declared here; but every man after the grace that God giveth him in understanding and loving, receive them in our Lord's meaning.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Their cosmogonical connexion has already been referred to in a previous chapter.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Respecting these instruments especial mention is made of a sonorous metal which was struck with a mallet.
— from Musical Instruments by Carl Engel

As part of the same scheme, the Jesuits were expelled, the right of sanctuary was infringed, and the whole hierarchy, from the highest bishop down to the lowest monk, were taught to fear the law, to curb their passions, and to restrain the insolence with which they had formerly treated every rank except their own.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

The mental factors which may be involved in this capacity for social adaptation, and which render the individual in need of care, supervision, or control, are many and varied, and there is even some danger that too much reliance upon serial tests may distract from the adequate investigation of these qualities and defects and lead to totally erroneous conclusions."
— from Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders

Moschus , a Greek pastoral poet, author of lyrics which have been translated by Andrew Lang; lived 150 B.C. Moscow (799), on the Moskwa River, in the centre of European Russia, 370 m. SE. of St. Petersburg; was before 1713 the capital, and is still a great industrial and commercial centre; its manufactures include textiles, leather, chemicals, and machinery; it does a great trade in grain, timber, metals from the Urals, and furs, hides, &c., from Asia; besides the great cathedral there are many churches, palaces, and museums, a university, library, picture-gallery, and observatory; the enclosure called the Kremlin or citadel is the most sacred spot in Russia; thrice in the 18th century the city was devastated by fire, and again in 1812 to compel Napoleon to retire.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

Mr. Sparks, in his preface to his "Life and Writings," remarks that "it must be kept in mind that much the larger portion of his life passed on a conspicuous public theatre, and that no account of it can be written which will not assume essentially the air of history."
— from Washington in Domestic Life From Original Letters and Manuscripts by Richard Rush

He had prepared himself to be ingratiating; but he realized that ingratiation was not a successful line to pursue with dragons.
— from The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

In that respect, therefore, it may be properly enough said, that his presence is required during the trial and until judgment, and in no other.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

In effect, it has been remarked, that it is particularly at the hour of death that those who have been during their life careful to honour this great saint, reap the fruit of their devotion."
— from Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler

Lord Granville, as Matthew Arnold says, had studied in the book of the world rather than in the world of books.
— from Letters of Lord Acton to Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

The entire discourse of the soloist, vocal rather than instrumental, seems like musical expression intimately conjoined with the Talmudic prose.
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale