To us it seemed that so good a man, so kind a heart, so simple a nature, deserved rest and peace in a grave sacred from the intrusion of prying eyes, and believed that he himself would have preferred to have it so, but peradventure our wisdom was at fault in this regard.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

The following are some of his notes:— (1) Whenever some of the English boys are singing “Rule Britannia”, and some not, some of the Monitors are wide-awake; (2) Whenever some of the Scotch are dancing reels, and some of the Irish fighting, some of the Welsh are eating toasted cheese; (3) Whenever all the Germans are playing chess, some of the Eleven are not oiling their bats; (4) Whenever some of the Monitors are asleep, and some not, some of the Irish are fighting; (5) Whenever some of the Germans are playing chess, and none of the Scotch are dancing reels, some of the Welsh are not eating toasted cheese; (6) Whenever some of the Scotch are not dancing reels, and some of the Irish not fighting, some of the Germans are playing chess; (7) Whenever some of the Monitors are awake, and some of the Welsh are eating toasted cheese, none of the Scotch are dancing reels; (8) Whenever some of the Germans are not playing chess, and some of the Welsh are not eating toasted cheese, none of the Irish are fighting; pg187 (9) Whenever all the English are singing “Rule Britannia,” and some of the Scotch are not dancing reels, none of the Germans are playing chess; (10) Whenever some of the English are singing “Rule Britannia”, and some of the Monitors are asleep, some of the Irish are not fighting; (11) Whenever some of the Monitors are awake, and some of the Eleven are not oiling their bats, some of the Scotch are dancing reels; (12) Whenever some of the English are singing “Rule Britannia”, and some of the Scotch are not dancing reels, * * *
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

The testimony of Sandys on this point is confirmed by that of Pighio, Braccini, Magliocco, Salimbeni, and Nicola di Rubco, all cited by Roth, Der Vesuv., p. 9.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

The Word and Sacraments are not duly recognized as the divinely ordained means and channels, through which He reaches the hearts of the children of men.
— from The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by G. H. (George Henry) Gerberding

There are, however, two weaknesses in this story as now developed: Rose and Lacy, though they appear against the background of the wars, do not connect the apprentices with the enlistment, nor do they afford many scenes of marked dramatic force.
— from Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

It was the same with his company, with his non-commissioned officers, with his soldier servant, a notoriously drunken rascal, and with his quarters.
— from With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The testimony of Sandys on this point is confirmed by that of Pighio, Braccini, Magliocco, Salimbeni, and Nicola di Rubeo, all cited by Roth, Der Vesuv. , p. 9.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

We passed Thera (Degirmenlik), an Ottoman island belonging to the khass of the Captain Páshá, weathered the point of Temashalik (Sunium), passed Athens, the castle of Termísh in Morea, and stopped at Napoli (di Romania), a strong castle at the end of a great port, where we took in provisions for the troops of twenty-seven Rumelian sanjaks; we did the same at Benefshe, which is an open place with no port; passed Candia, taking no notice, as if we were going to Malta, passed Cerigo and Cerigotto also belonging to the Venetians, the fortresses of Coron and Modon, and the island of Borák, a small island near Morea, till we came to Navarin.
— from Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. II by Evliya Çelebi