[2] —"Sua casa che era posta nel confin di S. Giovanni Chrisostomo, che hor fà l'anno s'abbrugiò totalmente , con gran danno di molti.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

SYN: Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity, confusion.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Para poder quemarlos los llevó a la azotea de su casa con el propósito de que los rayos del sol los secasen.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE MEMPHIS, January 27, 1864 Brigadier-General W. S. SMITH, commanding Cavalry, etc., present.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Montigny, Baron; murder of, 60 Mookerheyde: disastrous battle of in April 1574, 74 Mossel Bay: is touched at by the first Dutch expedition to India, 122 ; in 1601 receives its present name from Paulus van Caerden, 126 Motley’s Rise of the Dutch Republic , and History of the United Netherlands to the Twelve Years’ Truce, 1609 : references to, 41 and 78 Mozambique: description of in 1583, 120 ; is coveted by the Dutch, owing to rumours of the great quantity of gold to be had on the mainland, 135 ; in June 1604 is attacked by Steven van der Hagen, 136 ; but in August he is obliged to leave without success, 137 ; in March 1607 is attacked by Paulus van Caerden, 139 ; Fort São Sebastião is bravely defended by Dom Estevão d’Ataide, 141 ; and in May Van Caerden is obliged to abandon the effort to take it, 143 ; in July 1608 it is attacked for the third time by the Dutch under Pieter Willemszoon Verhoeff, 144 ; but in August the siege is abandoned, 147 Municipal Charters: in A.D. 1217 the first of these in the Northern Netherlands is obtained by the town of Middelburg in Zeeland, 45 Mutinies of Spanish troops: account of, 79 to 81, and 111 Naarden: in 1572 is destroyed by the Spaniards, 66 Negotiations for the alliance of the Dutch and English East India Companies: particulars concerning, 161 and 162 van Nek, Jacob: successful voyage to India of, 124 Netherlands: the territory of the Northern Provinces is the last occupied on the continent of Europe, 42 ; no traces of palæolithic men are found there, ib.; the Celts are the earliest known inhabitants, ib.; the Batavi, a Nether Teuton tribe, come next, ib.; the Frisians occupy the territory farther north, 43 ; palæolithic implements in great abundance are found in the southern provinces, 42 ; which in the earliest historical times are occupied by Celts, 43 ; at the time of the Roman invasion the extreme north is occupied by Teutons, the extreme south by Celts, and the centre {311} by the two races intermingled, ib.; the country is conquered by Cæsar and the Frisians are compelled to pay tribute, but the Batavi are admitted to an alliance with Rome, ib.; some centuries later on the fall of the Roman empire, other Teutonic tribes enter the country, 44 ; when the Franks conquer the Romanised Celtic territory in the south, ib.; in A.D. 785 the conquest of the whole country is completed by Charlemagne, ib.; under his feeble successors it is broken up into a number of petty states independent of each other, ib.; which in course of time become prosperous through manufactures, commerce, and the fisheries, 45 ; the towns are able to obtain, mostly by purchase from their sovereigns, charters conferring extensive powers of self government, ib.; in 1437 through various causes many of the provinces or separate states come under the dominion of Philippe duke of Burgundy, 46 ; in 1477 the “Great Privilege” is granted by Mary of Burgundy, 47 ; who marries Maximilian of Hapsburg, and leaves a son, Philippe by name, as sovereign of the Burgundian Netherlands, 48 ; this Philippe marries the eldest daughter of the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, and in 1500 has a son born to him, who becomes the emperor Charles V, ib.; Charles inherits the sovereignty of all the Netherland provinces except Gelderland, Utrecht, the Frisian provinces, Liege, Flanders, and Artois, ib.; by 1544 all of the provinces except Liege are under his rule, 49 ; enumeration of the provinces, 50 ; in 1555 on the abdication of Charles V all of the provinces except Liege come under the sovereignty of his son Philippe II of Spain, 51 ; under whose rule they are treated with such cruelty that they rise in rebellion against him, 51 et seq.
— from Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical Sketches by George McCall Theal

Euen bicause the cōtents of the same misliked his mind, tending to the impairing of his vsurped profits & cōmodities from time to time in this land, Ambitiosus enim sibi totum vendicat orbem, Seq; (scelus) Christo clamitat esse parem.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12) Edward the Third, Who Came to the Crowne by the Resignation of His Father Edward the Second by Raphael Holinshed

371 DECEMBER 13 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Griddle cakes Casaba melon Honey Consommé Ditalini Breakfast sausage Eggs Créole Rolls Stuffed lamb chops, Soubise Coffee Champs Elysées potatoes Romaine salad DINNER Napoleon cake Little Neck clams Coffee Potage Mongol Fillet of sole, Joinville SUPPER Chicken sauté, Bordelaise Oysters mignonette Artichokes
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

A great smoker can consume eight pipes a day, but he dies in five years.
— from Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

[23] See Carducci, Cantilene , etc. (Pisa, 1871), pp.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

note: includes the Colon Free Zone Exports - commodities: bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing Exports - partners: US 39.2%, Netherlands 10.7%, Costa Rica 5.8%, Sweden 5.4%, UK 5.4%, Spain 5%, China 4.1% (2008)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency