Sir Epinogris, the son of the King of Northumberland, and Sir Palomedes the Saracen, and Sir Grummore Grummorsum, a good knight of Scotland, and Sir Brian des Iles, a noble knight, and Sir Carados of the Tower Dolorous, and Sir Tristram, who as yet was not a knight of the Round Table, and many others.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Of the seraglio, of Chardin, of the Sultana's coiffure, of the Thousand and One Nights (1704).
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

It is but a superficial mode of examining into this question to begin with the place and the people; for it may happen that these may be divided from that, or that some one of them may live in one place, and some in another (but this question may be regarded as no very knotty one; for, as a city may acquire that appellation on many accounts, it may be solved many ways); and in like manner, when men inhabit one common place, when shall we say that they inhabit the same city, or that the city is the same?
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

The hot Italian summer brooded outside, over the market-place and the picturesque peasants, and, in the singular color of the Tuscan atmosphere, the hills and vineyards of the Apennines seemed bursting with mid-summer blood.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Let us suppose that this state consists of ten thousand citizens.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Valve trombones are more mobile than slide trombones, but the latter are certainly to be preferred as regards nobility and equality of sound, the more so from the fact that these instruments are rarely required to perform quick passages, owing to the special character of their tone.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

I had caught a severe cold in the depth of winter at a theatrical rehearsal, and it at once assumed a serious character, owing to the fact that my nerves were in a state of constant irritation from the continual annoyance and vexatious worry caused by the contemptible character of the theatrical management.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

It is in that ancient nail-headed character used by the ancient Buddhists of India, and still the sacred character of the Tatar Lamas: in short, the Pali.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

What we find at the origin and basis of religious thought are not determined and distinct objects and beings possessing a sacred character of themselves; they are indefinite powers, anonymous forces, more or less numerous in different societies, and sometimes even reduced to a unity, and whose impersonality is strictly comparable to that of the physical forces whose manifestations the sciences of nature study.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Don't yu think that they gets hungry tu?" At Lobster Ledge—a jumble of peaked rocks with pools between—he left his sack conspicuously on the top of a high stone, and hopped—seemed to hop—down to a pool.
— from A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

The agreed, fleet of five ships was accordingly fitted out for the expedition at Seville, consisting of the Trinidada, in which Magellan sailed as admiral, and having a Portuguese pilot named Stephen Gomez; the Santa Vittoria, commanded by Don Luis de Mendoza; the St Antonio, Don Juan de Carthagena; the St Jago, Don Juan Serrano; and the Conception, Don Gaspar de Quixada.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

Written for the anniversary exercises of the Golden Branch Society of Phillips’ Exeter Academy, June, 1850. Borne on in the swift course of time, The hour again is here, Which calls from us a sad adieu, And swells the parting tear.
— from Poems: With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Rebekah Smith

Gradually, however, as he sung, the louder sounds were omitted; the imitation of the trumpet changed from the notes of the charge to those of the retreat; the strings seemed to rustle under his touch, as if from the hasty rush of flying multitudes; and then, with a sudden change of time, the music altered to a sweet and plaintive strain of wailing, while his voice took up the song of mourning for the dead.
— from One in a Thousand; or, The Days of Henri Quatre by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

[ 75 ] The very singular construction of these tumuli, and the numerous utensils found in them, occupy at this moment the penetration and talent of American antiquaries.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

Several years ago Count General Terauchi ordered several copies of the Tripitaka printed from these blocks.
— from Korean Buddhism: History—Condition—Art by Frederick Starr

On Secession, i 99 On slavery, i 89 On special correspondents, i 156 , 258 On States’ rights, i 99 On war, i 103 Wounded, i 149 , 160–1 , 163 ; ii 450 Jena, battle of, i 59 , 259 ; ii 332 Jenkins, General, C.S.A., ii 272 , 414 “Jim,” i 300 , 396 , 442 ; ii 72 Johnson, General Bradley T., C.S.A., ii 26 , 38 , 142 , 145 , 147 , 159 , 280 , 374 Johnson, General Edward, C.S.A., i 50 , 206 , 284 , 286–8 , 291 , 295–8 , 303 , 309 , 415 ; ii 393 Johnston, General A. S., C.S.A., i 304 Johnston, General Joseph E., C.S.A., i 50 , 122 , 125–6 , 130 , 132–3 , 139 , 140 , 147 , 153–4 , 156 , 157 , 159–60 , 164 , 172 , 175–6 , 185 , 187–9 , 199–202 , 204–7 , 213 , 217–9 , 232–3 , 235 , 250 , 258 , 260 , 264–5 , 267 , 271–2 , 274 , 278–82 , 292 , 294 , 301 , 307–8 , 345 , 388 , 410–1 ; ii 4 , 199 , 373 , 392 , 479 , 483 , 489 Jomini, Baron, i 75 , 407 Jones, Colonel W. E., C.S.A., ii 291 Jones, General D. R., C.S.A., ii 178 , 180 , 208 , 242 Jones, General J. R., C.S.A., ii 208 , 220–2 , 244–8 , 254 , 255 , 259 , 271 Jones, Reverend W., D.D., i 359 Junkin, Miss, i 59 Junkin, Reverend Dr., i 59 ; ii 327 K Kearney, General Philip, U.S.A., ii 122 , 140 , 156 , 157–8 , 161 , 179 , 184 Kelley, Colonel, C.S.A., i 383 Kelly, General, U.S.A., i 184 , 190 Kemper, General, C.S.A., ii 178 , 179 , 272 Kenly, Colonel, U.S.A., i 316–9 , 321 , 323–6 , 328 , 342 , 412 Kernstown, battle of, chapter viii, i 273 , 276 , 337 , 405 , 407 ; ii 32 , 103 , 175 , 247 , 302 , 332 , 341 , 348 , 370 , 379 , 483–5 , 487 Kershaw, General, C.S.A., ii 271 Kimball, General N., U.S.A., i 238 , 242–3 , 251 , 252 King, General, U.S.A., i 349 , 355–6 , 400 ; ii 79 , 99 , 140 , 143–6 , 150–1 , 163 , 190 , 193 , 195 Kirby Smith, General, C.S.A., i 135 , 150–1 Knapsacks, i 222 ; ii 125 Königgrätz or Sadowa, battle of, i 422 ; ii 197 Kriegsakademie, i 410 L Lander, General, U.S.A., i 201–2 , 213 , 227 Lane, General, C.S.A., ii 95–6 , 309–10 , 316–7 , 366–7 , 449 , 456 , 487 Law, General, C.S.A., ii 26 , 35 , 37–8 , 272 , Lawley, Hon. F., special correspondent of the “Times,” ii 280 , 390 , 461 , 477 , 478 Lawrences, the, i 4 Lawton, General, C.S.A., i 391 , 393 , 408 ; ii 26 , 32 , 35 , 40 , 42 , 90 , 119 , 145 , 147 , 153 , 159 , 161 , 172–3 , 177 , 208 , 220–2 , 235 , 242 , 244–5 , 247 , 255 , 259 , 269 , 271 , 275 , 287 Lee, General Fitzhugh, C.S.A., i 333 ; ii 7 , 114 , 116 , 133 , 207–8 , 227 , 241–2 , 294 , 331 , 413 , 418 , 420–2 , 430 , 432–3 , 435–6 , 472 , 491 Lee, General Robert Edward, C.S.A., i 13 , 31 , 36 , 37 , 58 , 86 , 88 , 90 , 125–6 , 130 , 131 , 141 , 173 , 204 , 207–8 , 215 , 225 , 280–4 , 295 , 305–8 , 352 , 388–93 , 397–8 , 407–12 , 419 , 429 , 431–3 , 436 ; ii 1 , 3–6 , 8–19 , 21–3 , 25–6 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 35 , 39 , 41 , 43–8 , 54 , 57–62 , 65 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 72–4 , 75 , 77–81 , 84 , 88 , 109 , 111–7 , 122–5 , 128 , 131–4 , 135 , 138 , 139 , 142 , 150–1 , 156 , 162–3 , 167–9 , 176–8 , 183 , 185–90 , 192–4 , 196 , 199 , 200 , 202 , 205–13 , 216–7 , 220 , 223–4 , 226–8 , 236 , 239 , 242–3 , 250–1 , 254 , 258–9 , 262–9 , 273–4 , 276–80 , 289–93 , 295–9 , 300 , 303 , 305 , 307–8 , 312 , 322 , 324–5 , 330 , 332–4 , 336 , 341–5 , 348 , 353–4 , 358–60 , 364 , 369 , 370 , 373–6 , 382 , 387 , 390 , 392–3 , 398–9 , 404–10 , 413–9 , 424–35 , 437–9 , 446 , 455 , 457–64 , 468–70 , 472–5 , 477–80 , 483–4 , 486 , 488–90 Lee, B. E., Esq., C.S.A., ii 473 Lee, General Stephen D., C.S.A., ii 168 , 175 , 208 , 244 , 246 , 249 , 252 , 263–7 , 272 Lee, General W. H. F., C.S.A., i 333 ; ii 120 , 291 , 331 , 413 , 438 Leigh, Captain, C.S.A., ii 451 , 453 Leipsic, campaign and battle of, i 418 ; ii 192 , 493 Letcher, Governor, i 205 , 210 Leuthen, battle of, ii 470 Ligny, battle of, i 259 ; ii 59 Lincoln, Abraham, i 81 , 86 , 97–8 , 101 , 105 , 120 , 158 , 171–2 , 208 , 215 , 216 , 226 , 231 , 233–5 , 249–50 , 252 , 260 , 265 , 277 , 279 , 289 , 293–4 , 305–6 , 314–5 , 344 , 349–50 , 358 , 386 , 399 , 401 , 405–9 , 411 , 415 ; ii 5 , 73 , 75 , 77 , 80 , 83 , 210 , 213 , 273 , 276 , 289 , 295–7 , 302 , 320 , 334–5 , 337 , 341 , 392 , 408 , 468 , 485 Little Sorrel, i 198 ; ii 209 , 256 , 281 , 311 , 442 , 450 Long, General, C.S.A., ii 54 , 188 , 327 , 359 , 360 Longstreet, General, C.S.A., i 50 , 139 , 265 , 397 ; ii 9 , 12 , 14 , 18 , 24 , 26 , 28–31 , 36 , 42 , 45 , 47–9 , 53–7 , 59 , 61–2 , 65 , 69–71 , 100 , 111 , 137 , 144 , 150–3 , 156–7 , 162–3 , 165–6 , 168–70 , 171 , 173 , 175–7 , 179 , 181 , 183 , 187–90 , 193 , 208 , 210 , 212–3 , 217–8 , 224–7 , 230 , 233 , 236 , 238 , 241 , 244 , 249 , 257–61 , 276–7 , 280 , 286 , 293 , 298–301 , 304 , 308–9 , 311 , 313 , 316 , 320–2 , 336 , 341 , 351 , 404 , 406–7 , 414 , 455 , 469 , 486 Loring, General, C.S.A., i 185 , 187–9 , 193–7 , 199–201 , 205 , 211 ; ii 370 , 489 Louis XIV, ii 283 M McCall, General, U.S.A., i 349 , 386 ; ii 10 , 48 McClellan, General, U.S.A., i 50 , 58 , 155 , 171 , 174–5 , 184 , 187 , 196 , 202–3 , 213 , 215 , 216 , 218–20 , 227 , 231–2 , 235–6 , 247–50 , 252 , 259 , 265–7 , 269–72 , 274 , 277–80 , 292–3 , 304–6 , 314 , 344–5 , 386–91 , 393 , 398 , 400–1 , 404–5 , 407–9 , 411 , 413 , 415 , 420 , 429 ; ii 2 , 5 , 6 , 9 , 12 , 14 , 15 , 18–9 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 39 , 40 , 43–8 , 57 , 60 , 65–74 , 75–7 , 81 , 83–4 , 102 , 109–11 , 113 , 116–7 , 122–5 , 135–6 , 142 , 145 , 152 , 167 , 185 , 187 , 194 , 198–9 , 205 , 210–3 , 216–8 , 224–7 , 230–4 , 236–7 , 241 , 243 , 245–8 , 250 , 253–4 , 256 , 258 , 260 , 263 , 267–8 , 270 , 273–5 , 277–9 , 289 , 291–7 , 299 , 332–3 , 341 , 343 , 371–2 , 392 , 413 , 485 McDowell, battle of, chapter ix, i 263 , 412 , 424–5 , 446 ; ii 484 McDowell, General, U.S.A., i 50 , 131–3 , 135–6 , 138–9 , 144 , 147 , 150 , 152 , 154–5 , 158–9 , 171 , 248–50 , 279–80 , 289 , 292–4 , 304 , 314–5 , 325 , 344–6 , 349–53 , 358 , 364 , 386–91 , 395 , 398–401 , 404 , 408 , 412–3 , 415 , 420 ; ii 3 , 5 , 10 , 60 , 79 , 84 , 97 , 99 , 101 , 103 , 116 McGuire, Dr. Hunter, C.S.A., i 260 , 369 , 439 ; ii 30 , 51 , 55 , 57–8 , 69 , 86 , 123 , 164 , 193 , 257 , 324–5 , 373 , 391 , 451 , 453–4 , 471 McLaws, General, C.S.A., ii 62 , 111 , 122 , 169 , 204 , 208 , 213 , 216–21 , 223–5 , 233–4 , 238 , 243 , 250 , 250–6 , 271 , 329 , 413 , 421–2 , 431–3 , 446 , 459 , 462–3 , 467 Magruder, General, C.S.A., i 32–3 , 36–7 , quoted 39 , 42 , quoted 47 , 50 , 278–9 ; ii 9 , 11 , 12 , 14 , 44–5 , 47 , 53 , 55 , 59 , 61–3 , 65 Mahan, Captain, U.S.N., quoted, ii 332 Mahone, General, C.S.A., i 411 ; ii 272 Malvern Hill, battle of, chapter xiv, ii 43 , 75 , 80 , 201 , 274 , 330 , 341 , 483 , 488 Manassas, first battle of, chapter vi, i 135 , 173–4 , 198 , 209 , 216 , 255 , 425 ; ii 274 , 348 , 483 , 491 Manassas, second battle of, chapters xvi, ii 108 and xvii, 167 , 187–8 , 192 , 202 , 212 , 228 , 231 , 253 , 311 , 341 , 344 , 370 , 468 , 487 Mansfield, General, C.S.A., ii 237 , 241–3 , 247–8 , 250 , 255 , 261 , 272 Maps, i 136 , 183 , 416–7 , 440 ; ii 46 , 59 , 110 , 431–2 Marches.
— from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G. F. R. (George Francis Robert) Henderson

Thus, the third transmission circuit between the power-house at Niagara Falls and the terminal house in Buffalo, a distance of 20 miles by the new pole line, was formed of three aluminum cables each with an area of 500,000 circular mils, though the six conductors of the two previous circuits were each 350,000 circular mils copper.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

It is the sharp contact of the two which makes the sparks fly."
— from The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms by John A. (John Albert) Cone

There is abduction of the stifle in some cases, or the toe may be worn in unshod horses so that it presents a straight line at the surface.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix