The words, as here translated, are Kai su ei ekeinon; kai su teknon.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
] Note 51 ( return ) [ {elkon stathmon einaton emitalanton kai eti duodeka mneas}.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus
The reason for mentioning the particular number five seems to be contained in the passage quoted by Stein from Sextus Empiricus, {enteuphen kai oi Person kharientes nomon ekhousi, basileos par' autois teleutesantos pente tas ephexes emeras anomian agein}.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus
The Englishman knows only two ways of understanding the genius and the "great man": either democratically in the style of [Pg 103] Buckle, or religiously after the manner of Carlyle.—The danger which great men and great ages represent, is simply extraordinary; every kind of exhaustion and of sterility follows in their wake.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
It was this that had happened to the vicar of Willowton, and strangely enough, everybody knew it but the vicar!
— from The Water-Finders by Judith Vandeleur
Minds of such nature know not that there is a "joy in the midst of grief;" but Mrs. Hamilton did, and she encouraged every kindly feeling of her nature.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar
Nine knots, ten knots, eleven knots—the brig foamed before it, into the southwest, edging eleven knots—the brig foamed before it, into the southwest, edging away always to the westward.
— from Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
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