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— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Note 18 ( return ) [ {kou ge de}: "where then would not a gulf be filled up?"] Note 19 ( return ) [ {katarregnumenen}: some Editors read {katerregmenen} ("broken up by cracks") from {katerregnumenen}, which is given by many MSS.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

In Switzerland, every reader knows the story told of the devil’s bridge in the St. Gothard pass.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

"He will think himself safe enough," replied Kingswell.
— from Brothers of Peril: A Story of old Newfoundland by Theodore Goodridge Roberts

Not for all her hidden treasures would she have had it suspected that she even remotely knew anything about the murder or the man who was murdered.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

“So, then, thy courage is only sufficient to make thee kick those who are small enough,” returned Karlsefin, with a frown.
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The single employer rightly knows that there is a wage higher than he can pay and hours shorter than he can grant.
— from The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Stephen Leacock