Hazor is mentioned as a kingdom, and, seemingly, near Edom and Kedar.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

… doth she not eclipse all known or imaginable beauty?
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli

The Emperor Theodosius desired to unite her to a Spaniard named Elpidius, a kinsman of his own, but she steadfastly refused.
— from Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century by W. R. W. (William Richard Wood) Stephens

80 His patron went out of office, and his pension was unpaid: and hearing that this great scholar, now eminent and known to the literati of Europe (the great Boileau, 81 upon [pg 528] perusal of Mr. Addison's elegant hexameters, was first made aware that England was not altogether a barbarous nation)—hearing that the celebrated Mr. Addison, of Oxford, proposed to travel as governor to a young gentleman on the grand tour, the great Duke of Somerset proposed to Mr. Addison to accompany his son, Lord Hartford.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

Ebarbold has no descendants: after his death I will propose that they shall not elect another king.
— from A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn

To the eastward, on the contrary, they are felt very severely; not encountering any kind of obstacles, they sweep their course to the very shores of the Gulf of Mexico, so that in 26° N. latitude, on the southern boundaries of Texas, winter is still winter; that is to say, fire is necessary in the apartments during the month of January, and flannel and cloth dresses are worn; while, on the contrary, the same month on the shores of the Pacific, up to 40°, is mild enough to allow strangers from the south, and even the Sandwich islanders, to wear their light nankeen trowsers and gingham round-abouts.
— from The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas by Frederick Marryat

He has control of his technical forces and he never indulged in such nervous excesses as Kubin.
— from Ivory, Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker