It was formerly in the Strozzi Palace at Rome, and was brought to Paris by Maria de Medici.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

For if the Rays both in going in and out at the first Surface be in Fits of easy Transmission, and the Intervals and Numbers of those Fits between the first and second Surface, before and after Reflexion, be equal, the distances of the Fits of easy Transmission from either Surface, must be in the same progression after Reflexion as before; that is, from the first Surface which transmitted them in the progression of the even Numbers 0, 2, 4, 6, [Pg 288] 8, &c. and from the second which reflected them, in that of the odd Numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, &c.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

I have an affection for the road yet (though it is not so pleasant a road as it was then), formed in the impressibility of untried youth and hope.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Note: Yet some pagan authors relate and confirm them.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Why must she pace about revoked at Cossethay whilst her mistress was elsewhere?
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

For one thing, it made common one of the best psychology-adjuncts of their religion; also, the joy of life, that it helped to liberate among those who frequented the coffee houses, precipitated social, political, and religious arguments; and these frequently developed into disturbances.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Over on the railroad opposite, long freight trains, sometimes weighted by cylinder-tanks of petroleum, thirty, forty, fifty cars in a string, panting and rumbling along in full view, but the sound soften'd by distance. DAYS
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

For as for those who make such profanation a reproach against us, I mean the prophets of the Jews, what have they to say about their own temple, which was overthrown three times and even now is not being raised up again?
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

After this some prayers are recited, and a sacrifice is offered.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

" As commander in chief of that department of the French army entreated to him, he was assiduous to maintain proper discipline and order; a matter of great difficulty, as a revolutionary spirit pervaded all ranks, and the soldiers were disposed to insubordination, especially under a leader not belonging to the popular party.
— from Memoirs of General Lafayette With an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. by Samuel L. (Samuel Lorenzo) Knapp

Another root that excited superstitious phantasies and reverential awe, from its supposed resemblance to the human form, was the Gin-seng, a Chinese production, which, according to the author of the Kao-li-tchi-tsan , or Eulogium of the Kingdom of Corea, “imitates the configuration of man and the efficacy of spiritual comfort, possessing hands and feet like a human being, and the mental virtues that no one can easily comprehend.”
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

I shall secure him a good appanage of three millions, upon which he can properly keep up his position; and I shall place at Rome a king or a senator, and I shall divide his states into so many duchies.
— from World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by François Guizot

This court was surrounded by a stone parapet, and, rising above the parapet, acacia-trees, loaded with odorous bloom, delineated against the background of the sea the delicate elegance of their foliage.
— from The Triumph of Death by Gabriele D'Annunzio

[150] The [Pg 363] moment that the negro became an influential factor in southern politics, a real agitation against the anti-intermarriage laws would begin.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed

The procession moves on to the cemetery, where prayers and speeches, patriotic and religious, are made, wreaths placed on the little wooden crosses.
— from War Days in Brittany by Elsie Deming Jarves

"And if she runs the risk?" "We will carry out our threat," said Petros, "and raise a storm amongst the Goths, which will----" "Cost her her life!" cried Gothelindis.
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn

From the parapet upon which we stood a sharp ridge, with precipitous sides, plunged at right angles into the level expanse.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch