It has already been attempted in the preceding pages to show what the temples of Britain were in the ages immediately succeeding the Roman occupation; but even if it is conceded that they were small basilicas, it will be contended that this is no answer to the question.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

The Mogul entered into these wars, and penetrated into the lower provinces on one side, whilst Bulwant Sing, the Rajah of Benares, entered them on another.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

But he could not employ himself, could not even seek the relief of bodily exertion; his mind grew sluggish, and threw a lassitude upon his limbs.
— from The Emancipated by George Gissing

Pontgravé, François de, voyages of, to St. Lawrence, 3 , 8 Port Hayes (Hudson's Bay), captured by Troyes, 206 Port Nelson, captured by Iberville, 345 ; retaken by English, 347 ; again taken by Iberville, 349 Portneuf, M. de, commands war party from Quebec, 236 ; captures Fort Loyal, 252 ; removed for peculation, 330 Port Royal (Annapolis), capital of Acadia, 270 ; captured by Phipps, 274 Prevost, town-major of Quebec, 257 ; strengthens defences, 284 Prévôté (provost's court) abolished 1674, re-established 1677, 107 Q Quebec, foundation of, 7 ; capture of, by Kirke, 20 ; restored to France, 23 ; population of city in 1666, 56 ; first ball given at, 59 ; sea expedition planned against by New Englanders, 268-77 ; defences strengthened, 284 ; attack by squadron under Phipps, 285-300 ; defences further strengthened, 326 Queylus, Rev. M. de, Sulpician, appointed vicar-general for Canada, 42 ; sent back to France by bishop Laval, 43 R Radisson, Pierre Esprit, proceedings of, in Hudson's Bay, 204-5 Rageot, Gilles, clerk to attorney-general, 106 Rainsford, John, rescues comrades cast away on Anticosti, 304 Ramesay, M. de, commands militia in attack on Iroquois, 351 Rat, the, Kondiaronk, Huron Indian, wrecks peace negotiations with Iroquois, 222 Récollet missionaries, brought out by Champlain, 13 ; difficulties encountered by, 16 ; not allowed to return to Canada after restoration to France, 25 ; permitted to return, 1668, 72 (note); favoured by Frontenac and La Salle, 162 ; offer to serve the parishes without any fixed provision for their support, 165 ; not greatly esteemed by the bishop, 165 ; missions, 166 Relations des Jésuites , 29 , 30 , and note Repentigny, band of Iroquois surprised and destroyed at, 308 Repentigny, M. de, goes to France on behalf of early colonists, 36 Representative institutions, complete absence of, 131-2 Richelieu, Cardinal, creates Company of New France, 19 Richelieu River, highway to Iroquois country, 9 ; fort erected at mouth of, 51 Rivière Ouelle, alleged repulse of party of New Englanders at, 291 Rochemonteix, Rev. P. Camille, S.J., on Jesuit Relations , 30 Rohault, M. de, establishes college for boys at Quebec, 28 Rooseboom, Johannes, of Albany, carries goods to Lake Indians, 201 Rupert, fort (Hudson's Bay), captured by Troyes, 206 Ryswick, Peace of, restores to England her Hudson's Bay ports, 349 S Saco River, fort built at falls of, 329 Sagard, Théodat, Récollet, on bad examples shown by colonists to Indians, 14 Saint-Castin, Baron de, 329 and note; leads Indians against fort Pemaquid, 331 Saint Simon, his statements regarding Frontenac, 65 Saint Vallier, M. de, chosen by Bishop Laval as his successor, 191 ; comes out to Canada first as vicar-general, 191 ; his first impression of country and inhabitants, 192 ; his revised opinion, 193 , 220 ; pays pastoral visit to Acadia (1686), 271 ; issues mandate regarding the theatre, 337 ; pays Frontenac 1000 francs on condition Tartuffe shall not be produced, 337 Salmon Falls, massacre of, 251 Salmon River, La Barre's expedition encamps at, 184 Savage, Major Thomas, third in command in Phipps's expedition, 281 Schenectady, massacre of, 245-8 Schuyler, Captain John, his raid on Laprairie, 281 ; comes to Quebec with news of peace, 354 Schuyler, Peter, commands expedition from Albany, 311 Sedgwick, Major Robert, seizes Acadia by Cromwell's orders, 268 Seignelay, Marquis de, succeeds his father, Colbert, in ministry of marine, 72 (note); marries Mlle.
— from Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

The body bequeathed to him by his fathers had been mutilated—he had suffered the removal of both ears.
— from An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison

His ordinary method of road-making in the Highlands was, first to level and drain; then, like the Romans, to lay a solid pavement of large stones, the round or broad end downwards, as close as they could be set.
— from The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles

Over the chimney-piece with its shells, in which the roar of the sea can be heard, are strung three rows of birds' eggs.
— from A Window in Thrums by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Yet somehow the reality of black enlistments and inductions in 1946 never quite matched the Army's dire predictions.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

I've seen the realm of bliss eternal, (The songs accompanied by harps); I've seen the land of pains infernal, With demons shouting in six sharps!
— from History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards