(it is supposed) in any Italian dialect is one in the Magliabecchian Library at Florence, which is known in Italy as L'Ottima , on account of the purity of its Tuscan, and as Della Crusca from its being one of the authorities cited by that body in their Vocabulary.[2] It bears on its face the following note in Italian:— "This Book called the Navigation of Messer Marco Polo, a noble Citizen of Venice, was written in Florence by Michael Ormanni my great grandfather by the Mother's side, who died in the Year of Grace One Thousand Three Hundred and Nine; and my mother brought it into our Family of Del Riccio, and it belongs to me Pier del Riccio and to my Brother; 1452."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

It was a contemptible crime then and a dangerous crime, and she had shared in it, and it was associated with the vestry of the church.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Calyx superior, with 5 small teeth and a deciduous cover composed of many orbicular pieces joined below.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Obviously, I could not hope to cover so large a field; besides, of what value would such a treatise be to the student? Such a mass of detailed description of the various systems, their advantages and drawbacks, could not but fail to confuse the reader only too eager to learn.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

It was an unusually mild winter, with so little snow that Anne and Diana could go to school nearly every day by way of the Birch Path.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

And indeed in Idumea two thousand of Herod's veteran soldiers got together, and armed and fought against those of the king's party; against whom Achiabus, the king's first cousin, fought, and that out of some of the places that were the most strongly fortified; but so as to avoid a direct conflict with them in the plains.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

And under it there is a town that hight Sobach, and there, all about, dwell Christian men, under tribute.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Thou art a dainty chield, O Grose!— Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, They sair misca' thee; I'd take the rascal by the nose, Wad say, “Shame fa' thee!” H2 anchor Epigram On Francis Grose The Antiquary The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying So whip!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

So that as [3306] Tacitus said of the astrologers in Rome, we may say of them, genus hominum est quod in civitate nostra et vitabitur semper et retinebitur , they are a debauched company most part, still spoken against, as well they deserve some of them (for I so relish and distinguish them as fiddlers, and musicians), and yet ever retained.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

A set of horizontal screw-bars, rotating at high speed, transfer the dies from the short to the long bar, along which they move till, as a die comes above its proper division of the magazine, the arrangement of the teeth allows it to drop.
— from The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. by Archibald Williams

There was not above two years' difference between her age and Lady Bracondale's; indeed, the latter had been o ne of her bridesmaids; but no one to look at them at a distance could have credited it for a minute.
— from Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story by Elinor Glyn

“No doubt she knows his standing in the neighborhood, and intends this as a delicate compliment to one or two of our lady amateurs who were not exactly pleasant to her.
— from The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss

Ellen's patience and politeness were severely tried in the course of it; for while she longed exceedingly to hear what her brother and the older members of the family were talking about animated, delightful conversation she was sure Ellen Chauncey detained her in another part of the room; and for a good part of the evening she had to bridle her impatience, and attend to what she did not care about.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

The dew still shone in tiny beads on the cobwebs, spun across the grass, a spicy smell of cedar boughs floated across the road to them, and a dove called somewhere in the distant woodlands.
— from The Little Colonel's House Party by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

And first the King offered bread and wine for the Communion, which were brought out of king Edward's chapel, and delivered into his hands, the bread upon the paten by the bishop that read the Epistle, and the wine in the chalice by the bishop that read the Gospel; these were by the archbishop received from the King, and reverently placed upon the altar, and decently covered with a fair linen cloth, the archbishop first saying this prayer:— Bless, O Lord, we beseech thee, these thy gifts, and sanctify them unto this holy use, that by them we may be made partakers of the body and blood of thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and fed unto everlasting life of soul and body: and that thy servant King George may be enabled to the discharge of his weighty office, whereunto of thy great goodness thou hast called and appointed him.
— from Coronation Anecdotes by Giles Gossip

In no state in the world do we see such an entire, absolute, and rigid monarchical unity as in that of China, especially under its ancient form; although this government is more limited by laws and manners, and is by no means of that arbitrary and despotic character which we are wont to attribute to the more modern oriental states.
— from The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich von Schlegel

Irish tradition and archæological data confirm this.
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

They inquired into all public crimes or treasons, either in Rome or other parts of Italy; and adjusted all disputes among the allied and dependent cities.
— from Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. (Charles Knapp) Dillaway