As the eyes of all Germany were directed to this intercourse, the brothers of the Countess, two zealous Calvinists, demanded satisfaction for the injured honour of their house, which, as long as the elector remained a Roman Catholic prelate, could not be repaired by marriage.
— from The Thirty Years War — Volume 01 by Friedrich Schiller
"We acknowledge a resurrection in order to eternal recompence, and rest contented with that body which it shall please God to give us."
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan
Little of the slate which remained in 1967 was thought to have dated from the original construction, however, because of the extensive repairs and renovations carried out after the Civil War.
— from The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ruby Waldeck
Often a racer and another kind of snake were caught together, but, ordinarily, in these instances no damage to either resulted, although racers, copperheads, king snakes, and garter snakes are all known to eat each other's young.
— from Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch
Nor could a community whose religious life was under the direction of a Church that worshipped in the Greek tongue, and was stirred by the eloquence of the Chrysostoms, the Gregories, and the Basils of the East retain a Roman complexion and character without serious modifications.
— from Constantinople, painted by Warwick Goble, described by Alexander Van Millingen by Alexander Van Millingen
Thirdly, they thought it would be a great pity for Canada to do anything to lead to the withdrawal of the Berne Convention; and fourthly, they thought it would be a great pity to disturb the existing relations as regarded copyright between England and the United States.
— from The Copyright Question: A Letter to the Toronto Board of Trade by George N. (George Nathaniel) Morang
In the evening Robert and Rev. Carmicle called on Dr. Gresham, and found Dr. Latrobe, the Southerner, and a young doctor by the name of Latimer, already there.
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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