Proof.—For whatsoever causes men to live together in harmony also causes them to live according to reason (IV. xxxv.), and is therefore (IV. xxvi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
The incident is found in both accounts, but more fully in the Homilies (I. xxv-xxx) than in the Recognitions (II. xiii-xv), for which reason the text of the former is followed.
— from Simon Magus An Essay on the Founder of Simonianism Based on the Ancient Sources With a Re-Evaluation of His Philosophy and Teachings by G. R. S. (George Robert Stow) Mead
56 Iberia, Iberians, a Christian people, side with the Romans, I. xii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
52 ff.; their infantry inefficient, I. xiv. 25 ; their bowmen quick, but inferior to those of the Romans, I. xviii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
45 ; some in alliance with the Romans, I. xviii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
William Tell expected to return, i. xxxii.
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
How differently would history read without its Cæsar crossing the Rubicon, its Xerxes crossing the Hellespont, and its Washington crossing the Delaware, its Paul Revere wherried across the Charles, and its Burr and Hamilton ferried over to Weehawken,—not to speak of the Hebrews going over Jordan, Jacob at the brook Jabbok, and John the Baptist at the fords of Bethabara!
— from Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various
33 ; Diocletian purposes to hold them in check by means of the Nobatae, I. xix. 30 ; their religion, I. xix. 35 , xix.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
5 ff.; make peace with the Romans, I. xxii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius
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