for whatever obligation nature and the right of generation lays on children, it must certainly bind them equal to both the concurrent causes of it.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

pope, bishop of Rome and head of the church; titles: vicar of Christ, vicar of St. Peter, apostolic, universal, servant of the servants of God, etc. præpositus , prévôt, provost, (1) member of chapter of canons, in charge of lands of the chapter; (2) a layman in charge of domain lands of a bishop; (3) the representative of great lord or king in local regions; (4) the chief of a gild, or the mayor of a city.
— from A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age by Oliver J. (Oliver Joseph) Thatcher

Of course, it was the remnant of ' Good Luck , of New Bedford.'
— from Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer

Therefore, without even the pretense of a trial, the following decree was issued against them: "It having been decreed by the general order of April 20 last, and subsequently reproduced, what was to be the fate of the pirates who should dare to profane the soil of this island, and in view of the declarations of the fifty individuals who have been taken by his Excellency the Commander-General of this naval station, and placed at my disposal, which declarations establish the identity of their persons, as pertaining to the horde commanded by the traitor Lopez, I have resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Royal Ordinances, General Laws of the Kingdom, and particularly in the Royal Order of the 12th of June of the past year, issued for this particular case, that the said individuals, whose names and designations are set forth in the following statement, suffer this day the pain of death, by being shot, the execution being committed to the Señor Teniente de Rey, Brigadier of the Plaza.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The following lists will serve to illustrate the rate of growth:— List of Grilse marked after having spawned, and re-captured as Salmon, on their second ascent from the Sea.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

Just to watch over them as they rode on gay launches or diminutive motor buses, or laughed at the talking cow and the puppet show; to climb with them the magic mountain where all manner of strange people from fairyland awaited them; then to call all this work and to receive money for it on pay day—this to her seemed absurd.
— from Hour of Enchantment A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

To mention only the most conspicuous phenomenon in this respect, the rule of Greek lackeys over the Roman monarchs is as old as the monarchy.
— from The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy by Theodor Mommsen

But what ridicule would the man have excited who would have presumed to prophesy the use of the compass , the application of the giant steam , and the rising of gas light over the manufacturing and the civilized world!
— from The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc. by C. F. G. Clark

In the present term, COUNSELLOR BAYWIG moved, on the part of the plaintiff, who sues in formâ pauperis , for an injunction to restrain the Whig Justice Company from setting a hungry Scotchman—one of their own creatures, without local or professional knowledge—over the lands of which the plaintiff is the legal, though unfortunately not the beneficial owner, as keeper and head manager thereof, to the gross wrong of the tenants, the depreciation of the lands themselves, the further reduction of the funds standing in the name of the cause, the insult to the feelings and the disregard of the rights of gentlemen living on the estate, and perfectly acquainted with its management; and finally, to an unblushing and barefaced denial of justice to all parties.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various