Centre of the universe, xxxiv.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

“The very capacity of conceiving the sublime,” he tells us, xxii “indicates a mental faculty that far surpasses every standard of sense.”
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

MATTHEW tells us (xxvii.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Paschkes, H. , and Pal, J. Ueber die Muskelwirkung des Coffeïns, Theobromins und Xanthins.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, 215 n., 359 , 389 ; Bede trained under, xxxiii , 386 ; founds the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiv , 257 ; his library, xxxv , 257 n., 287 n.; temporary abbot of SS.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Maybe they used Xnet!
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

— These are the visions baffled Guido; Titian never told; Domenichino dropped the pencil, Powerless to unfold. XXIX.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

This problem is only solvable if we cease arbitrarily to substitute for the unknown x itself the conditions under which that force becomes apparent—such as the commands of the general, the equipment employed, and so on—mistaking these for the real significance of the factor, and if we recognize this unknown quantity in its entirety as being the greater or lesser desire to fight and to face danger.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Of Alexander the Platonic, not often nor without great necessity to X. Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, XI.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

“Don't know where there is any,” said Joel, rummaging around; “it's all tore up; 'xcept the almanac; can't I take that?”
— from Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

"The Retreat of the Ten Thousand under Xenophon," was the perfectly startling answer, at which Allan opened his eyes rather widely, and Uncle Geoffrey laughed.
— from Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Hugo, Victor, parents of, i, 185; marriage of, i, 188; character of, i, 193; his love of light, i, 200; tomb of, i, 205; wife of, v, 133; childhood impressions of, iv, 341; on the death of Balzac, xiii, 308; Dore's illustrations of the works of, iv, 338; on education, xi, 203; on falsehood, vii, 371; influence of, on Giuseppe Verdi, xiv, 292 ; opinion of, regarding Rosa Bonheur, ii, 134; on police officials, vi, 100; quoted, ii, 80; referred to, i, 306; ii, 183; iv, 230; v, 83; on Shakespeare, i, 316; as a stylist, ix, 388; on the Unknown, xii, 89; on Voltaire, viii, 320; on Rousseau, viii, 241.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard

A mechanism such as this very evidently would produce a series of actions in which uniformity might be very difficult to recognize by direct observation, but in which it would be very obvious if the characters of this unknown “x” were available.
— from Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War by W. (Wilfred) Trotter

Matthew: “When he was come into his own country,” and to his own home, “He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief” ( xiii, 54, 58 ).
— from The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence by John E. (John Eleazer) Remsburg

A Camera: Ingenious Americans built a camera: they used X-ray film, took pictures around the camp and developed the film in X-ray solutions.
— from Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book by Eugene C. Jacobs

I mention them only to show that beneath all these theories—true or false—still lies the unknown x .
— from Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley

RESCUERS XVI CLOSING THE GAP XVII THE MINED BRIDGE XVIII A DESPERATE VENTURE XIX THE JAWS OF DEATH XX A TRAITOR UNMASKED XXI CROSSING THE LINE XXII A JOYOUS REUNION XXIII CUTTING THEIR WAY OUT XXIV WOUNDS AND TORTURE XXV DRIVEN BACK ARMY BOYS ON THE FIRING LINE CHAPTER I FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS "The Huns are coming!"
— from Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive by Homer Randall

CONTENTS XXX HAPPY DAYS XXXI EVIL OMENS XXXII RESCUED FROM THE WAVES XXXIII AN APPARITION XXXIV A RECKLESS RECRUIT XXXV THINGS UNUTTERABLE XXXVI MYSTERIOUS TIDINGS XXXVII BEREAVEMENT XXXVIII THE RECOGNITION XXXIX CONFIDENCES XL AN UNEXPECTED MESSENGER XLI THE BEDESMAN OF ST SEPULCHRE XLII A FABLE AT FAULT XLIII THE UNKNOWN XLIV FIRST WORDS XLV SAVED AND LOST CHAPTER XXX HAPPY DAYS
— from Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Or was the Retreat of the Ten Thousand under Xenophon, or his work of that name, the most consummate performance?
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt