A revolution not less important, and one which has left more durable traces, marked in the North the establishment of the vast empire now known as Russia.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Word was sent to the king, and immediately the proclamation was trumpeted far and wide, throughout the length and breadth of the vast empire: "Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, to all his Princes, Governors, Captains, Judges, Treasurers, Counselors, Sheriffs, and all rulers of his provinces: Ye are hereby commanded to appear on the twenty-third day of the eighth month, at the third hour of the day, in the plain of Dura, within the province of Babylon, to witness the dedication of the great image which I have set up in honor of Bel, the god of the Chaldeans.
— from The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon by Erasmus W. Jones

And to that edition this book is indebted for many valuable exegetical notes, kindly placed at the Editor's disposal.
— from A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick by Robert Herrick

The old king, Vittorio Emanuele, not knowing what to do, resigned in favour of his younger brother, Carlo Felice, who was then absent, and appointed Carlo Alberto regent during the new king's absence.
— from A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick

He had, with all his vast experience, no knowledge of a purely commercial assembly such as this.
— from Roden's Corner by Henry Seton Merriman

He subjected him to a treatment which he kept secret; and only a druggist at Sauveterre, who was also well known as entertaining very extraordinary notions, knew what had happened.
— from Within an Inch of His Life by Emile Gaboriau

Clara being afraid of displeasing her mother by an ill-timed remark on the possibility of giving one's confidence, and affection too, without referring to her mother's favourite volume, entitled, "Norroy King at Arms," contented herself with assenting to the first branch of her proposition, while the latter was left undisputed, and went to inquire whether there was any thing that she could do for her guest.
— from Tales of My Time, Vol. 2 (of 3) Who Is She? [concluded]; The Young Reformers by William Pitt Scargill

Thereupon they once more proclaimed Vitellius emperor, not knowing that he was already dead.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 1 by Theodor Mommsen

No vocabulary, eo nomine , known.
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham