Habeam, geographer of wide reknown, Native of Abu-Keber's ancient town, In passing thence along the river Zam To the adjacent village of Xelam, Bewildered by the multitude of roads, Got lost, lived long on migratory toads, Then from exposure miserably died, And grateful travelers bewailed their guide.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

As entries in a scenic beauty contest, I offer for first prize either the gorgeous view of Xochimilco in Mexico, where mountains, skies, and poplars reflect themselves in myriad lanes of water amidst the playful fish, or the jewel-like lakes of Kashmir, guarded like beautiful maidens by the stern surveillance of the Himalayas.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

vices of, xvi. 168 .
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Vocal organs, xi .
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

The Appendices (pp. 274-363) may be referred to when a boy finds himself in doubt about the value of x a Conjunction (I.), the force of a Prefix (II.), the meaning of a Suffix (III.), the Life and Times of his Author (VI.), or the historical significance of a date (VII.).
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

This verse ("Odyssey" xiv. 343) we shall also find in the "Taking of Oechalia".
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

To his munificence the Latin world was indebted for the versions of Xenophon, Diodorus, Polybius, Thucydides, Herodotus, and Appian; of Strabo's Geography, of the Iliad, of the most valuable works of Plato and Aristotle, of Ptolemy and Theophrastus, and of the fathers of the Greek church.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

swinsweg ? (v. OEG xxxiii), melody .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Table giving the Number of Balls contained in a Square Pile, the Base of which is X, and in a Rectangular Pile, the Sides of which are X and X + N. Value of X. Differences Value of N. Differences 2d.
— from Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

“Fauna of the Deep Sea,” 32 F.R.S., reasons for selecting, as subject for inquiry, xiii ; circulars sent to, xxviii ; number of replies sent to circulars, xxix Fellowship of Royal Society, distinction of, xi ; material value of, xi ; number of candidates for, xi “Ferrier, Life of,” 29 Fertile relatives, number of in each degree, xxxii Fertility, connection between, and severe mental strain, xv Finger-prints, identification by, 22 Fisher, Sir George, 67 Fitzgerald, Professor G. Francis, 63 Professor Maurice, 63 Fletcher, Harriet, 57 Maria, 57 Fleury, Rev. Charles M., 43 Ven.
— from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Francis Galton

We have already compared in a preliminary fashion the metacarpal or cannon-bone of the ox, the sheep, and the giraffe (Fig. 354 ); and we have seen that the essential difference in form between these three bones is a matter of relative length and breadth, such that, if we reduce the figures to an identical standard of length (or identical values of y ), the breadth (or value of x ) will be ap­prox­i­mate­ly two-thirds that of the ox in the case of the sheep and one-third that of the ox in the case of the giraffe.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

[417] “The temple of Guarivilca, in the valley of Xauxa, was consecrated to the god Ticeviracocha, chief divinity of the Huancas, whose singular worship reminds one of the mythology of the northern countries of Europe.
— from The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León

But I cannot adopt the view of Xenophon, that such resolution was forced upon Epaminondas, against his own will, by a desperate position, rendering it impossible for him to get away without fighting,—by the disappointment of finding so few allies on his own side, and so many assembled against him,—and by the necessity of wiping off the shame of his two recent failures (at Sparta and at Mantinea) or perishing in the attempt.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote

A servant of the Viceroy named Felix, who, by his master’s order was making pikes in the valley of Xauxa, also sent the news.
— from The War of Quito by Pedro de Cieza de León

slauynges, and lykewyse popeler and wethy: and they must be cut cleane besyde the tree, that they growe on, and the toppe cut cleane of .viii. or .x.
— from The Book of Husbandry by Anthony Fitzherbert

193 n. Somme, the river, ceremony of carrying lighted torches on the first Sunday in Lent in villages on, x. 113; the department of, mugwort at Midsummer in, xi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer