But in view of other passages ( I 57, VII 176) it can scarcely be doubted that he would have included the earlier population of Thessaly in the same category.
— from The Heroic Age by H. Munro (Hector Munro) Chadwick
A reign begun with much moderation and justice, only wanted continuance to have made his subjects happy: but after enjoying the empire about six months, he died of a fever in his march to oppose the Persians and Scyth'ians, who had invaded the eastern parts of the empire.
— from Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. by Oliver Goldsmith
His brother had been with him in the early part of the day on which he breathed his last.
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
We have told how King Roderic, when he invaded the enchanted palace of Toledo, found in its empty chambers a single treasure,—the famous table of Solomon.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish by Charles Morris
In the same way Higuey in the eastern part of the island is specially noted for its shrine of the "Altagracia," a picture of the Virgin, of which tradition says that in the early days of the colony it was given by an aged mysterious stranger to the father of a devout maiden who had pined therefor.
— from Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich
When hungry, in the earlier part of the day, they exhausted his strength and that of his dog, as he followed them, while they swarmed everywhere, nibbling, nibbling, with a continual, nerve-racking “baa-a-a! baa-a-a!”
— from Justin Wingate, Ranchman by John Harvey Whitson
The first religious meeting assembled in the locality was held in the early part of this year, in a log shanty, in the western part of the town.
— from The History of Peru by Henry S. Beebe
The principal trouble was, however, in the early part of the evening of the 8th, to the south of Ottawa, where the strong wind was drawn in from the northward.
— from Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
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