X Having returned to the watchman’s hut, Pétya found Denísov in the passage.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Then after he had passed over much sea in many months, as there was needed ever more and more voyaging, he turned about and sailed back again to Egypt: and having come from thence into the presence of king Xerxes, he reported saying that at the furthest point which he reached he was sailing by dwarfish people, who used clothing made from the palm-tree, and who, whenever they came to land with their ship, left their towns and fled away to the mountains: and they, he said, did no injury when they entered into the towns, but took food 4301 from them only.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

XLV He reeled, and on Herminius He leaned one breathing-space; Then, like a wild cat mad with wounds, Sprang right at Astur's face.
— from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

It seemed natural enough to him now that Tess was again in sight to choose a mate from unconstrained Nature, and not from the abodes of Art. XXVIII Her refusal, though unexpected, did not permanently daunt Clare.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

" Xenophon having read the letter, consulted Socrates the Athenian, whether he should accept or refuse the invitation.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Plato is silent about his treachery to the ten thousand Greeks, which Xenophon has recorded, as he is also silent about the crimes of Critias.
— from Meno by Plato

As John XII. had renounced the dress and decencies of his profession, the soldier may not perhaps be dishonored by the wine which he drank, the blood that he spilt, the flames that he kindled, or the licentious pursuits of gaming and hunting.
— 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

"A guardian angel o'er his life presiding Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing." CHAPTER X. HELEN RUSHTON
— from Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life by Rebecca Agatha Armour

This year was likewise remarkable for the death of the duke of Orleans, regent of France, who, since the decease of Louis XIV., had ruled that nation with the most absolute authority.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The sun of Louis XIV. had reached its zenith.
— from France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV by Francis Parkman

The officer was about to put them to death, when Xerxes himself received information of the circumstances.
— from Xerxes Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

Louis XV having resumed his former habits, I began to meditate seriously on my presentation; and my friends employed themselves to the utmost in furthering my desires and insuring my triumph.
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

Bryant , Iliad , Book XX. Hector replied in words of defiance, and then [Pg 201] brandished and hurled forth his spear.
— from The Story of Troy by Michael Clarke

If Pius IX and Leo XIII had resolved to imprison themselves in the Vatican, it was because necessity bound them to Rome.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

[Pg 348] Table 7. — Continued Associate S. baudini S. cyanosticta S. phaeota S. puma S. sila S. sordida Hyla boulengeri — — X — — — Hyla colymba — — — — X — Hyla ebraccata X — X — — — Hyla elaeochroa — — X X — — Hyla eximia X — — — — — Hyla legleri — — — — — X Hyla microcephala X — X — — — Hyla phlebodes — — X X — — Hyla picta X — — — — — Hyla robertmertensi X — — — — — Hyla rosenbergi — — X — — — Hyla rufioculis — — — — — X Hyla smithi X — — — — — Hyla staufferi X — — — — — Hyla walkeri X — — — — — Phrynohyas inflata X — — — — — Phrynohyas spilomma X — — — — — Phrynohyas venulosa X — — — — — Phyllomedusa callidryas X — X — — — Phyllomedusa dacnicolor X — — — — — Phyllomedusa moreleti X X — — — — Pternohyla fodiens X — — — — — Smilisca baudini X X — — — — Smilisca cyanosticta X X — — — — Smilisca phaeota — — X — — — Smilisca puma — — — X — —
— from Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William Edward Duellman

The vigorous sketch of Mezentius, as he appears in Book x., has received from some critics more admiration than the sustained delineation of Turnus through all the vicissitudes of feeling and fortune through which he passes.
— from The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar