Epigram iii on Midas of Larissa was otherwise attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus, one of the Seven Sages; the address to Glaucus (xi) is purely Hesiodic; xiii, according to MM.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod
Where the fertilizing stream flows amongst the vineyards of Xeres, it probably has often proved so without any fable.
— from Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 by C. Rochfort (Charles Rochfort) Scott
[Pg xi] ILLUSTRATIONS Page Henry A. Nelson Memorial— Tripoli Boys' School Frontispiece Latakia Boys' School Facing Page 34 Tartoose— Crusaders' Church 34 Aleppo Minaret
— from Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences by William S. Nelson
119 XII Intermission Peggy had never seen anything like it!
— from Peggy Finds the Theatre by Virginia Hughes
And to Xenophon in particular, he offered the possession of Bisanthê, his best point on the coast.
— from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote
243 CHAPTER X. Illustrations, Pathos, Humor.
— from Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It by William Pittenger
[Pg 152] G. Smith, " " G. D. Eldridge, Quartermaster’s Sergeant, " J. P. Beers, Private, " A. H. Ives, " " Transcriber’s Notes: In the phrases “Pittman’s X Roads” (page 14) and “Logan’s X Roads” (page 31), the “X” is printed horizontally in the original text.
— from Our Battery; Or, The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. by O. P. (Orlando Phelps) Cutter
[xvi] Intellectual progress has not advanced along a single line, but, in its development, it has branched off in various directions, in accordance with varying environment; and the tracing of lines of connexion between different forms of culture, as is the case with the physical variations, is a matter of intricate complexity.
— from The Evolution of Culture, and Other Essays by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
On the other hand, the distinction between the body-plasm (somoplasma) and the germ-plasm (germoplasma), which serves as the base of Weismann's untenable theory of the germ-plasm ( cf. chapter xvi.), is purely hypothetical and without direct observation to support it.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel
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