X OF RESPECT AND CONTEMPT SECT.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

For producing the now famous X or Röntgen rays.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

XV On returning late in the evening Sónya went to Natásha’s room, and to her surprise found her still dressed and asleep on the sofa.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

X and XVI of Rivadeneyra's Biblioteca de Autores Españoles )
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The facts of an ancient xxxviii or religious history are amongst the most important of all facts; but they are frequently uncertain, and we only learn the true lesson which is to be gathered from them when we place ourselves above them.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Add to this the persistent and systematic effort made to destroy every scrap [ xlviin ] of record relating to the man—the sole gleam of shame evidenced in the impolitic, idiotic, and pusillanimous treatment of him—and the whole question becomes such a puzzle that it may just as well be left in darkness, with a throb of pity for the unfortunate victim caught in such a maelstrom of panic-stricken passion and selfish intrigue.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

The philosopher, being at a feast, put aside certain delicacies, and said to Æsop, "Carry these to my loving pet;" upon which Æsop gave them to a little dog of which his master was very fond. Xantus, on returning home, did not fail to inquire how his wife liked his present, and as the latter evidently did not understand what he meant, Æsop was sent for to give an explanation.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

A TALK ABOUT SHEEP CHAPTER XXX A JEALOUS OX CHAPTER XXXI IN THE COW STABLE CHAPTER XXXII OUR RETURN HOME CHAPTER XXXIII PERFORMING ANIMALS CHAPTER XXXIV
— from Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography by Marshall Saunders

X. ( Of Rome , 1044— Of Christ , 304.)
— from Exercises upon the Different Parts of Italian Speech, with References to Veneroni's Grammar to which is added an abridgement of the Roman history, intended at once to make the learner acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Italian language by Ferdinando Bottarelli

[271] CHAPTER XXV OTHER RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS ANGLICANISM—EARLY BEGINNINGS—FIRST “CHRIST CHURCH”—THE BISHOPS OF MONTREAL—HISTORY OF EARLY ANGLICAN CHURCHES.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

The test [Pg xvii] of reality, in his opinion, is all-inclusiveness; and since all finiteness is ‘infected with relativity,’ it follows that the latter is a mere illusion.
— from The Secrets of the Self (Asrar-i Khudi) — A Philosophical Poem by Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir

XIII How they met at Fontevrault 145 CHAPTER XIV Of what King Richard said to the Bowing Rood; and what Jehane to King Richard 156 CHAPTER XV Last Tenzon of Bertran de Born 168 CHAPTER XVI Conversation in England of Jehane the Fair 179 CHAPTER XVII Frozen Heart and Red Heart: Cahors 193 BOOK II—THE BOOK OF NAY CHAPTER I The Chapter called Mate-Grifon 209 CHAPTER II Of what Jehane looked for, and what Berengère had 220 CHAPTER III Who Fought at Acre 235 CHAPTER IV Concerning the Tower of Flies, Saint-Pol, and the Marquess of Montferrat 248 CHAPTER V The Chapter of Forbidding: how De Gurdun looked, and King Richard hid his Face 262 CHAPTER VI The Chapter called Clytemnestra 282 CHAPTER VII The Chapter of the Sacrifice on Lebanon; also called Cassandra 293 CHAPTER VIII Of the Going-up and Going-down of the Marquess 302 CHAPTER IX How King Richard reaped what Jehane had sowed, and the Soldan was Gleaner 311 CHAPTER X The Chapter called Bonds 327 CHAPTER XI The Chapter called A Latere 338 CHAPTER XII The Chapter of Strife in the Dark 350 CHAPTER XIII Of the Love of Women 362 CHAPTER XIV How the Leopard was loosed 369 CHAPTER XV Oeconomic Reflections of the Old Man of Musse 380 CHAPTER XVI The Chapter called Chaluz 386 CHAPTER XVII The Keening 396 EPILOGUE OF THE ABBOT
— from The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Hewlett

Chapter XXI Old Ready had his boat loaded and had made sail for the other side of the island long before the family were up; indeed, before they were dressed he had landed his whole cargo on the beach, and was sitting down quietly taking his breakfast.
— from Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat

[Pg 177] CHAPTER XVIII OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ATOMS
— from The Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson