"55" Quotes from Famous Books
... that not only the banks of inferior mountains were once covered with sheets of ice, but even the great valley of the Rhone itself was the bed of an enormous "Mer de Glace," which extended beyond the Lake of Geneva to the slopes of Jura.[55] ... — Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) • John Ruskin
... rouser, she protested that he was the most Christlike man she had ever known. "Thus it is belief, not Christian benevolence," she confided to her diary in 1854, "that is made the modern test of Christianity."[55] ... — Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... [FN55] Arab. "Hammal al-Hatabi"one who carries to market the fuel-sticks which he picks up m the waste. In the Koran (chaps. cxi.) it is applied to Umm Jamil, wife of Mohammed's hostile cousin, Abd al-Uzza, there termed Abu Lahab (Father of smokeless ... — The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 7 • Richard F. Burton
... paucae. Vos lanam trahitis, calathisque peracta refertis Vellera."—Juven. Sat. II. V. 55. ... — Emile • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
... five to four decision in Harris v. United States[55] the Court sustained, as an incident to a lawful arrest, a five hour search by four federal officers of every nook and cranny of a four-room apartment. It also upheld the seizure of papers unrelated to the crime for which the arrest was made, namely, Selective Service Registration cards which were ... — The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin
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