...It is said that Roman generals, once victoriousever bore about with them the marks of conquerors;so did our modern general, but for abrief duration... 
James W. Donovan 「Don't Marry」
... Byzantium: the modern Constantinople...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
... Byzantium: this city (the modern Constantinople) wasfounded by a Greek colony 657...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
...Struck with profoundastonishment at finding a solitude so complete, they replied to thestillness of this modern Thebes by a silence equally solemn...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
...A modern Joshua, working the levers and switches of a complicatedinstrument, commanded a miniature sun to stand still in theheavens—and it did...
Various 「Astounding Stories, August, 1931」
...Among modern novelsthere may be, here and there, more elaborate studies of character, butthere is no book richer in individualised character...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete」
...It is this that makes it, as oneof the most judicial-minded of modern critics calls it, “the best novel inthe world beyond all comparison...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete」
...This use is not sanctioned by the Spanish Academy,nor, as Knapp says, "by the best modern writers...
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 「Legends, Tales and Poems」
...He had invested his millions in the industrial enterprises of modern Germany...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
...He’s not a Modern, Mr Brand, like you and me...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...I turned along the side of the moat, hopingto reach the house front, which was probably modern and boasted a civilisedentrance...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...Usanga is much more to be feared than Numabo for he has had theadvantage of European military training and is armed with more orless modern weapons and ammunition...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Tarzan the Untamed」
...Both lamps burned sweet oil with a wick, and each had a chimney of horn, not at all unlike a modern lamp-chimney...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
... There were two cushions--great billowy modern ones, covered in gold brocade--on the floor in the midst of the cave...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...If either could, or if the Teoughe could fill the lake—a thing which has never happened in modern times—then this little arm would prove a convenient escapement to prevent inundation...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...Ours have both a classic and a modern interest to enhance their fame...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
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