And, just as in modern Christendom, although sectarian landmarks and designations are kept up, the popular preaching of nearly all the sects tends to a certain uniformity of emphasis on a limited number of momentous moral truths, so the preaching of pagan philosophy dwells, almost to weariness, on the same eternal principles of true gain and loss, of the illusions of passion, of freedom through renunciation.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Past, present, and future, do not constitute so many different kinds of rising; they are the designations belonging to the event asserted, to the sun's rising to-day.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
It was different, however, in England, where they speedily succeeded in establishing themselves under the designations of sparkling hock and sparkling moselle, and from this time forward they have retained their position in the English market.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly