We have spoken of the Murhapa houses as being but a single story in height.
— from The Land of Mystery by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Blood and bone, body and spirit, she is selfish through and through.
— from Anna the Adventuress by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Captain Standish, as no doubt thou knowest, spake with thy father before he died of a marriage in time to come between him and thee"— "Nay, I knew it not, nor am bound by any such speech," interposed Priscilla hastily; but Alden continued unmoved,— "Captain Standish took it that thou didst know, and feared that thou hadst felt his silence to be some want of eagerness"— "Ay, I see!
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

In Mysore, the catechu bought by the merchants from us is dissolved in water, and the areca-nut is, after being boiled and sliced, steeped in the solution, and then put out in the sun on mats to dry, this operation being repeated until sufficient catechu has been taken up to form a red, shining, semi-transparent film, through which the ruminated albumen of the areca-nut is just visible; the brighter the red colour so obtained, the better the quality of the nut.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 4 of 7 by Edgar Thurston