Another instance of a change in the meaning of the old Cant, but the retention of the word, is seen in “cly,” formerly to take or steal, now a pocket; and with the remembrance of a certain class of low characters, a curious connexion between the two meanings is discovered.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Another instance of a change in the meaning of the old Cant, but the retention of the word is seen in “ CLY ,” formerly to take or steal, now a pocket;—remembering a certain class of low characters, a curious connection between the two meanings will be discovered.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

Maybe it had been the saving of her soul; for at times a curious contempt of life came upon her—she who had loved it so eagerly and fully.
— from The Right of Way — Complete by Gilbert Parker

Here, on a broad ledge high beyond reach of the tide, I spent the weary hours, living for the most part on sea-weed, or a chance crab or lobster, cooked at a fire of bracken or hay, collected at peril of my life in the upper world.
— from Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed

A cushion cloth of lawn cutwork like leaves, and a few owes of silver.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

In the case of a common candle, or lamp, combustion takes place in the same way.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier

It is, I am aware, customary to attribute the regeneration of English poetry to the French Revolution, which “shook up the sources of thought all over Europe,” but the critics who use these glib catch-words are in no hurry to point out a concrete chain of logical connection between Paris mobs and sequestered poets.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

On the other hand, the lord-mayor, aldermen, and common council of London came to a resolution to erect her statue, with that of the king, in the Royal Exchange.]
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The oldest roll of 1194 is almost completely comprised of land cases.
— from Our Legal Heritage: King AEthelbert - King George III, 600 A.D. - 1776 by S. A. Reilly

On leaving Kiel Wolf had a crew of three hundred and seventy-five men, including one Commander and Corvette Captain, one Lieutenant Commander, three senior and six junior Lieutenants, two Surgeons and twelve Warrant Officers, including gun mechanics, torpedo mechanics, mine experts, navigating sub-lieutenants and boatswains.
— from Ten Months in a German Raider: A prisoner of war aboard the Wolf by John Stanley Cameron