It is not a Cherokee word, and Cherokee informants state positively that the Taskigi were a foreign people, with distinct language and customs.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

The instrument, however, is formed of a blade of silver set in a handle of bronze, so that it can scarcely be regarded as a cutting instrument (see Pl. XIX, fig. 2 ).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Next, after reviewing the disasters of the Aetolians and Cephallenians, I shall pass to the wars waged 8.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

[287] [Baked Picnic] HAM [Pork Shoulder, fresh or cured] PERNAM THE HAM SHOULD BE BRAISED WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF FIGS AND SOME THREE LAUREL LEAVES; THE SKIN IS THEN PULLED OFF AND CUT INTO SQUARE PIECES;
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

OF RELIGION H2 anchor Religion, In Man Onely Seeing there are no signes, nor fruit of Religion, but in Man onely; there is no cause to doubt, but that the seed of Religion, is also onely in Man; and consisteth in some peculiar quality, or at least in some eminent degree thereof, not to be found in other Living creatures.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Anon came in Sir Palomedes, and made great fight upon King Arthur’s side.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Well, I was brought up in luxury; the first I remember is, playing about, when I was a child, in splendid parlors,—when I was kept dressed up like a doll, and company and visitors used to praise me.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

A marriage should be royal and chimerical; it should promenade its ceremony from the cathedral of Rheims to the pagoda of Chanteloup.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The Vāriyar’s names and ceremonies indicate Sivaite proclivities, just as those of the Pishārodi are tinged with Vishnavism.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Cut off the fibres from both sides of the (string) beans, and clip into short pieces.
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland

Cut tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and cucumbers in small pieces, and salt over night.
— from Recipes Tried and True by Ohio). Ladies' Aid Society First Presbyterian Church (Marion

When singing the fourth line all should begin to stir, to adjust their pouches, tighten their hold on the wooden hoes and, as if moved by a common impulse, should prepare to go and seek the source of the call.
— from Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs by Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) Fletcher

They were so drawn to each other by some inscrutable power, that it would not have been hard to believe that they had existed as companions in some previous state of being, and had now met and vaguely remembered each other.
— from The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss

“Having so far premised with respect to their general conduct and character, I shall proceed to answer, as far as I am able, the four queries subjoined to the circular which you sent me; and then subjoin, in notes, some instances of their conduct in particular cases, which may perhaps elucidate their general disposition and character.
— from A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language by Walter Simson

Mode .—Make the butter sufficiently warm to melt it, but do not allow it to oil; put the flour into a basin; add to it the sugar, ginger, and raisins, which should be stoned and cut into small pieces.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

When the bouchées are thoroughly done inside, and colored bright yellow on the outside, take them out of the oven, remove the small rounds in the center which you have marked out, and also enough paste from the inside to make space for the following mixture: Put half a pint of Spanish sauce ( Art. 80 ), with a glass of sherry, in a saucepan on the fire, boil it ten minutes, then add eight mushrooms, four chickens' livers, which you have previously blanched in boiling water ten minutes, the breast of a cold chicken, some cold smoked tongue, and two truffles, all cut in small pieces.
— from French Dishes for American Tables by Caron, Pierre, active 1886-1899

In New York the horse show is the great November event; perhaps in other cities there is something corresponding to it, and certainly in small places there is a great interest taken in the County Fair, which comes somewhat earlier in the fall.
— from Gala-Day Luncheons: A Little Book of Suggestions by Caroline French Benton

Chinks it might be; or else some sorter stuff like high-toned laces, Cape diamonds, or sech expensive big things as allers come in small packages.”
— from Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol by Ambrose Newcomb