After Aimer de Valence (sayeth some)
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

[1] The texts fail to state that the whites, yolks, onions, vinegar and oil must eventually be combined into a dressing very similar to our own modern vinaigrette ; for decorative and other gastronomic reasons the separate treatment of the whites and the yolks is both ingenious and excellent, and is very often practised in good kitchens today.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

It was, by this time, within an hour of noon, and although a dense vapour still enveloped the city they had left, as if the very breath of its busy people hung over their schemes of gain and profit, and found greater attraction there than in the quiet region above, in the open country it was clear and fair.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

A decidedly vivid sensation of cold in the part of his body which was in contact with the pavement, suddenly aroused him and caused his spirit to return to the surface.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Suddenly some one caught hold of his coat from below, and a distressed voice spoke under his elbow.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

There lie buried in this Friars church, amongst others, Edward, first son to Joan, mother to King Richard II.; Guy de Mericke, Earl of St. Paule; Lucie, Countess of Kent, and one of the heirs of Barnabie Lord of Millaine, with an epitaph; Dame Ide, wife to Sir Thomas West; Dame Margaret West; Stephen Lindericle, esquire; Sir Humfrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord of Brekenake; [154] Richard, the great Earl of Arundell, Surrey, and Warren, beheaded, 1397; Sir Edward Arundell, and Dame Elizabeth his wife; Sir Francis Atcourt, [155] Earl of Pembrooke, which married Alice, sister to the Earl of Oxford; Dame Lucie Knowles, of Kent; Sir Peter Garinsers, of France; the Lord John Vere, Earl of Oxford, beheaded on the Tower hill 1463; Aubrey de Vere, son and heir to the Earl of Oxford; Sir Thomas Tudnam, knight; William Bourser; Lord Fitz Warren; Sir Thomas de la Lande, knight; Dame Joan Norris, the Lady of Bedforde; Anne, daughter to John Viscount Welles; Walter Nevell, esquire; Sir John Manners, knight; the wife of Sir David Cradocke, knight; the mother to the Lord Spencer’s wife; Sir Bartlemew Rodlegate; John, son to Sir John Wingfield; Sir Walter Mewes; Robert Newenton, esquire; Philip Spencer, son to Sir Hugh Spencer; Dame Isabell, daughter to Sir Hugh; the Lord Barons slain at Barnet field, buried there 1471.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The gorgeous figure turned a lustreless eye upon the Duke, and said in a dead voice— “She was my mother!”
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

He assured him, moreover, that it would be an impossibility to deprive Cortes of the command of the squadron, in which he had so many friends among the cavaliers, and Diego Velasquez so many enemies, who would not easily forgive him that he had neglected to bestow on them more profitable commendaries.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

John Douglas, who understood the position, and did valuable service to his country by making a study of the natives and the possibilities of the country.
— from The Savage South Seas by E. Way (Ernest Way) Elkington

In this year Montreal capitulated, and De Vaudreuil signed the capitulation which gave the continent to British rule.
— from England and Canada A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes by Sandford Fleming

The only servant was a black giant, who waited with a dexterity very singular in such a place; and the guests of the captain were the young doctor, the Scotsman known as Dick the Ranter, and myself.
— from The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Max Pemberton

It is common among the Arab women now, and Della Valle speaks of it as in his time so much in vogue among both sexes through Egypt, Arabia, and Babylonia, that he had not been able to escape.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

On adding a slight excess of acetic acid, a fine crystalline green is developed; this is washed with boiling water on a filter, and dried very slowly and carefully.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry

Flagstaff was at the foot of the San Francisco Peaks and there would certainly be a deluge very shortly.
— from Across America by Motor-cycle by C. K. Shepherd

And from this a doctrine very similar to that of Ferrier might be deduced, that “nothing exists except plus me,”—that is to say, in relation to some mind perceiving it.‘
— from The Greek Philosophers, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Alfred William Benn

On the 15th the offering of the Khankhanan was presented to me: 40 elephants, some jewelled and decorated vessels, some Persian robes, and cloth that they make in the Deccan and those parts, had been sent by him, altogether of the value of 150,000 rupees.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir