[Pg 401] motionlessly, about twenty degrees above the horizon, and extending from the S.W. to the N.W., looked like a narrow zone of red-hot iron; but their splendid colour was lessened by being seen through blacker vapours, that thrown, as a veil of crape, over them, intercepted our vision.
— from A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross

From a New Zealand official report: "When sawing a piece of timber F——'s left thumb came into contact with saw, cutting it."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917 by Various