There are two stages in the wedding; first a publication of it, somewhat equivalent to our banns, which constitutes the formal betrothal; and then the ceremony, at which there are no bridesmaids or groomsmen.
— from The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan by Frederick J. Tabor Frost

“I thought we’d make a sort of a party of it,” said Esau, “only not ask anybody, so that we could enjoy ourselves, though if that policeman was anywhere near, and old Dingle wasn’t so far off, I should like to have had them in.”
— from To The West by George Manville Fenn

The truth is, that the Confederacy never had so large an army as at present, or in such excellent condition.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

If you succeed, the money is yours, to do with as you like, only assure me that a portion of it shall eke your revenge, and mine."
— from The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia by Allan Arnold

I presume, if a volcanic island should be thrown up in the middle of the bay, and somebody should take possession of a piece of it, somebody else would have a Spanish or Indian title to it, or would possibly produce a title from his Satanic Majesty, who had caused the island to be made for the especial benefit of the claimant, in return for valuable services rendered in times past or present.
— from The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox

If a ray, polarized by refraction or by reflection from any substance not metallic, be viewed through a piece of Iceland spar, each image will alternately vanish and reappear at every quarter revolution of the spar, whether it revolves from right to left or from left to right; which shows that the properties of the polarized ray are symmetrical on each side of the plane of polarization.
— from On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville

To rapidly carry on the chemical action, the chemical agents should be well diffused and commingled throughout each other, and the blue lead should be so exposed as to be open to their attack on all parts of its surface equally, and all should be at, and kept at, a proper temperature and a proper degree of humidity.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry

In the —— Church parlors Friday evening February 21 8 o'clock Each member who receives a ticket must make a point of inviting somebody else, and should conduct the guest personally to the social.
— from Entertaining Made Easy by Emily Rose Burt