This figure also represents the form of rails most commonly adopted, and exhibits the mode in which they are fastened down to the sleepers by means of the iron chairs , b c , the rail being firmly held in its place by an oak wedge, d .
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

For we observe this in nature, both as regards the sleight-of-hand which practice gives to those who are thoroughly familiar with their business, and also as regards the fusion of remoter memories into a general residuum.
— from Life and Habit by Samuel Butler