The æthrioscope also indicates the presence of invisible aqueous vapour in the atmosphere, radiation being less than when the air is dry. Æthu′sa, a genus of umbelliferous plants.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

She thought there must be, because she had a vague idea that all Russians were more or less Tartars.
— from The Diva's Ruby by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

If the patient's strength will permit it, first open a vein in the arm, rub the upper parts and let a cord be fastened tightly round the arm, so that the force of the blood may be carried backward; then apply such things as may relax the womb, and assuage the heat of the blood, as poultices made of bran, linseed, mallows, dog's mercury and artiplex.
— from The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

He was no longer in the dawn of life, but he was still youthful and vivacious in thought, and rich in images with which he adorned his slightest conversation.
— from My Recollections by Jules Massenet

Comparison with the other similar half-draped nude statues described as Venuses in the adjoining rooms is very instructive: their resemblances and differences show the nature of the modifications from previous types, while the immense superiority of this to all the rest is immediately apparent.
— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

Evadere , ‘to ascend.’ Vero in the apodosis renders it strong and emphatic.
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

Small pox appears in American Camp in 1777-Alleged Vaccination in the Army refuted, 307 .
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Gradually, as consciousness asserted itself, I realized that somebody was playing a violin in the adjacent room: and at length it struck me that it must be Merivale practicing.
— from As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story by Henry Harland

It was beyond dispute, that the number now educated was more than the average annual vacancies in the army required; and hence the number of supernumerary second lieutenants—which he believed was now something like seventy; and would be probably thirty more the next year.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

She minded it the less, as they all had some purpose; but she had already been vexed to find that all but Davy preferred the most arrant vacant idleness to anything rational.
— from The Stokesley Secret by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge