Take of Labdanum bruised three ounces, Styrax Calamitis one ounce and an half, Benjamin one ounce, Wood of Aloes two drams, Ambergris one dram, Camphire half a dram, Musk half a scruple, with a sufficient quantity of Rose-water, make it into troches according to art.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

They were sensible of their Inferiority of Strength, having no more than 300 Men in both Ships, and 40 of them Negroes; besides, the Victory had then four Pumps at Work, and must inevitably been lost before, had it not been for some Hand-Pumps, and several pair of Standards brought out of the Cassandra , to relieve and strengthen her; but observing the Indifferency of the Fleet, chose rather to chase than run; and thought the best Way to save themselves, was to play at Bullbeggar with the Enemy:
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

It won't answer to have him about, while this business of ours is about.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Its site is supposed to have been originally occupied by the town of Attæa, and afterwards by a settlement of the Bottiæans, called Ancore, or Helicore, which was destroyed by the Mysians.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

ANT: Blindness, occultation, obscuration, darkness, misexamination, deception, error, delusion, misjudgment, misrepresentation, misconception, airlessness, nonintention.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The city was artificially raised high above the level of the Delta to be out of the reach of the inundations of the Nile, and served as a landmark to all who ascended the arms of the river, from the Mediterranean to Memphis.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

One of them alone, a certain butler, called Ch'ien Hua, promptly came forward, as he had not seen Pao-yü for many a day, and bending on one knee, paid his respects to Pao-yü.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

As to the Proposal of a Marriage between my self and the matchless Hecatissa , I have but one Objection to it; which is, That all the Society will expect to be acquainted with her; and who can be sure of keeping a Woman's Heart long, where she may have so much Choice?
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

I had that white blouse on open in the front to encourage him as much as I could without too openly they were just beginning to be plump
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Rooster , a cock, whether bantam, game, barndoor, or of any other kind.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

That, as you know, will be out of my hands."
— from Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Just at first, when war broke out, one didn't notice much change, in England especially, but latterly there has been no mistaking it.
— from Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The door to each was locked, but one of them was opened for the crowd by an assistant janitor.
— from The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cadets by Edward Stratemeyer

It occurred to him that he could lift Markham bodily out of the front seat, take his place, and do the driving himself; but he did not.
— from Wide Awake Magazine, Volume 4, Number 3, January 10, 1916 by Various

The Duke of Savoy had become one of the most experienced and successful commanders of the age, and an especial favorite with the Emperor.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

Our breaking-bread day is always on the first Sabbath in every month, and, always on the Friday before it, we have a Church Meeting, which is carried on by prayer, in order to prepare for our approach to the Lord's table: at which Meetings those are sometimes heard and sometimes on the Sabbath, as circumstances best serve—so that any Person at a Distance may send to our minister to propound them to the Church timely, and order their coming, so as to partake of both ordinances on the same day: The Reverend Mr. Cotton of Newton, on occasion of a man of his Parish desiring to join in Communion with our Church, gave him a Letter of Recommendation, not as a member with him, but as of one in Judgment of Charity qualified by the grace of God to be received amongst us: which the Church received as a mark of his Catholic Christian Spirit.
— from The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various

Hats are bought, old ones are retrimmed.
— from Green Valley by Katharine Yirsa Reynolds

This was the way they all spent their time when they were not in the beershops, one of which stood, as usual, at each corner of the court.
— from Willie the Waif by Minie Herbert

Now, with regard to the body of our Lord, we have seen that it is in the holy Eucharist in its objective state, and consequently is there by its real action.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 14, October 1871-March 1872 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

"Try that elevation once, sergeant," he says; and the shell goes crashing through the barn a mile and a half away, and the sharpshooters come pouring out of it like bees out of a hive.
— from The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy by Henry Martyn Kieffer