He also determined concerning animals; which of them might be used for food, and which they were obliged to abstain from; which matters, when this work shall give me occasion, shall be further explained; and the causes shall be added by which he was moved to allot some of them to be our food, and enjoined us to abstain from others.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Many tragedies certainly end by conducting their strong-willed heroes to the point of entire resignation, and then generally the will to live and its manifestation end together, but no representation that is known to me brings what is essential to that change so distinctly before us, free from all that is extraneous, as the part of “Faust” I have referred to.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

They skurried this way and that, down for bedding, up for firewood, and while they were at it, who should appear but John and Michael.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

madri kakaw n small ornamental tree flowering profusely with pink or lavender blooms, used for firewood and fencing: Gliricidia sepium .
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He the Great Master showed them the hidden virtues of plants, roots, and barks, and pointed out to them such vegetables as might be used for food, as well as what kinds of animals, birds, and fish were to be eaten.
— from Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland

Mr. Sibley and his friends had to content themselves with a personal memorial to Congress, which his biographer declares to be unequaled “for fearless and burning exposure of wrong and perfidy, in the annals of any territory or state.”
— from Minnesota, the North Star State by William Watts Folwell

In this way the apparatus can be used for firing any one or other of a group of sunken torpedoes, or if the torpedoes are buoyant ones, they need not be fitted with apparatus for putting the wire from their fuze directly to earth whenever the torpedo is struck by a passing vessel.
— from Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare by Charles William Sleeman

On the other hand, harmless creatures, especially those which cannot be used for food and are therefore useless to mankind, are given names of derision or contempt.
— from Indo-China and Its Primitive People by Henry Baudesson

It is not a branch that admits of much display, and is therefore almost entirely neglected, or taught in such a way as to be utterly futile for all practical purposes.
— from The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny

Jack hired a man to take the boat to the shop, bought some paint and brushes and some narrow boards used for flooring, and then sent for the engine, which he placed near the boat.
— from The Hilltop Boys on the River by Cyril Burleigh

When Alcamar and Oppas saw that the attack was ineffectual, they brought up fresh forces and made preparations to scale the mouth of the cavern.
— from Spanish Papers by Washington Irving

Write soon, or rather come, if possible, to your affectionate but unworthy friend, F. A. Good Heavens!
— from The Disowned — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron