During [ 315 ] this sermon a woman left the church; she was sister of a woman who had also been accused by the children, and, being offended by something Mr. Parris said, went out of meeting; of course, also to prison.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

It represented two brewers’ men carrying a barrel of beer slung between them on a pole; it was also frequently called the Two Draymen .
— from The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day by John Camden Hotten

Cattatózzi, a begger of broken scraps.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

If you value your seat, as a friend I would urge ye, Steer clear of endowing the Catholic Clergy; A bolus (or bonus) so very unhallow'd Would in Scotland, I'm sure, not be easily swallow'd.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

Poe enters, carrying a bundle of broken sticks which he lays down softly, one by one, on the hearth, looking anxiously toward the bed.
— from Semiramis, and Other Plays by Olive Tilford Dargan

Clang! clang!—a burning torrent, clear And brilliant, of bright sparks is poured Around and up in the dusky air, As our hammers forge the SWORD.
— from Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Embracing a Full Exposition of the Principles of Rhetorical Reading; with Numerous Exercises for Practice, Both in Prose and Poetry, Various in Style, and Carefully Adapted to the Purposes of Teaching in Schools of Every Grade by Charles W. (Charles Walton) Sanders

[22] In a word, the relation between sodium and potassium is as close as that between chlorine and bromine, or, better still, between fluorine and chlorine, as the atomic weight of [560] sodium, 23, is as much greater than that of fluorine, 19, as that of potassium, 39, is greater than that of chlorine, 35·5.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

As the river above St. Mark's is quite crooked, and bordered on both sides by dense forests, and as no steam-tug could be had, the captain did not care to attempt to carry the schooner any farther up.
— from Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida by Kirk Munroe