He thought much, but he thought nothing out, and was consequently at sixty still in doubt about almost everything.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

A glass of milk or a cup A cup of milk, cocoa, or chocolate [862] of cocoa LUNCHEON Three or four glasses of milk Three or four eggs, whipped, Half a cup of wheat bran into which put a teaspoonful Or of sugar to each egg, and Baked white potatoes a flavor of lemon juice, Butter omitting milk A cup of water The juice of an orange an hour later DINNER Carrots, squash, or boiled Turnips, carrots, or beets—any onions—any two of these two or all of these A baked potato A baked potato One egg Fish A cup of milk or chocolate A baked banana eaten with cream, and something sweet if desired A baked omelet may be used now and then.
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3 of 5 by Eugene Christian

A mound which he opened in Sheboygan County, containing a single skeleton, is described as about 50 feet in diameter and 5 feet high.
— from Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States by Cyrus Thomas

One of the hands clutching at her bosom touched the fairy crystal, and she seized it despairingly, and clung to it, as if the secret spell of it might hold her back to life.
— from Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron Baily