But the refined habits in which you have been brought up, and your unfortunate literary propensities—(I say unfortunate, because you will seldom meet people in a colony who can or will sympathise with you in these pursuits)—they will make you an object of mistrust and envy to those who cannot appreciate them, and will be a source of constant mortification and disappointment to yourself.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Brown bread and white bread cut as thin as wafers, buttered and spread with cream or cottage cheese and minced olives or nuts and put together in alternate layers then cut through like layer cake into oblong strips or finger sandwiches make pretty luncheon sandwiches.
— from Civic League Cook Book by North Dakota) Civic League (Williston

Warton, however, observes, "This strange pedantic title is not totally without a conceit , as the author was born at Stellada or Stellata , a province of Ferrara, and from whence he called himself Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus."
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

But, if they reject Napoleon II., the Emperor ought to have recourse to his sword, and to those brave men, who, covered as they are with blood and scars, still cry 'Long live the Emperor!'
— from Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Where the dangers of fire preclude the use of this material, as in close and compact cities and towns, and where brick and stone must be employed, such houses may, with very [189] slight additional expense, be rendered comparatively dry.
— from Health: How to get it and keep it. The hygiene of dress, food, exercise, rest, bathing, breathing, and ventilation. by Walter V. Woods

[27] A degree of primitiveness characterizes all their amusements, which bear a strong similarity to those of the wilder tribes.
— from Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839, part 2 by Josiah Gregg

Whatever were the 212 rites referred to by Mark, under the two designations of “washing the hands,” and “baptism,” it was necessary that sufficient water should be provided for all occasions of both kinds which were likely to occur, in the large concourse of wedding guests, of whom Christ and the apostles were but a small proportion.
— from A Bible History of Baptism by Samuel J. (Samuel John) Baird