Guerrero and Quinto : Cited by Vedder, Beriberi, p. 259.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

There can be very little doubt that the heraldic chapeau combines two distinct origins or earlier prototypes.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

15 , would have them used twice a day, and when they came forth of the baths, their back bones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphea, fresh capon grease, &c. Amulets and things to be borne about, I find prescribed, taxed by some, approved by Renodeus, Platerus, ( amuleta inquit non negligenda ) and others; look for them in Mizaldus, Porta, Albertus, &c. Bassardus Viscontinus, ant. philos. commends hypericon, or St. John's wort gathered on a [4342] Friday in the hour of Jupiter, when it comes to his effectual operation (that is about the full moon in July); so gathered and borne, or hung about the neck, it mightily helps this affection, and drives away all fantastical spirits.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Consider, you grow old apace; and, therefore, have a reverend care of your health, which must certainly be very much impaired by these nocturnal expeditions.”
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The quantity of coffee can be varied to suit individual taste.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The corpse was decorated with brass rings, and within the putkūli were stowed jaggery, a scroll of paper adorned with cowry shells, snuff and tobacco, cocoanuts, biscuits, various kinds of grain, ghī, honey, and a tin-framed looking-glass.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty &c. (be virtuous) 944.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Now language is something fixed; it changes but very slowly, and consequently it is the same with the conceptual system which it expresses.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

But these forces were not cemented by virtue and union; and some powerful emirs had been seduced to desert or betray their more loyal companions.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

"And canary bird vine," contributed Ethel Blue.
— from Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

All around him were weird noises caused by various articles breaking adrift, mingled with the shouts of the alarmed crew, while from without came an awe-inspiring rumble.
— from The Rival Submarines by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

He is suffering from some form of venereal disease, and in this state is received at the Penitentiary or Work-house, where his clothes are taken from him, the institution costume supplied, and the particulars of his name, age, nativity, occupation, etc., are registered with an abstract of the commitment by virtue of which he is detained.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

While they were thus conversing, the tall spires of the cathedral became visible over the forest, which then grew dense and unbroken to the very edge of the town, and in a few minutes Bearskin, conducted by the missionary, was snugly lodged in the dwelling of one of the wealthiest peltry–dealers in the famous frontier city of St. Louis.
— from The Prairie-Bird by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

He reflected that if he could meet the girl now he could be very fond of her and understand things better.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

We have seen how the discoveries of Columbus, Magellan, and the brothers Pizarro enriched the city, brought vessels to the port with costly store, and opened a vast foreign trade.
— from The Story of Seville by Walter M. (Walter Matthew) Gallichan

It helps one's Cause but very little, merely to call his Antagonist "a Lyar;" and this appears to have been the heaviest Argument brought against Mr. Calef in Answer to his Statements.
— from The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3) by Robert Calef

Mr. Oldstone looked a few years older, while the countenances of the whole company betrayed various grades of wonder and consternation.
— from Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume I by M. Y. Halidom

These varied stimulants are conveyed down the pedicel by some means; it cannot be vibration, for drops of fluid put on quite quietly cause the movement; it cannot be absorption of the fluid from cell to cell, for I can see the rate of absorption, which though quick, is far slower, and in Dionaea the transmission is instantaneous; analogy from animals would point to transmission through nervous matter.
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin