our air gun also astonishes them very much, they Cannot Comprehend its Shooting So often and without powder, and think that it is great medison which Comprehends every thing that is to them incomprehensible.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Take of Annis seeds two ounces and an half, Liquorice, Mastich, of each an ounce, the seeds of Caraway, Fennel, Galanga, Mace, Ginger, Cinnamon, of each five drams, the three sorts of Pepper, Cassia Lignea, mountain Calaminth, Pellitory of Spain, of each two drams, Cardamoms the greater, Cloves, Cubebs, Indian Spikenard, Saffron, of each a dram and an half, make them into powder.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

One of the best estimates of his character ever given to the world is that by J. C. Colquhoun in "Short Studies of some Notable Lives.
— from Three Apostles of Quakerism: Popular Sketches of Fox, Penn and Barclay by Benjamin Rhodes

Morning, clear, cloudless, infinitely stifling, swept over the desert.
— from Istar of Babylon: A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter

For example, it is quite common in good gardens to see the droppings collected carefully in some shed, or in the mushroom-house, and turned over almost as tenderly and carefully as the contents of the fruit-room.
— from Mushroom Culture: Its Extension and Improvement by W. (William) Robinson

Sometimes the spiral is so very brilliant that it seems as if it were made of quicksilver, and collectors call it “silver spiral” or “brilliant air-twist”; but this is probably an effect of light.
— from Collecting Old Glass, English and Irish by Yoxall, J. H. (James Henry), Sir

The development of the sternum out of the fused ends of ribs is shown in a more complete condition in some species of Manis than in many other mammals.
— from Mammalia by Frank E. (Frank Evers) Beddard

If that could cross in safety, surely our lighter train could do the same.
— from Pictures of Canadian Life: A Record of Actual Experiences by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Our cavalry consisted, in several squadrons of the native gendarmes maures , besides a regiment and a half of French chasseurs d’Afrique ; the latter were all mounted on native horses, as European horses are quite worn out in the first half-year.
— from The French in Algiers The Soldier of the Foreign Legion; and The Prisoners of Abd-el-Kader by Clemens Lamping