We take the liberty of transcribing here a passage from the chapter entitled "Christianity and Foreigners" in The Mikado's Empire, written twenty years ago.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Pp. 71, 72. IMG Figure 74 is a well known Christian emblem, called "a foul anchor."
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

It contains the Government buildings, the central military and civil establishments, the residence of the governor-general and the officials of the general and provincial Government, the superior courts of justice, the archbishop's palace and the cathedral, various other churches, including an English church and library, the great commercial establishments, &c. A fine boulevard built on a series of arches, and bordered on one side by handsome buildings, runs along the sea-front of the town overlooking the bay, harbour, and shipping.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

A rush of steam through pipe A creates a partial vacuum in the cone E , causing air from the train pipe to rush into it and be expelled by the steam blast.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

Her countenance expressed candour and frankness of disposition in a remarkable degree.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

formerly, before Cyntaf, a. first chief, earliest Cyntafanedig, a first-born Cyntedd, n. entry, porch Cyntefig, a. primary, primitive Cyntefigiad, n. origination Cyntefigiaeth, n. primitive, state Cyntefin, n. the first of May: a. amphibious Cynteig, a. prime, or primal Cyntenid, a. primogenial Cynthun, n. first sleep, a nap Cynwas, n. a chief minister Cynwawl, n. primeval light Cynwawr, n. a first dawn Cynwe, n. end of a web Cynwedd, n. first appearance Cynweled, n. a foresight Cynwelediad, n. foreseeing Cynwyd, n. mischief: a evil Cynwyl, a. bashful, modest Cynwyre, v. to ascend up Cynyd, v. to rise, to arise Cyngan, n. speech, discourse Cynghad, n. a concourse Cynghan, a. consonant Cynghanedd, n. consonancy Cynghaneddol, a. harmonious Cynghaneddu, v. to harmonize Cynghanu, v. to love mutually Cynghas, n. mutual hate Cynghau, v. to close together Cynghawg, n. complicate metre, so called Cynghaws, n. issue at law, a suit; an advocate or council Cynghawsaeth, n. pleadings Cynghawsedd, n. law process Cynghel, n. privacy: ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

“You are a cursed emigrant,” cried a farrier, making at him in a furious manner through the press, hammer in hand; “and you are a cursed aristocrat!”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

When news of the cavalry engagement reached Rome, the disappointment of their confident expectations caused a feeling of consternation in the minds of the people.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Callimachum, Tuscos Camillum appellare Mercurium, &c. Romani quoque pueros et puellas nobiles et investes Camillos et Camillas appellant, Flaminicarum et Flaminum præministros.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

Dr. Ebbinghaus says: "The initial rapidity, as well as the final slowness, as these were ascertained under certain experimental conditions and for a particular individual,... may well surprise us.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

These Alexander-worshippers seem disposed to take him at his own valuation, to condone every crime and folly either as the mere ebullience of a rich nature or as the bitter necessity to some gigantic scheme, and to regard his life as framed upon a design, a scheme of statesmanship, such as all the wider knowledge and wider ideas of these later times barely suffice to bring into the scope of our understanding.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

(For instance ethylchloride (C2H5Cl) is a gas at 21 deg C., ethylenechloride (C2H4Cl2) a fluid boiling at 84 deg C., beta trichlorethane (C2H3Cl3) a fluid boiling at 113 deg C., perchlorethane (C2Cl6) a crystalline substance.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

Indeed, there had been hardly any alternative, for George had been driven to consult his friend more than once as to this delay in his marriage; and who can ever consult a friend with advantage on any subject without telling him all the circumstances?
— from The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

After a long delay Captain Edney came; apologizing for not appearing to welcome his drummer boy's mother and his old schoolmistress before.
— from The Drummer Boy by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge

All I shall say for this is, that the points I alluded to are such as concerned every Christian and freeholder in England; and I could not be cold enough to conceal my opinion on subjects which related to either of those characters.
— from The Tatler, Volume 4 by Steele, Richard, Sir

This reduction takes place by showing that formal cause, efficient cause, and final cause, all melt into the single conception of form.
— from A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace