Acetylene is a colourless gas slightly soluble in water and very sparingly soluble in brine.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

For there would be the same news-stand, same magazines and candies grand, same smokes of famous standard brand, I'd find at home, I'll tell!
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

s. , S; sist , S, S2; sixt , S2; seð , pr. s. , S; seoþ , pl. , S2; seð , S2, P; sei , 2 pt. s. , S2; sæh , pt. s. , S; seh , S, S2; sih , S2; siȝ , S2, W; syȝ , S2; sye , S3; sy , C3; seȝ , S, S2; sey , S2, C2, G; seiȝ , S2, S3; seigh , C; seih , G; seyh , G; sag , S; sagh , S2; saugh , S3, C, G; saȝ , S; sauȝ , S; sawh , S2; say , S2, S3, C, W, G; sayȝ , S2; saye , W; saie , W; saiȝ , W; sawȝ , W; sihen , pl. , S2; syȝen , S2; seien , W; seiȝen , W; seen , W; siȝen , W; sien , W; syen , W; saien , W; sayn , W; saye , W; seye , S2;
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

It was not a Singing Magic, Best Beloved, it was a Still Magic; and by and by the Cave grew so still that a little wee-wee mouse crept out of a corner and ran across the floor.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

They advanced and retreated with childlike grimaces, smiling, swinging each other, bowing, skipping about like two automaton dolls moved by some old mechanical contrivance, somewhat damaged, but made by a clever workman according to the fashion of his time.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

She answered, that all the aid she could give should stand at his service; but bade him wait for Thorberg's arrival.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Besides, the numbers of both these united, do not make up the whole compliment of men at sea: Perhaps the deficiency, being 40 in the largest ships of this list, was made up by what were then called grummets: servants, ship-boys, or landsmen.--E.]
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

"Oh, it was only a Christmas gambol, sir," said Tom carelessly.
— from The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

“Well,” said Caspar Goodwood simply, “she thinks I’m watching her.”
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

“Let’s go somewhere where we can get some supper.
— from The Illustrious Prince by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim