I have treated by giving small doses of castor oil and Douglas mixture in the drinking water, feeding on dry mash with plenty of green feed.
— from One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

I remember hearing the conversation of a distinguished merchant in the City of London, who well represented the ideas then most current.
— from Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market by Walter Bagehot

The water, however, appeared potable; and perhaps cleaning out and deepening might increase the quantity.
— from The Land of Midian (Revisited) — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It was the cry of a drowning man in the wild roar of the cruel sea.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

This great ridge of land is dominated by the graceful shape of Slieve Snacht ("Snow Mountain"), a model of what mountains should be: bold and peaked, yet with swelling curves that balance on either flank, it fills the centre of a distance more impressively than far loftier hills.
— from Ulster by Stephen Lucius Gwynn