765 These elements are few in number; for, except the very small portion which remains as incombustible white ash, coal is constituted of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and a little sulphur.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

Plain, coarse, not scanty, but unsuperfluous fare is theirs from year's-end to year's-end, excepting some decent and grateful change on chance holidays of nature's own appointment—a wedding or a christening, or a funeral.
— from Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 1 by John Wilson

If he had been less skillful than he was he might have given way to this impulse; but with the knack of a conversational artist he contrived in talking chiefly to Mrs. Hilbrough to lead the conversation to Miss Callender's distinguished great-grandfather of the Revolutionary period, who was supposed to shed an ever-brightening luster all the way down the line of his family, and Millard added some traditional anecdotes of other ancestors of her family on the mother's side who had played a conspicuous part in the commercial or civic history of New York.
— from The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston

For example, the principal nutrients in wheat are carbohydrates (starch and sugar), yet wheat contains mineral salts, fat, and protein, the latter being a compound consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3 of 5 by Eugene Christian

It was customary also, especially in parts of Carmarthenshire, on “Calan Hen” (Old New Year’s Day) to make a feast for those who had helped them with the harvest.
— from Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

And I wish particularly to insist upon this sharpness of edge, because it is not a casual or changeful habit of nature; it is the unfailing characteristic of all very great distances.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) by John Ruskin

The plastic materials are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and a little sulphur and phosphorus.
— from The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

The provincial troops proceeded to Norfolk, under the command of Colonel Howe of North Carolina, and Lord Dunmore took refuge on board his vessels.
— from The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by John Marshall

Proteids are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and a small per cent of sulphur.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters

He alluded to the 78 position of grand-master of the ceremonies that nobleman, whom he had known at the Court of Catherine, had occupied near the person of Napoleon.
— from Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna by La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles, Comte de