The coating of paint is changed, and the walls neatly papered, which is the only change it has undergone.
— from Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Abigail Stanley Hanna

Some few yearling hens may continue to lay fairly well during their molting period, but, as a rule, egg production drops with the feathers and does not begin until the new coat of plumage is completed and the system readjusted.
— from Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Company

The pitcher has reference to the custom of pilgrims in carrying at their girdle a vessel to hold water, the staff having a crook by which it was dipped up from a well or river.—Ed.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

The only peculiarity of the artistic application of scientific method lies in the artist's power of visualizing the result of his mental processes, of embodying the facts of resemblance in a visible "type," and of showing the manner in which the differences may be represented as modifications of that type; he does, in fact, instinctively, what an architect, who desires to demonstrate the community of plan in certain ancient temples, does by the methodical construction of plans, sections, and elevations; the comparison of which will furnish him with the "type" of such temples.
— from Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley

If fitness for the place to be filled is tested by competitive examination, the Commission shall certify the names of three males or three females, these names to be those of the eligibles who, standing higher in grade than any other three eligibles of the same sex on the list of eligibles from which certification is to be made, have not been certified three times to the officer making the requisition: Provided , That if upon any register from which certification is to be made there are the names of eligibles who have, under section 1754 of the Revised Statutes, claim of preference in civil appointments, the names of such eligibles shall be certified before the names of other eligibles higher in grade.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

Some confident experts who have possibly been influenced by the large consumption of pork in China argue that pork may become equally popular in Japan.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

This practice was observed till the year 1811, when the disorders incident to the concourse of people it collected, and the loss of some days’ labour which it was apt to occasion, led to its suppression by the authorities of the bakers’ corporation.
— from The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks by Karl August Schimmer

Now, as mentioned in earlier chapters, since the time of the Later T'ang the region round Nanking had become the main centre of production in China, and the Chinese population had gone over more and more to the consumption of rice instead of pulse or wheat.
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

If the corrosion of pipes is considered according to the electrolytic theory, a slight increase, due to an increased electrical conductivity, might be anticipated.
— from Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race