Then place the Crystal upon the intersection E so that the line AB concurs with that which bisects the obtuse angle of the lower surface, or with some line parallel to it.
— from Treatise on Light In which are explained the causes of that which occurs in reflexion, & in refraction and particularly in the strange refraction of Iceland crystal by Christiaan Huygens

But cause undoubtedly there is, existing somewhere; for so powerful an agent, revolutionizing our very nature, must surely have “a local habitation and a name.”
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, July 1849 by Various

I had no trouble in finding subjects for the brush or camera; I came upon them in endless succession.
— from A Leisurely Tour in England by James John Hissey