The phosphates in dung are mostly, if not entirely, in the form of lime phosphate, which is quite inert.
— from A Text-book of Tanning A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical. by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter

But in Germany the Protectorate was regarded as a desirable acquisition mainly, if not exclusively, because of the advantages it was expected to afford as a base for the eventual creation of a German-African Empire.
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt

She went down to the porter, who had come back with 204 the cab, and who was now distracted and moaning in naïve egoism.
— from The Blue Duchess by Paul Bourget

So was he hurt for al his deyte Witħ louys dart, and might it not escape Ther sawe
— from The Temple of Glass by John Lydgate

s. d. From Michaelmas till August 1 he has to plough one day a week, each day's work being valued at 3 1 2 And to do manual labour 3 days a week, each day's work being valued at 1 2 On the 4th day to carry horse-loads ( summagiare ), if necessary, to Preston and other manors, and Gloucester, each day's work being valued at 1 Once a year to carry to Wick, valued at 3 To plough one acre called ' Eadacre ,' 65 and to thresh the seed for the said acre, the ploughing and threshing being valued at 4 To do the ploughing called ' beneherthe ' with one meal from the lord, valued ultra cibum at 1 To mow the lord's meadow for 5 days, and more if necessary, each day's work being valued ultra opus manuale at 1 To lift the lord's hay for 5 days 2 1 2 To hoe the lord's corn for one day (besides the customary labour), with one man, valued at 1 2 To do 1 ' bederipa ' before autumn with 1 man, valued at 1 1 2 To work in the lord's harvest 5 days a week with 2 men, from August 1 to Michaelmas, valued per week at 1 3 To do 1 ' bederipa ,' called ' bondenebedripa ,' with 4 men, valued at 6 To do 1 harrowing a year, called ' londegginge ,' valued at 1 To give at Michaelmas an aid of 3 3 To [pay] ' pannage ,' viz.
— from The English Village Community Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry; An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition) by Frederic Seebohm

What changes did Andros make in New England?
— from A Short History of the United States for School Use by Edward Channing

I admit no other uniformity in the events of nature than the law of Causation; and (as I have explained in the chapter of this volume which treats of the Grounds of Disbelief) a miracle is no exception to that law.
— from A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive by John Stuart Mill