The dried leaves in powder strewed on fresh bleeding wounds restrains the blood, and heals up the wound quickly.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Page 352 {352} "In later times of Greece and Rome, owing to the growth of republican feeling the diadem lost its political significance, and was relegated to the ladies.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Nous gérons plusieurs bases de données avec moteur de recherche: résumés de thèses de linguistique, informations sur les programmes universitaires de linguistique, informations professionnelles sur les linguistes, etc.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Their games, amusements, musical instruments, agricultural pursuits, food, and, in short, everything connected with their daily life is plainly shown in these sculptures, and, as I have said before, the whole history of Assyria is better studied from them than from any other one source.
— from A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

With all diminutions life is pictorial still, and this fact gives an extraordinary freshness to one’s perception of the great Venetian works.
— from Italian Hours by Henry James

550 Then forth sped the little maidens, and their hearts they were glad and gay; And she spake, the Burg-grave's daughter, 'Lady, I prithee say What wilt give to thy knight for a token, since naught but our dolls have we?
— from Parzival: A Knightly Epic (vol. 1 of 2) by Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century

And as sometimes, God seems to bring round His ends, contrary to the natural order of things, so the spiritual sun of Europe was now destined to rise in the West, and return on its light-bearing errand towards the East, dispelling La its path, Saxon, Frankish, and German darkness, until at length it reflected back on Rome herself, the light derived from Rome.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

'Pollo put the cigarette to his lips, deliberately lit it, puffed several times, and then, removing it in a leisurely way, he drawled: "Well, de fact is, I heerd Mr. Pier here give her a buggy, an'—Mr.
— from The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. by Various

“The upshot is, then,” said the glover, much vexed, “you did meet him on St. Valentine’s Day walking the public streets—” “Not so, neighbour; I met him in the most distant and dark lane in Perth, steering full for his own house, with bag and baggage, which, as a gallant fellow, he carried in his arms, the puppy dog on one and the jilt herself—and to my thought she was a pretty one—hanging upon the other.”
— from The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day by Walter Scott

"Indeed you do look ill Petronella," said Dr. Jim sympathetically.
— from The Silver Bullet by Fergus Hume

The noble bay of Genoa, with the deep blue Mediterranean, lies stretched out near at hand; monstrous old desolate houses and palaces are dotted all about; lofty hills, with their tops often hidden in the clouds, and with strong forts perched high up on their craggy sides, are close upon the left; and in front, stretching from the walls of the house, down to a ruined chapel which stands upon the bold and picturesque rocks on the sea-shore, are green vineyards, where you may wander all day long in partial shade, through interminable vistas of grapes, trained on a rough trellis-work across the narrow paths.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens