The root thereof, with pelitory of Spain and burnt alum, of each a little quantity, beaten small and into paste with some honey, and a little piece thereof put into a hollow tooth, or held between the teeth, if there be no hollowness in them, stays the defluction of rheum upon them which causes pains, and helps to cleanse the head, and void much offensive water.
— 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

He dreamed of rising up, going out and confessing in the face of all men that he had committed murder.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The distilled water of the herb performs well all the aforesaid cures, but especially for inflammations or watering of the eyes, by reason of the defluxion of rheum unto them.
— 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

Starting immediately to begin his investigation on the spot, he had swallowed a good deal of raw, unwholesome fog in the park.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Also to refit, new dress, or rub up old hats, shoes or other wearing apparel; likewise to put new feet to old boots.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

In consequence of this the serfs and vilains ( Fig. 21 ) emigrated from all parts, in order to profit by these advantages, to such a degree, that the lands of the nobles became deserted by all the serfs of different degrees, and were in danger of remaining uncultivated.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

They had been his allies from the death of Ragnald up to that hour: one, because he was moved by regard for friendship, the other by regard for his birth; so that different reasons made both desire the same thing.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

Even political principle must have been in danger of relaxation under such circumstances; and the violin, faithful to rotten boroughs, must have been tempted to fraternize in a demoralizing way with a reforming violoncello.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

On the other hand, in the district of Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, when a farmer is later of getting in his harvest than his neighbours, they set up on his land a Straw-bull, as it is called.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

All other things I call luxuries, without meaning, by this appellation, to throw the smallest degree of reproach upon the temperate use of them.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

I had almost forgotten to tell you that I contrived (by hanging one of the smaller sails across, just in the middle, which I could let down or raise up at pleasure) to divide the tent occasionally into two distinct rooms.
— from The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Complete (Volumes 1 and 2) by Robert Paltock

“All over the Marest you’ll find patches of ground plunging down or rushing up.
— from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay

In these arks of safety, manned by Indians or metis (half-breeds), the fur-trader would leave Lachine, on the St. Lawrence, ascend the Ottawa, descend the French, cross Lake Huron—the Lake Orleans of Nicollet and Hennepin—and find no rest from drench or riffle until he reached Mackinaw, or more distant Fort Dearborn (now Chicago), on the Skunk River, at the head of Lake Michigan, 1,450 miles by water from Quebec.
— from The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Walter R. Nursey

The stories of its wealth, of its luxury, of its gardens, palaces, theatres, baths, its gaieties, and its pomps, sound like a description of Rome under the Empire, and would be incredible if such ruins as this did not exist to attest to the facts.
— from Seekers in Sicily: Being a Quest for Persephone by Jane and Peripatetica by Anne Hoyt

Our day at the round-up was one of the most fascinating days of my life, and I was proud to see that my city-bred brother was as agile and as active in the duties of rounding up the great steers of the plains as were the men brought up from their babyhood to such activities.
— from My Brother, Theodore Roosevelt by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

This involved a day of idleness, an unemployed Sunday, a boon that rarely came to the partakers in Professor Thunder's godless enterprises, the day of rest usually being given over to travel and arduous preparations for a Monday matinee.
— from The Missing Link by Edward Dyson

Liechtenstein 1.3% (September 2002) Lithuania 3.5% note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2007 est.)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

What modern manager could have dressed, or rather undressed, his performers with a stricter regard to propriety?
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ireland

Juncal , Playon del, near Barcelona, 10 N. 64 W. Defeat of Royalists under Morales by Piar, 1816 (S. A. W. Ind.).
— from A Literary & Historical Atlas of America by J. G. (John George) Bartholomew