Also it helps digestion, scatters congealed blood in any part of the body.
— 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 did so, climbing by the thong, and we lost sight of him also!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Meanwhile the princess was eagerly waiting till her deliverer should come back; and had a road made leading up to her palace all of shining gold; and told her courtiers that whoever came on horseback, and rode straight up to the gate upon it, was her true lover; and that they must let him in: but whoever rode on one side of it, they must be sure was not the right one; and that they must send him away at once.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

So the Father virtually declares, according to "the inspired prophet Isaiah," that the Son, in a divine sense, cannot be either God, Savior, or Redeemer.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

Fields & Peter Crusat and proceeded on down, Send Crusat back at 2 ms. to examine the rapid near the shore & I proceeded on down about 10 miles to a very high rock in a bottom on the Stard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

"Dorian, Dorian," she cried, "before I knew you, acting was the one reality of my life.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Your treachery to me, my dear sir, can be clearly seen from what follows.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

She should, however, never remain in mourning for her first husband after she has decided she can be consoled by a second.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

“How delicious!” said Claudia breathing the perfume of a splendid rose-bush.
— from Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 1 by Ernst Eckstein

It would appear, from the testimony of contemporary authors, that the cards most commonly used in Italy in the latter part of the fifteenth century, were those which had Spade , Coppe , Bastoni , and Danari —Swords, Cups, Batons, and Money,—as the marks of the suits.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto

No more delightful surprise could be imagined than to come suddenly upon such a garden far from the habitations of man.
— from The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

" Catherine buckled the knapsack on her son's back; she did so calmly, but her brows were knitted, and she tried hard to press her quivering lips tightly together, while two great tears rolled down her wrinkled cheeks.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

An hour later, when Justin had his key in the lock of the outer door, she came back.
— from Deficient Saints: A Tale of Maine by Marshall Saunders

Occasionally the gunboats moved ahead and daring scouts could be seen calmly looking into vacated Filipino intrenchments.
— from The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. by Charles Rendell Mabey

Protestant housewives dropped Catholic-vended sugar into their tea, and while there were men like Shears, who still in dreams saw candles burning, St. Peter's arsenal became a quiet parish church again.
— from Miss Primrose: A Novel by Roy Rolfe Gilson

In the forenoon on the 26th, the graphic Diarist “saw Count Bismarck standing in a doorway out of the rain whiffing a prodigious cigar, seemingly intent on watching the bubbles which passed along the watercourse by the side of the street;” but probably with his thoughts far away from the evanescent symbols of men’s lives.
— from The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 by George Hooper