It is therefore apprehended less immediately, and every natural science employs a more roundabout method than that of psychology.
— from The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet

On the contrary, it is agreed that whatever shall be found to be taken by the subjects and inhabitants of either party, or any ship belonging to the enemies of the other, or to their subjects, although it be not comprehended under the sort of prohibited goods, the whole may be confiscated in the same manner as if it belonged to the enemy; except, nevertheless, such effects and merchandizes as were put on board such vessel before the declaration of war, or in the space of six months after it, which effects shall not be, in any manner, subject to confiscation, but shall be faithfully and without delay restored in nature to the owners who shall claim them, or cause them to be claimed, before the confiscation and sale, as also their proceeds, if the claim could not be made, but in the space of eight months after the sale, which ought to be publick: Provided, nevertheless, that if the said merchandizes are contraband, it shall by no means be lawful to transport them afterwards to any port belonging to enemies.
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat

There is a theory that our grandmothers in these first days of the settlement worked with their own hands, with an energy never since equalled, and more and more departed from as the years go on.
— from Anne Bradstreet and Her Time by Helen Campbell

In 1828 an Englishman named Scudder, established a museum of mounted specimens in an old alms house in New York City.
— from Barbers' Manual (Part 1); Text Book on Taxidermy (Part 2) by T. J. McConnaughay