But in among the gold they found a paper, and this Will Scarlet read in a loud voice, and all heard that this money was the rental and fines and forfeits from certain estates belonging to the Bishopric of Hereford.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

“If the rock-bound coasts, sullen, defiant, and lowering, seemed uninviting, these were occasionally broken into charmingly alluring coves floored with golden sand, clad with evergreen shrubbery, and adorned with every variety of indigenous wattle, she-oak, wild flower, and fern, from the delicately graceful ‘maiden-hair’ to the palm-like ‘old man’; while the majestic gum-tree, clean and smooth as the mast of ‘some tall ammiral’ pierces the clear air to the height of 230 feet or more.”
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

He agreed to board Elias and his family and furnish five hundred dollars, for which he was to have one-half of the patent, if the machine proved to be worth patenting.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Fashion And Fat For years the thin, even the scrawny, have had everything their own way.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Maple Tree, 112 Marigolds, 114 Marjoram, wind, 112 —— sweet, 113 Marsh-mallows, 218 Masterwort, 114 , 223 , 224 Maudlin, Sweet, 114 Mead-sweet, 227 Mechracah, 223 Medicines, method of mixing, 210 —— on the Temperature of, 376 —— Temperate, 377 —— Hot, ib. —— Hot in the first degree, ib. —— —— second degree, 378 —— —— third degree, ib. —— —— fourth degree, ib. —— Cooling, 378 —— cool in the first degree, 379 —— —— second and third degree, ib. —— cold in the fourth degree, 379 —— moistening, ib. —— drying, ib. —— of the appropriation of the several parts of the body, 380 —— appropriated to the Head, ib. —— —— Brain, ib. —— —— Eyes, ib. —— —— Mouth & Nose, 382 —— —— Ears, ib. —— —— Teeth, ib. —— —— Breast & lungs, ib. —— —— Heart, 383 —— —— Stomach, 384 —— —— Spleen, ib. —— —— Reins and Bladder, 386 —— —— Womb, ib. —— —— Joints, ib. —— —— Propriety, or operation of, 387 —— —— Hardening, ib. —— —— Loosening, 388 —— —— Drawing, 389 —— —— Discussive, ib. —— —— Repelling, 390 —— —— appropriated to the Liver, 385 —— —— Cleansing, 391 —— —— Suppuring, 392 —— —— Provoking urine, ib. —— —— Breeding flesh, 393 —— —— Glutinative, ib. —— —— Resisting poison, ib. —— —— Purging, 394 Medlar, 115 Melilot, or King’s Claver, 115 Mercury, French and Dog, 116 —— Dog, ib. Metals, Minerals, and Stones, 254 Metals, Stones, Salts, and other Minerals, 276 Mints, 117 Misselto, 118 Mithridate Mustard, 182 Money-wort, or Herb Twopence, 119 Monk’s Rhubarb, 225 Moonwort, 120 Mosses, 120 Motherwort, 121 Mouse-ear, 122 Mugwort, 122 Mulberry Tree, 123 , 223 Mullein, ib. Mustard, 124 —— Hedge, 125 Nailwort, or Whitlow-grass, 126 Nep, or Catmint, ib. Nettles, 127 , 227 Nightshade, 128 Oak, 128 Oats, 129 Oils, 205 Oils, 353 —— Simple Oils, by expression, ib. —— —— —— Infusion and Decoction, 354 —— Compound Oils by Infusion and Decoction, 355 Ointments, 208 Ointments, more simple, 358 —— more compound, 362 One Blade, ib. Onions, 130 , 220 Orchis, 129 Orpine, ib. Orris, or Flower-de-luce, 222 Parsley, 131 —— Piert, or Parsley Breakstone, ib. Parsnips, 132 —— Cow, ib. —— garden and wild, 224 Peach Tree, 133 Pear Tree, 134 [401] Pellitory of Spain, 134 , 225 —— of the Wall, 135 Peony, male and female, 224 Pennyroyal, 136 Peony, male and female, 137 Pepperwort, or Dittander, 138 Periwinkle, 138 Peter’s Wort, St., 139 Pimpernel, 139 Physic, a Key to Galen’s Method of, 376 —— the general use of, ib. —— of the temperature, ib. Pills, 209 , 339 Pine, Ground, 140 Plaisters, 208 , 367 Plantain, 141 , 224 Plants, things bred from, 252 Plums, 142 Polypody of the Oak, 142 Poplar Tree, 143 Poppy, 144 Poultices, 209 Preserved Roots, Stalks, Barks, Flowers, Fruits, 314 Preserves, 206 Primroses, 146 Privet, 146 , 218 Purslain, 146 Queen of the Meadows, or Meadow Sweet, 147 Quince Tree, 148 Radishes, garden and wild, 225 Ragwort, 149 Rest-Harrow, or Camonack, 150 Rattle Grass, 150 Receipts, General Caution, 395 —— to purge the Head, ib. —— for a Rheum in the Head, and the Palsy, ib. —— —— ib. 396 —— for the falling off of the Hair, ib. —— to purge the Head, ib. —— for Eyes that are blasted, ib. —— Excellent Water to clear the Sight, ib. —— for a hurt in the Eye with a stroke, ib. —— to draw Rheum back from the Eyes, ib. —— for a Web in the Eye, ib. —— pain in the Ears, ib. —— an Imposthume in the Ear, ib. —— Polypus, or a fleshy substance growing in the Nose, ib. —— bleeding at the Nose, ib. —— a Canker in the Nose, ib. —— another for the Polypus, ib. —— extreme heat of the Mouth, 397 —— for a Canker in the Mouth, ib. —— to keep Teeth white, ib. —— —— fasten the Teeth, ib. —— for the Tooth-ache, ib. —— Scurvy in the Gums, ib. —— for rotting and consuming of the Gums, ib. —— the cause of Infirmities in the Face, ib. —— for a Face full of red pimples, ib. —— to take away the marks of Small Pox, ib. —— caution concerning the Infirmities of the Throat, ib. —— for Hoarseness, 398 —— for the Quinsey, ib. —— for Sore Breasts, ib. —— —— —— —— inward Medicine for, ib. —— for Moisture of the Stomach, ib. —— for the heat of the Stomach, ib. —— to cause the Liver well to digest, ib. —— a Caution, ib. —— for a stoppage of the Liver, ib. —— for the Liver, ib. Reed, Aromatical, 219 Reeds, common and sugar, 218 Rhadish, or Horse Rhadish, 148 Rhapontick, or Rhubarb of Pontus, 225 Rhubarb, 225 Rhubarb, or Rephontic, 156
— 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

It was communicated at Winchester to new-comers for a fixed fee of half a guinea.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

I liked the sarvice from the first—the captain was not a particular man; according to some people’s ideas of the sarvice, she wasn’t in quite man-of-war fashion, but she was a happy ship, and the men would have followed and fought for the captain to the last drop of their blood.
— from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat

Diamond turned toward his friend a face from which a pair of glaring eyes looked out.
— from Frank Merriwell's Alarm; Or, Doing His Best by Burt L. Standish

The "Insurgente" was the smartest ship on the West Indian station, and indeed one of the finest and fastest frigates in the French navy, and the Government expected great things of [Pg 94] Captain Barreault, who was in command of her.
— from The Boys of 1812 and Other Naval Heroes by James Russell Soley

The second house I lived in in Capiz was smaller than the first, and had on the lower floor a Filipino family in one room.
— from A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee

Inexorable death shall level all, And trees, and stones, and farms, and farmer fall.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

Last night I slept while he—" He cursed himself for a fatuous fool.
— from Terry A Tale of the Hill People by Charles Goff Thomson

"I don't really know them," said Chérie; "but they—they look very nice," and she turned her blue eyes full upon him, taking a quick survey of his handsome figure and fair, frank face.
— from The Outrage by Annie Vivanti

Now she turned and confronted Litizki with mingled hope and alarm; hope that this man, whose positive utterance had been reported, might give her a definite clew; alarm lest he be one of the most irreconcilable of revolutionists, a man who would sacrifice friends and family for a cause that he imagined just.
— from The Mission of Poubalov by Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton