The varied forms of the numberless trees, imperceptible during the gloom of night, now appear, the smaller foliage contrasting with the large glossy leaves of the taller trees, or the feathery, fan-shaped fronds of palms.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

Sun, god of, Ninip, Nirig, and Nergal as, 53 , 54 , 303 ; Babbar as, 54 ; as Judge of living and dead, 54 ; as seer of secret sin, 54 , 55 ; links between Shamash, Mitra, and Varuna, 54 , 55 : Ninip and Nin-Girsu, and Babbar and Shamash, 132 ; Tammuz as, 158 ; forms of, 297 , 298 ; Horus as the, 300 ; as offspring and spouse of moon, 301 ; Orion as a manifestation of, 305 ; animals identified with, 329 , 330 ; symbols of, 335 , 336 .
— from Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie

Short tailless coats for morning wear were coming in, and Punch welcomes in 1889 the introduction of brown boots as a relief from "that dual despotism, dreadful grown, of needless nigritude and futile polish."
— from Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 3 (of 4).—1874-1892 by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

The varied forms of the trees, imperceptible during the gloom of night, now appeared, the smaller foliage contrasting with the large, glossy leaves of the taller trees, and the feathery, fan-shaped fronds of the palms.
— from The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by William Henry Giles Kingston

Some words either gender or neuter nouns, according to use.
— from An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

Such lakes are found to-day in Greenland and in the southern Andes, and similar bodies of water of far greater size and importance came into existence in Pleistocene times each time that the continental glaciers of northern North America and Europe advanced upon or retired from suitably directed river systems.
— from Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader by William Herbert Hobbs

To these gifts of nature, Napoleon added the advantage of having been born to a private and humble fortune.
— from An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

[Pg 361] This was long ago, before Peter Stuyvesant was governor of New Netherland, as New York colony was then called.
— from A Beginner's History by William H. (William Harrison) Mace

Whether Captain Vancouver delivered the message to the English Government or not, no attention was paid to it.
— from Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston