De Foix, a French architect employed on the Escorial at this time, informed the historian De Thou of the prince's habit of wearing extremely large leggings, or boots, for the purpose mentioned in the text.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

I feebly attempted to imagine what a herd of wild elephants looked like.
— from The Gland Stealers by Bertram Gayton

MS. volume, described by Dr. Whitaker, in his History of Whalley , entitled Liber Loci Benedicti de Whalley , commencing with the translation of the convent from Stanlaw (in 1296) and ending about the year 1346, are the following monkish charms (in Latin) for stopping hæmorrhage:— " For staunching bleeding from the Nostrils, or from Wounds, an approved remedy.
— from Lancashire Folk-lore Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine by John Harland