77, which represents the London pride ( Saxifraga umbrosa ), affords an example of a regular radiating flower, which [98] we find so placed, in different examples, as to appear as a floor or wall ornament; and Figs.
— from Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser

This is preparatory to the dream in which he is to behold the idol destined ever after to afford him aid and protection.
— from Anecdotes of the American Indians Illustrating their Eccentricities of Character by Alexander Vietts Blake

But if no prosecutor appears, (and it has happened more than once,) the court is obliged through its officer, the clerk of the arraigns, to examine and cross-examine every witness who presents himself; and the judge is to see it done effectually, and to act his own part in it,—and this as long as evidence shall be offered within the time which the mode of trial will admit.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

[Pg 268] Sweetmeats, adulteration of, 224 Sweet-brier, use of it for flavouring wines, 75 T Tarts of fruits, should not be baked in earthenware vessels glazed with lead, 258 Tea leaves, adulteration of, 171 method of detecting it, 171 law in force against it, 163 poisonous sophistication of, 173 method of detecting it, 174 coloring of, with verdigris, 168 black, spurious, process of manufacturing it, 168 green, imitation of, 169 Tea dealers, convicted for selling adulterated tea, 169 Toys, improper practice of painting them with poisonous colours, 259 V Vidonia, quantity of brandy contained in it, 95 Vin de Grave, ditto ditto, 95 Vinegar, adulteration of, and method of detecting it, 220 distilled, and method of ascertaining its strength, 221 W Water, characters of good, 37 chemical constitution of those used in domestic economy and the arts, 33 danger of keeping it in leaden reservoirs, 60 hard, how softened and rendered fit for washing, 39 New River, constitution of, 38 , 45 substances contained in potable, 48 how detected, 50 substances usually contained in spring, 42 taste and salubrious quality, to what owing, 33 Thames, constitution of, 46 , 48 Wine, adulteration of with alum, 74 British port, 77 champaigne, 77 bottles, improper practice of cleaning them, 85 bottle corks, practice of staining them red, 79 [Pg 269] Wine doctors, 80 quantity of alcohol contained in various kinds, 94 , 95 dangerous practice of fining them, 83 to prevent them turning sour, 84 art of flavouring them, 75 home-made, chemical constitution of, 96 improvement from age, to what owing, 91 Southampton port, 78 strength of, on what it depends, 92 specific differences of different kinds, to what owing, 89 test, 86 white, manufacture of, from red grapes, 90 Whiskey, Irish, flavour, to what owing, 197 strength of, 205 Scotch, ditto, 205 Wormwood, substitution of, for hops, 132 THE END. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Unusual spellings, variations in spellings, and variations in hyphenation have been left as in the original.
— from A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy by Friedrich Christian Accum

The leading berries employed in domestic economy and the arts are noticed in their alphabetical places (which see ).
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

The empty tins and barbed wire bathed in dew Emerge, and then another day is born.
— from Bullets & Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather

I do not know how a picture can express so much—but it does express all this, and eloquently too.
— from Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Nathaniel Parker Willis

Preliminary Observations on the Adulteration of Food Page 13 Effect of different Kinds of Water employed in Domestic Economy 33 Characters of Good Water 37 Chemical Constitution of the Waters used in Domestic Economy and the Arts 40 Rain Water 40 Snow Water 41 Spring Water 42 River Water 44 Substances usually contained in Common Water, and Tests by which they are detected 48 Method of ascertaining the Quantity of each of the different Substances usually contained in Common Water 54 Deleterious Effects of keeping Water for Domestic Economy, in Leaden Reservoirs 60 Method of detecting Lead, when contained in common Water
— from A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy by Friedrich Christian Accum

The religion of the peasant Saviour and the movement for industrial democracy expand as they are understood.
— from From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Alexander Irvine

Speaking of the Thesmophoria festivals in honor of Ceres, next in importance to the mysteries of Eleusis, Herodotus says: "These rites were brought from Egypt into Greece by the daughters of Danaus, who taught them to the Pelagic women; but in the course of time they fell into disuse, except among the Arcadians who continued to preserve them.
— from Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 Years Ago Their relation to the sacred mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India. Free Masonry in times anterior to the Temple of Solomon. by Augustus Le Plongeon