There were thirty of these vessels and as many huge pasties in a castellated shape with banners waving from their battlements and towers; besides tents and pavilions for the fruit, jelly dishes of crystal supported by figures of the same material dispensing streams of lavender and rosewater, and an immense profusion of gold and silver plate.”
— from Dutch and Flemish Furniture by Esther Singleton

That during this time the ephēboi should have taken any part in the legislative or judicial duties of citizens, seems in the highest degree improbable.
— from Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals by Thomas Davidson

But the matter-of-fact is that through the premature deaths of his elder brothers, John Davyes, of Chisgrove, seems to have inherited the family possessions and wealth, and to have been in the front rank of the country gentry.
— from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. by Davies, John, Sir

The following extract from a Letter of the Rev. Mr. J. Darwin, of Carleton Scroop in Lincolnshire, authenticates a curious fact of this kind.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I by Erasmus Darwin

I just dote on crab salad.”
— from The Radio Boys at Ocean Point; Or, The Message that Saved the Ship by Allen Chapman

Published by the Lapidary Journal, Devon Office Center, Suite 201, 60 Chestnut Avenue, Devon, PA 19333-1312.
— from Natural Gemstones by Geological Survey (U.S.)

3. Equalisation of the Philippine and Peninsular armies, and a just division of Civil Service posts between natives and Spaniards.
— from The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer