Some of these crystalloids, as oxygen, [5] water, and perhaps certain salts, are agents of decomposition; some, as the saccharine and fatty matters, are probably materials for decomposition; and some, as carbonic acid, water, urea, kreatine, and kreatinine, are products of decomposition.
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

“ Al Uzza , as some affirm, was the idol of the tribes of Koreish and Kenanah , and part of the tribe of Salim ; others tell us it was a tree called the Egyptian Thorn or Acacia, worshipped by the tribe of Ghatsan, first consecrated by one Dhalem, who built a chapel over it called Boss, so contrived as to give a sound when any person entered.”
— from Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous

Try making the electricity flow from the short wire into the long one through a number of different things, such as string, a key, a knife, a piece of glass tubing, wet cloth, dry cloth, rubber, paper, a nail, a dish of mercury (dip the ends of the wire into the dish so that they both touch the mercury at the same time), a dish of water, a stone, a pail, a pin, and anything else that you may like to try.
— from Common Science by Carleton Washburne

OFFICER Klenau and Kollowrath are pounding on! To turn the enemy's left with our strong right Is, after all, a plan that works out well.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy

MOKUNA V A ike mai la ka aha kanaka a pau o ke kahua mokomoko
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole