Lord Lake kindly offered to write a letter in your favour to the Government of Bombay, asking them to give you the charge of a village district, which would keep you in comfort."
— from At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Soaking the seed in a solution of saltpetre keeps off the worm, and largely increases the crop.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

"Of course not," said the Doctor, "but still, if you'll let me, I'll show you how to have windows that will keep out the wind and let in light at the same time.
— from Camp Venture: A Story of the Virginia Mountains by George Cary Eggleston

When you hear the chicken knock, open the window and let it in—that's all."
— from Jack of Both Sides: The Story of a School War by Florence Coombe

One of the most flagrant instances of this kind of thing was a letter in the "Record" charging Huxley with advocating vivisections before children, if not by them.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley

When the thing got going he would be as busy as a bee; and he is just the sort of fellow to do that kind of thing well, and like it too," he added.
— from Little Fishers: and Their Nets by Pansy

For an accurate knowledge of them we are largely indebted to Alex.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour