Davy and Faraday were well satisfied of the truth of Dalton's proposition, but they saw the futility of further efforts to put it into effect until new means of producing, on the one hand, greater pressures, and, on the other, more extreme degrees of cold, should be practically available.
— from A History of Science — Volume 5 by Edward Huntington Williams

Licet urbs vetustissima Visbycensis potentissima ac opulentissima quondam fuerit et pro minima occasione, nempe fractionis unius fenestralis vitri vix valoris obolaris, humiliata sit , tamen leges maritimæ et decisiones omnium controversiarum singulariter longe latèque observantur.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various

No theater might even dream of creating such a vast and overwhelming spectacle.
— from The Romance of a Great Store by Edward Hungerford

Under my erroneous denomination of Chalicodoma sicula are really comprised two species, one building its nests in our dwellings and particularly under the tiles of outhouses, the other building its nests on the branches of shrubs.
— from The Mason-Bees by Jean-Henri Fabre

Beaumont, M. Elie de, on circular subsidences in lava. -on dikes indicating elevation. -on inclination of lava-streams. -on laminated dikes.
— from Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin

Now, even Mrs. Ruscoll found it necessary because of his—I assume because of the discussion that she had with him, she found it necessary to call Miss Elliott, and Miss Elliott did, of course, supervise our section, and her decision was to be final, and this is the decision we used.
— from Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Having thus as briefly as possible considered the emotional and the more ordinary intellectual faculties of the dog, I shall pass on to the statement of cases showing the higher and more exceptional developments of canine sagacity.
— from Animal Intelligence The International Scientific Series, Vol. XLIV. by George John Romanes