The tracks were deeply marked, unlike the usual light, elastic tread of an Indian.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

He gives no directions as to how this effective "demeanour" is to be arrived at, but at once passes on to another remark on the subject of moles, and tells us that "a mole upon the upper lip, especially if it is bristly, will be found in no person who is not defective in something essential."
— from The Influence of the Stars: A book of old world lore by Rosa Baughan

Nor can it be eluded by supposing that the public may use the unemployed labour either in producing some new utility for the public use, such as improved street-paving, or a municipal hot-water supply.
— from Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson