Our exhausted bodies were perishing for lack of proper sustenance.
— from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy

If the passages have dried up or lost their natural, lubricating liquid, smear the interior of the passages and womb and the surface of the calf, so far as it can be reached, with pure fresh lard; or pure sweet oil may be run into the womb through a rubber tube (fountain syringe).
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

During the winter of 32-31 one-third of Antony's crews perished from lack of proper supplies and the gaps were filled by slaves, mule-drivers, and plowmen—any one whom his captains could seize and impress from the surrounding country.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

Lack of proper fodder, lack of proper stalls, lack of other necessary appliances, prevents it.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel

The author spent seven years in Germany as a companion in the household of the Princess Frederick Leopold of Prussia, sister of the German empress.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

I was just at the place where Leslie Patrick Abercrombie wins the prize "for laying out Prestatyn," some local wrestler, presumably, who had challenged the crowd at a country fair.
— from Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

During that time, God told him to speak to the Israelites, asking them to give gold, silver, brass, blue, purple, fine linen, oil, precious stones, and other things, to make a tabernacle or sanctuary, where God would dwell among them.
— from Mother Stories from the Old Testament A Book of the Best Stories from the Old Testament that Mothers can tell their Children by Anonymous