Emmie, standing by the buffet and being assisted to tea and cake by two attentive clergymen, looked very nice in her black dress, with a large picture hat, and some ermine round her slim neck.
— from Spinster of This Parish by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
Lubbock, Sir John , scientist, born in London; banker by profession; as a member of Parliament has accomplished several economic reforms; is author of "Prehistoric Times," "The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man," and various books on natural science; his "Pleasures of Life" has been very popular, and gone through between 30 and 40 editions; b . 1834.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
And, in fact, as Lucy's mind pondered his answer, she easily remembered the readiness with which any of the clergy at St. Damian's would ask his help in sending away a sick child, or giving a man a fresh start in life, or setting the necessary authorities to work in the case of some moral or sanitary scandal.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
She sauntered past him, and seemed even ready for a chat.
— from Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant
Agricultural Chemistry, J. F. Lyman; Agricultural Engineering, F. W. Ives; Agronomy, A. G. McCall; Anatomy, F. L. Landacre; Botany, J. H. Schaffner; Ceramic Engineering, Carl B. Harrop; Chemistry, Jas. R. Withrow; Civil Engineering, F. H. Eno; Forestry, N. W. Scherer; Geology, C. S. Prosser; Horticulture, V. H. Davis; Industrial Arts, W. A. Knight; Mathematics, C. J. West; Mechanical Engineering, Horace Judd; Pathology, Jonathan Forman; Physics, F. C. Blake; Physiology (General) R. J. Seymour; Physiology (Medical), Clayton McPeek; Public Health and Sanitation, E. R. Hayhurst; Zoology and Entomology, J. S. Hine.
— from The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, No. 1, November 1915 by Various
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