" Voz di qu'il est celle plaingne mout chaue" ( chaude ).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

℞ 35 CAREUM, CARUM, Carraway CARICA (—— FICUS) a dried fig from Caria, a reduction made of the fig wine was used for coloring sauce, similar to our caramel color , which see CARIOTA, CARYOTA, a kind of large date, figdate; also a wine, a date wine; ℞ 35 CARO, flesh of animals, ℞ 10 ; —— SALSA, pickled meat CAROTA, CAROETA, carrot; ℞ 121-3 Carthusian monks, inventors of the CHARTREUSE, ℞ 68 , see also Carême CARTILAGO, gristle, tendon, cartilage CARYOPHYLLUS, clove Casa di Forno, Pompeii, “House of the Oven,” illustration, p.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

haughty, difficult to please, MD, C2, C. Daunten , v. to force, tame, MD, S2, S3, P.—AF. danter , OF. donter (F. dompter ); Lat. domitare .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

We went on the Island to hunt the White bear this morning but Could not find him, after plotting my Courses &c. I deturmined to dry the meat we killed and leave here, and proceed up the river as far as it bent to the S. E. and examine a Small Creek above our Camp, I Set out and found the Creek only Contained back water for 1 mile up, ascend near the Missouri 3 miles to the bend, from which place it turnd.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

As I had now nobody left alive in the village, who had concerned enough about what should become of me, to start any objections to this scheme, and the woman who took care of me after my parents' death, rather encouraged me to pursue it, I soon came to a resolution of making this launch into the wide world, by repairing to London, in order to seek my fortune, a phrase which, by the bye, has ruined more adventurers of both sexes, from the country, than ever it made or advanced. Nor did Esther Davis a little comfort and inspirit me to venture with her, by piquing my childish curiosity with the fine sights that were to be seen in London: the Tombs, the Lions, the King, the Royal Family, the fine Plays and Operas, and, in short, all the diversions which fell within her sphere of life to come at; the detail of all which perfectly turned the little head of me.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Ungrateful Baldpate have I not disdain’d The pleasant Valleys—have I not madbrain’d Deserted all my Pickles and preserves My China closet too—with wretched Nerves To boot—say wretched ingrate have I not Left my soft cushion chair and caudle pot.
— from Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

A physician pronounced my case "Catarrh of the Stomach," but he could not help me.
— from The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand by Ray Vaughn Pierce

Gastremaria Cyemaria b. Sponges Protospongiæ Metaspongiæ c. Cnidaria (stinging animals) Hydrozoa Polyps Medusæ d. Platodes (flat-worms)
— from The Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel

Combined with sulphuric acid, magnesia forms another and more powerful medicine, commonly called Epsom salt .
— from Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet

It was a newly commissioned ship and many of the men who gathered to the prayer meeting confessed Christ for the first time.
— from With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William E. Sellers

President Abdullah GUL (since 28 August 2007) head of government: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 14 March 2003); Deputy Prime Minister Cemil CICEK (since 29 August 2007); Deputy Prime Minister Ali BABACAN (since 1 May 2009); Deputy Prime Minister Bulent ARINC (since 1 May 2009) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister elections: president elected directly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament election results: on 28 August 2007 the National Assembly elected Abdullah GUL president on the third ballot; National Assembly vote - 339 note: in October 2007 Turkish voters approved a referendum package of constitutional amendments including a provision for direct presidential elections Legislative branch: unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 22 July 2007 (next to be held in November 2012) election results: percent of vote by party - AKP 46.7%, CHP 20.8%, MHP 14.3%, independents 5.2%, and other 13.0%; seats by party - AKP 341, CHP 112, MHP 71, independents 26; note - seats by party as of 31 January 2009
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Finally I decided that the only place my clothes could go was up on top of the pipes at the back of the box, and there I put them.
— from A Maid and a Million Men the candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly by James G. Dunton by James G. (James Gerald) Dunton

There is a difficulty in judging of the extent of these farms, as they are irregular, and comprise a certain variety of plants; manioc, cocoa, coffee, and even cotton being cultivated together in confusion.
— from The Human Race by Louis Figuier

In our first war against France, at the commencement of your Revolution, we fought for questions respecting the rights of sovereigns, for which, I assure you, I care very little; but now the case is altered, the whole population of Prussia makes common cause with its Government.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various