Another reason for the tardy progress of chemical knowledge is the participation of gaseous substances, especially air, in many reactions.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

The window-shutters of every occupied room were shut as closely as port-holes in a gale of wind, and here and there a wandering pig or donkey, or a slatternly woman sifting corn upon a piece of sacking stretched before her door, or a purblind old crone knitting in the sun, formed the only moving objects which gave life to the dreary picture.
— from Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone Notes, social, picturesque, and legendary, by the way. by Angus B. (Angus Bethune) Reach

( A Legend told by the People of Castleisland, Kerry. ), in The Scots Observer , July 5, 1890.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 8 (of 8) Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

We noted, particularly, one cavalier, known in the lists as the Knight of RUDESHEIMER.
— from Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 by Various

"That's how your accidents took place, Orton," concluded Kennedy in triumph, "and that impure air - not impure from carbon dioxide, but from this oil-vapour mixture - increased the liability of the men for the bends.
— from The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

There should always be plenty of camphor kept in the drawers, otherwise there is great danger to be apprehended from mites; where these exist, they are easily discovered by the dust which is under the insects by which they are infested.
— from How to Stuff Birds and Animals A valuable book giving instruction in collecting, preparing, mounting, and preserving birds, animals, and insects by Aaron A. Warford

In the one the Emperor is the father of the family - the Russian Emperor is still called “Little Father” - the independence of each member of the family is swallowed up in the complete authority of the head of the national family; in the other the president, or constitutional king, is the executive servant of independent citizens, to whom he owes as much allegiance as they owe to him.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

And the children's parties, with the old games, "Post Office," "Copenhagen," "Kiss in the Ring." Marion.
— from Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame by Clyde Fitch

For instance, the Kûren treasure-chest to which I referred, opens by an intricate process involving the pressing of certain knobs in the design, and the turning of others."
— from The Hand of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer