The good of all the holy prophets, of all apostles, pastors, teachers, and helps in the church; here also will be brought forth and to light, all the good carriages of masters of families, of parents, of children, of servants, of neighbours, or whatever good thing any man doth.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The fourth division of the Catalogue is called Tsih Pu , or ‘Miscellanies,’ and the works mentioned in it are chiefly poems or collections of songs, occupying nearly one-third of the whole collection.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

Some had old quilts for blankets, others faded pieces of carpeting, others strips of new carpeting, which they had taken from the stores.
— from My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Charles Carleton Coffin

religious principles of. rencontre with. manners of. food of. tribes of. apathy of. physiology of. colour of. system of navigation practised by. districts of the. hire of, as beasts of burden.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt

“Of course, we’ll each have to buy a tooth brush, a comb, and a wash cloth, but outside of those, let’s each put in a dime and buy one tube of tooth paste, one cake of soap, one nail file and one box of powder.”
— from Mimi at Sheridan School by Anne Pence Davis