Take of Mastich one ounce and an half, Galbanum dissolved in red Wine and strained, six drams, Cypress Turpentine two drams, Cypress Nuts, Galls, of each one dram and an half, oil of Nutmegs by expression one dram, Musk two grains and an half, Pitch scraped off from old ships two drams and an half; beat the Galbanum, Pitch, Turpentine, and Mastich gently in a hot mortar and pestle, towards the end, adding the Oil of Nutmegs, then the rest in powder, last of all the Musk mixed with a little Oil of Mastich upon a marble, and by exact mixture make them into a plaster.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

It is hot, cleansing, and scouring, a notable counterpoison, it opens obstructions, helps the biting of venemous beasts, and mad dogs, helps digestion, and cleanseth the body of raw humours; the root is profitable for ruptures, or such as are bursten.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

But, though it was certain, that she had herself no longer a home in France, and few, very few friends there, she determined to return, if possible, that she might be released from the power of Montoni, whose particularly oppressive conduct towards herself, and general character as to others, were justly terrible to her imagination.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

GOLD Portugal coin................. 310 Guilders / mark Guineas....................... 310 Louis d'ors, new.............. 310 Ditto old.............. 300 New ducats.................... 4 19 8 per ducat Bar or ingot gold is received in proportion to its fineness, compared with the above foreign gold coin.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

These, falling upon the Indians, drove them away to the mountains after a hard struggle, and remained in possession of the corpse.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

A rule thus self-convicted of absurdity so far as regards its professed purpose, can be kept in force only as a badge of hatred, a relic of persecution; a [Pg 56] persecution, too, having the peculiarity, that the qualification for undergoing it, is the being clearly proved not to deserve it.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

What comes of this incessant reading, In point of lodging, clothing, feeding? It gives one, true, the highest chamber, One coat for June and for December, His shadow for his sole attendant, And hunger always in th' ascendant.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

From Kermán to Yezd you find only rhymes in praise of fair ladies or good wine."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

“A flash of rhetoric, I presume, that would place them lower than the Portuguese or the Poles, the serfs of Russia or the Lazzaroni of Naples.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

An old royal residence in Paris which was burned in 1871.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He resolved, if possible, to repair the error he had committed, and, with this object in view, he hung about the place until her return should afford him an opportunity of making such an explanation as might soothe her into good humor and a more friendly feeling towards him.
— from The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

And it may be remarked in passing that the Gladstone government, thus far, though pursuing this policy more moderately than the Beaconsfield government, shows no intention of abandoning it.
— from England by Charles Dudley Warner

So the gods were said to have reigned in person over Egypt, before the kings, their divine successors, ruled over men.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Max Duncker

That on the conclusion of peace the entire legislative and executive power of the Roumanian Government would be restored in principle, and that we should content ourselves with exercising a certain control through a limited number of agents, this control not to be continued after the general peace was made.
— from In the World War by Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf

In literature, Rabelais; in painting, the two Clouets; in sculpture, Jean Goujon, have earned a European reputation; while of foreigners, the painters, Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Sarto, and Benvenuto Cellini, the metal-worker and sculptor, were welcomed at the court.
— from Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598, Fifth Edition Period 4 (of 8), Periods of European History by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson

Oh, you know, Lady Lushington, we thought them perfectly ruinous in price—we schoolgirls; for our best dresses usually come to from three to four pounds.
— from Three Girls from School by L. T. Meade

[30] The next of this family on record is Peter Heiwood , Esq., who was one of the "counsellors of Jamaica" during the commonwealth.
— from Lancashire Sketches Third Edition by Edwin Waugh

Early in July a bloody engagement had occurred in the valley of Wyoming, an extensive region in Pennsylvania on the north branch of the Susquehanna river.
— from The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant by Louis Aubrey Wood

And may the High Priest stand to receive thee, and go thou to the end, rest in peace, and rise again into life.
— from The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons