Martin, an English physician, was the first to call attention to the properties of Bael, and according to Dr. Green one dose of the pulp of the ripe fruit, prepared with sugar and given every morning, is an efficient remedy in the treatment of the dyspepsia of Europeans in India, especially in the form characterized by constipation and flatulence.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

I saw he was too much afraid of hurting me to be able to succeed, and getting excited myself by this time, put my hand between my thighs and taking hold of his splendid weapon I kept its head at the mouth of the aperture, and desired him to thrust a little more boldly.
— from Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover by Anonymous

Ramon Lista ( Viage al pais de los Tehuel-Ches ) gives the average height of the Patagonians as 1.854 m., hence the early accounts of their great stature are greatly exaggerated (Mosto, p. 57, note 6).
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

According to Spencer and Gillen, Erathipa means child, though, as they add, it is rarely used in this sense in ordinary conversation ( ibid.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

It was only to fall into another bondage to all appearance still more hopeless; when my good star sent a preserver to me in my uncle, and my spirit and gallantry enabled me to take advantage of the means of escape afforded me.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Then I repaired to the library to ascertain whether the fire was lit, for, though summer, I knew on such a gloomy evening Mr. Rochester would like to see a cheerful hearth when he came in: yes, the fire had been kindled some time, and burnt well.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

The Egyptian Dragon, of which the crocodile is the basis, at an early period entered into christian symbolism, and gradually effaced most of the pagan monsters.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

And now we have a curious incident to tell, showing on what small accidents great events may hinge.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10 (of 15), Greek by Charles Morris

"I wish I needn't wake up, but might lie still all day," was Pierotte's first thought every [157] morning; while Pierot's was, "I wish Pierotte wasn't such a sleepy-head, for then we could get out before sunrise, and gather every mushroom in the meadow while the Blaize children are still snoring in their beds."
— from A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge

Even the consciousness of the hazards heightened the pleasure; for there was a solemn and grand enjoyment mingled with it all, and the first watch had been set an hour, before the party had resolution enough to tear themselves from the sublime sight of a raging sea.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

Hops are sold to be delivered at railroad stations and go east, many even to Europe.
— from A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Ithamar Howell