It occasions no disagreeable symptoms and may be used many days consecutively provided that the daily dose does not exceed 10–15 centigrams.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

I knew a father who was a stern, austere man, but used to go down on his knees to his daughter, used to kiss her hands, her feet, he couldn't make enough of her, really.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Colours of Rice (such as may be used by medicine-men).
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

'Seeing that I am quite satisfied, Mr Wilfer, with the rooms, and with their situation, and with their price, I suppose a memorandum between us of two or three lines, and a payment down, will bind the bargain?
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

It is to be observed, however, that precisely similar arguments might be urged against our affirmation of purpose, design, will, as the spring of the actions of other human beings.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

↑ 24 The four classes are not absolute, for the same adverb may be used in different senses and thus belong to different classes.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

The President led them down an irregular side stair, such as might be used by servants, and into a dim, cold, empty room, with a table and benches, like an abandoned boardroom.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Conversely, when I am reproached with standing by and watching while tiles are measured out, and stone and mortar brought up, This service , I say, is not for myself , it is for my country."
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

The best kind of clothing is light tweeds, such as might be used in England in warm summer weather.
— from Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore With chapters on coffee planting in Coorg, the Mysore representative assembly, the Indian congress, caste and the Indian silver question, being the 38 years' experiences of a Mysore planter by Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot

So that it requires considerable acquaintance with the subject to give a perspicuous and yet concise abstract, [p063] such as may be useful to the student.
— from The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 by Various

My dominion is my humility, my submissiveness, my lowliness, my abasement, my supplication and my beseeching unto God—this is that permanent reign which no one is able to dispute, gainsay or usurp!
— from Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

—This is a stimulant, and may be used in cases of sick headache, hysteria, cholic, or fainting, in doses of from 10 to 30 drops in sweetened water.
— from 1000 Things Worth Knowing by Nathaniel C. (Nathaniel Clark) Fowler

Still lower qualities of scented soap are made by using greater proportions of yellow soap, and employing a very common curd, omitting the oil soap altogether.
— from The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc. by G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus) Piesse

It will soon acquire a fragrant scent, and may be used in what manner you think proper.
— from The Toilet of Flora or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and take off the appearance of old age and decay by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz

Such a seat as may be used as a couch.
— from An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals by John Jamieson

The language , however, is expressive of the feeling of piety in a more extended sense, and may be used to denote a desire that the Lord Jesus would come in any and every manner; that he would come to impart to us the tokens of his presence; that he would come to bless his truth and to revive his work in the churches; that he would come to convert sinners, and to build up his people in holiness; that he would come to sustain us in affliction, and to defend us in temptation; that he would come to put a period to idolatry, superstition, and error, and to extend the knowledge of his truth in the world; that he would come to set up his kingdom on the earth, and to rule in the hearts of men; that he would come to receive us to his presence, and to gather his redeemed people into his everlasting kingdom.
— from Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Revelation by Albert Barnes

As soon as might be, up came the poor folk from the valley to see how their hermit had fared through the snow and the stormy weather.
— from Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James