After convenient digestion distil it again, after which add Citron pills the outward bark, Peony seed husked, of each six drams, cinnamon, Mace, Nutmegs, Cardamoms, Cubebs, yellow Sanders, of each half an ounce, Wood of Aloes one dram, the best Jujubes, the stones being taken out, half a pound, digest them six weeks, then strain it and filter it, and add to it prepared Pearls two drams, Emeralds prepared a scruple, Ambergrease, Musk, Saffron, of each half a scruple, red Roses dryed, red Sanders, of each half an ounce, yellow Sanders, Citron Pills, dryed, of each one dram.
— 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

Although I believe some gentlemen have been good enough to propose we should postpone the initiation of this institution for the present, and should wait for the short and moderate space of exactly 100 years, and look forward to its incorporation in the year of grace 1980.
— from Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of

And beyond all those incalculable distances there is space, and more space on every side, with fresh conglomerations of worlds without limit or end."
— from The Shadow of the Cathedral by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

In such a case you might see a modern suit of evening togs, or armour, or boots and spurs, or military dress walk into your room without anything inside them; or you might, with a stretch of imagination, see a suit of pyjamas, or a pair of slippers going about the place.”
— from St. Andrews Ghost Stories Fourth Edition by William Thomas Linskill

Of all the strange and magnificent sights of earth, this entrance was the most fitted to swell the national pride of country and religion.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

This most elegant shell has been figured from one of the specimens that belonged to the late Mr. Jennings, who was well known to spare neither expense nor assiduity in procuring the most select and matchless specimens of every species; so much so, indeed, that such as are known to have been in his possession generally bear a higher price.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 1 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

What human ingenuity could have ever contrived such a marvelous series of events, and described them [pg 163] under such appropriate symbols?
— from The Revelation Explained An Exposition, Text by Text, of the Apocalypse of St. John by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

Bernard, the learned savant and most severe of experimentalists, writes.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

I did not see a mutilated shrine, or even a broken-nosed image, in the whole cathedral.
— from Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1. by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I was amazed, to find such a magnificent system of education and amusement, in successful operation, for the benefit of a farm village.
— from Solaris Farm: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson