Meanwhile, we observe that Dr Richardson, at the late Sanitary Congress at Leamington, entirely dissented from the theory of germs being {719} the origin of disease, and characterised it as the wildest and most distant from the phenomena to be explained, ever conceived.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 724 November 10, 1877 by Various

There was a large quantity of mild affection in her nature, the quality of which may be illustrated by the fact that when her father died she cried a little every day after breakfast for about six weeks.
— from Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

Thus by subdividing a single current and leading each division to a 'candle,' it seems that the question of utilising the electric light is likely to be solved.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 709 July 28, 1877 by Various

But"—and here Gervase paused, looking his young friend full in the eyes, "remember, if your chance falls to the ground—if Madame gives you your conge—if she does not consent to be a Scottish chatelaine and listen every day to the bagpipes at dinner,—you cannot expect me then to be indifferent to my own desires.
— from Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul by Marie Corelli