The local groups will appoint small committees of representative men under the Rabbi's presidency, for discussion and settlement of local affairs.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

the cauline leaf as well as the stem of the last season are now dead, but in rispect to it's form &c. it is simple, crenate, & oblong, reather more obtuse at it's apex than at the base or insertion; it's margin armed with prickles while it's disks are hairy, it's insertion decurrent and position declining.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Florence had no special command of raw material for her manufactures, no sea-port of her own, and no monopoly unless in the natural genius of her people.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

How is it possible to find, underneath the disputes of theology, the variations of ritual, the multiplicity of groups and the diversity of individuals, the fundamental states characteristic of religious mentality in general?
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

SLOP, cheap, or ready made, as applied to clothing, is generally supposed to be a modern appropriation; but it was used in this sense in 1691, by Maydman , in his Naval Speculations ; and by Chaucer two centuries before that.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

Although the day was cold, for autumn was now advancing, and Cold Harbour (as the name of the town in which my prison was should be translated) stood fully 3000 feet above the sea, I had played without my coat and waistcoat, and took a sharp chill on resting myself too long in the open air without protection.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

But the first appearance of Old Sharon—as dirty as ever, clothed in a long, frowzy, gray overcoat, with his pug-dog at his heels, and his smoke-blackened pipe in his mouth, with a tan white hat on his head, which looked as if it had been picked up in a gutter, a hideous leer in his eyes, and a jaunty trip in his walk—took her so completely by surprise that she could only return Moody’s friendly greeting by silently pressing his hand.
— from My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins

In point of fact, America has but a very small class of real merchants, men who are the cause and not a consequence of commerce, though she has exceeding activity in the way of ordinary traffic.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

In spite of the fact that I was unable to relate to a satisfying conception of religion my new-born determination, I made up my mind, at least, to renounce my tortuous ways.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

The similarity of the form of this church to the Roman basilicas will be evident on referring to the representations of those buildings, more especially to that of San Vincenzo alle Tre Fontane (Woodcut No. 408), though the details have nothing in common except in the use of flat tiles between the cornices of the arches, which is singularly characteristic of Roman masonry.
— from A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

While it is cooking, heat a small cup of rich milk, putting in a pinch of soda—stir into it half a teaspoonful of corn-starch, wet in cold milk, one tablespoonful of white sugar, and cook three minutes.
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland

S. CLARA OF RIMINI, MATR.
— from The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould