Where forms, such as the Dæmon-World adores, Laborious water carves; whence echo slips Wild-tongued o’er pools where petrifaction strips Her breasts of crystal from which crystal pours.— Here where primordial fear, the Gorgon, sits, Staring all life to stone in ghastly mirth, I seem to tread, with awe no tongue can tell,— Beneath vast domes, by torrent-tortured pits, ’Mid wrecks terrific of the ruined Earth,— An ancient causeway of forgotten Hell. {365} A VOICE ON THE WIND {366} {367}
— from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 3 (of 5) Nature poems by Madison Julius Cawein

423-4, says:— “The soul in German mythology is supposed to bear some analogy to a mouse.
— from Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

CHAPTER V 83 Magnetos The perfection of the magneto and its application to cars of all classes and sizes has marked the most important step in gasoline motor ignition since the introduction of the electric spark.
— from The Gasoline Motor by Harold Whiting Slauson

[Pg 263] You who are young do not mind the thousand little wants that men of his age are not habituated to; and I, who have been so many years a vagabond on the face of the earth, have long since forgotten them; but I have seen people of my age much discomposed at the absence of long-accustomed trifles; and though philosophy supports in great matters, it seldom vanquishes the small everydayisms of life.
— from The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1 (of 2) by Marshall, Julian, Mrs.

But side by side with this artificial language, which, though classical upon the surface, is generally modern in style and construction, bearing the stamp, especially, of French and English idioms—there is what may be called the vernacular Greek, spoken more or less by all classes when they are not on ceremony, and understood {219} in all parts of Greece, and in the Levant.
— from Greece Painted by John Fulleylove; described by J.A. McClymont by J. A. (James Alexander) M'Clymont

Where forms, such as the Demon-World adores, Laborious water carves; whence echo ships Wild-tongued o'er pools where petrifaction strips Her breasts of crystal from which crystal pours.— Here where primordial fear, the Gorgon, sits Staring all life to stone in ghastly mirth, I seem to tread, with awe no tongue can tell,— Beneath vast domes, by torrent-tortured pits, 'Mid wrecks terrific of the ruined Earth,— An ancient causeway of forgotten Hell.
— from Weeds by the Wall: Verses by Madison Julius Cawein

The voyage from Hong-kong to Manila at this season is generally made in six or eight days, as the monsoon is fair.
— from Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc. by Robert Fortune

It is not the custom for Americans to leave large fortunes to their children; their wealth is spent in great measure in surrounding themselves with the beautiful and the elegant in their splendid mansions; and it is probable that the adornments which have been collected with so much expense and trouble will be dispersed at the death of their present possessors.
— from The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

The streets were thronged with citizens of all ranks, some in gay, most in sombre attire, moving hurriedly along, bent rather on business than on pleasure, while scattered here and there were a few soldiers—freebooters as they were called, though steady and reliable—and men of the Burgher Guard, forming part of the garrison of the town.
— from The Lily of Leyden by William Henry Giles Kingston