To make sure of real genius or real taste in a child calls for more accurate observations than is generally suspected, for the child displays his wishes not his capacity, and we judge by the former instead of considering the latter.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Albu′men, or Albumin (Lat., from albus , white), a substance, or rather group of substances, so named from the Latin for the white of an egg, which is one of its most abundant known forms.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

thinks the birds to be downright spoiled: olidas, rancidas, & grave olentes .
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Nor did the grooms forget to feed Camel and mule and ox and steed, For there were stores of roasted grain, Of honey and of sugar-cane.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Many of these stones, or rocks, grew out of the earth, and many lay on its surface unattached, perhaps wrested from their beds by the waters of the deluge.
— from The Bible in Spain, Vol. 1 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula by George Borrow

The bracing clearness of what seemed to be the setting-in of a long frost put a new life into him; winter's 'bright and intricate device' of ice-fringed stream, of rimy grass, of snow-clad moor, of steel-blue skies, filled him once more with natural joy, carried him out of himself.
— from The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

After draining this natural cup, you are presented with a natural spoon of rind, green outside and white within, and told to scoop out and eat the cream which lines the inside of the shell, a very delicious food in the opinion of Creoles.
— from At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley

Imperial tea is prepared under the direct supervision of royal government officials.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1899 In Natural Colors by Various

He had a hoarse, damp voice that suggested the sound of rum gurgling out of a jug.
— from In the Days of Poor Richard by Irving Bacheller

—In Hunter's History of Hallamshire , p. 236., is a pedigree of Burton of Royds Mill, near Sheffield, in which are the following remarks:— "Richard Burton of Tutbury, Staffordshire, died May 9th, 8 Henry V. Married Maud, sister of Robert Gibson of Tutbury; and had a son, Sir William Burton of Falde and Tutbury, Knight; slain at Towtonfield, 1461, from whom descended the Burtons of Lindley."
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

But since the Publication of your last new Dunciad (where you still seem to enjoy your so often repeated Glory of being bright upon my Dulness) my Friends now insist, that it will be thought Dulness indeed, or a plain Confession of my being a Bankrupt in Wit, if I don’t immediately answer those Bills of Discredit you have drawn upon me:
— from A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber

She was afraid, so that she durst not put out a hand to awaken Christopher, but sat gazing on those three as they came toward her; she saw that two were tall men, clad much as Christopher; but presently she saw that there was a woman with them, and she took heart somewhat thereat; and she noted that one of the men was short-haired and dark-haired, and the other had long red hair falling about his shoulders; and as she put out her hand and laid it on Christopher's shoulder, the red-haired one looked toward her a moment under the sharp of his hand (for the sun was on their side), and then set off running, giving out a great whoop therewithal.
— from Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris

There is an interesting bell at Aldbourne, in Wiltshire, dated 1516, with a prayer for the souls of Richard Goddard of Upham, his two wives and his children.
— from Church Bells by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters

The commissioners considered an elective legislative council undesirable but they formulated a system of representative government on lines which we now understand.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton