At any hour of the forenoon you could see the rows of porkmen sitting on chairs atilt on the flags.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 by Various

" That, however, as I have elsewhere shown, [1] is not the typical process in dreaming of the dead; although in the later dreams of those who often see their dead friends during sleep, the process is abbreviated, and the friend's presence is accepted without a struggle—a very interesting point, for it tends to show that in dreams, as in the hypnotic state, the recollection of previous similar states of consciousness persists, and the illusion is strengthened by repetition.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899 Volume LIV, No. 6, April 1899 by Various

Nothing is so afflicting as to see the rapacity of pillaging soldiers, stealing and destroying everything coming under their hands.
— from Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical by Achilles Rose

Under that blameless guise it served as the abode, a little more than a century later, when rebuilt after the mob had wrecked it, of Isabeau de Bavière, official wife of mad Charles VI. Leaving him to the neglect of servants and to the companionship of Odette, the Queen escaped boredom here, by her dinners and suppers, balls and fêtes; here she invented, or first introduced, the masquerades that were soon the rage of Polite Society.
— from The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume 2 (of 2) by Benjamin Ellis Martin

6 Satow, 'The Revival of Pure Shinto.'
— from Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn

"Theologians who either deny that the soul of Christ descended into hell, or say that Christ was present in hell only in effect and power, and not by His presence, deprive the Church of faith in the sufficient, complete, and perfect satisfaction and redemption of Christ and leave to Satan the right over pious souls after their separation from the body.
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

It is a most distressing sight to see the relatives of people supposed to be lost standing around and watching every body as it is pulled out, and acting more like maniacs than sensible people.
— from The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker