If the saliva is allowed to fall upon wood or stone it produces brick-red stains which are not easily removable.
— from The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the Siamese by Ernest Young

It is remarkable that synods, which are now everywhere revived throughout the Church of England, meeting sometimes in vestries, sometimes in dining-rooms, were first restored, after the
— from The Vicar of Morwenstow: Being a Life of Robert Stephen Hawker, M.A. by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

These second wives are not exactly recognised by the Government, but they are tolerated and openly allowed.
— from Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

A Mr. Carter, quoted by Frothingham, writing on the 19th of October, says, "We are now erecting redoubts on the eminences on Boston Common; and a meeting-house, where sedition has been often preached, is clearing out to be made a riding-school for the light dragoons."
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

I have never seen a slave whipped and none ever ran away to the North from our plantation.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

You see, sir, we are not exactly rolling in money, and I am a younger son.
— from Aaron the Jew: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Clearness of the skin depends largely upon the elimination of waste material from the body, and where the solid wastes are not effectively removed through the natural channels (the liver, kidneys, and bowels), blotches, sallowness of the skin, and skin eruptions are likely to result.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters