Their eyes are large, expressive, and full of fire; their noses finely shaped, and their lips perfect vermilion; their mouths are small, and constantly expressive of smiles, and their chins form the termination of a perfect oval.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

The Cienfuegos claim was also paid; but because of it an attempt was made to enact a law excluding all foreign contractors from participation in Cuban public works!
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

With their ducts, they resemble club-moss or [Pg 98] stag's horns, with the extremities a little enlarged: a figure
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. by Charles Darwin

Certainly Scott was willing enough to try to effect a landing even apart from the advantage of having a new base.
— from South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron