A multiple by 2 1/4, 3 1/4, &c., gives an intensity equal to one ray only; but a multiple by 2 1/2, 3 1/2, &c., gives the result of total darkness.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

Page 206, “*hem” changed to “them” (them as you please) Page 206, “you” changed to “your” (found in your electuary) Page 206, “other” changed to “others” (roses: others but) Page 211, “DIPENSATORY” changed to “DISPENSATORY” (FAMILY DISPENSATORY) Page 212, “eithe*” changed to “either” (either, or from either) Page 213, final line of first column not present in this edition.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Hair thick over upper and lower ends of shoulder-blades, thinner over rest of back; well developed on extensor surface of upper arms, and both surfaces of forearms; very thick on extensor surfaces of the latter.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

He makes it perfectly clear that the original resistance offered by the insurgent armies in the field after the arrival of the overwhelmingly ample reinforcements sent out from this country in the fall of 1899, was little more than a mere flash in the pan, compared with the well-planned scheme of resistance which followed the dispersion of those armies to the several provinces which had furnished them to the cause, and Aguinaldo’s simultaneous flight into the mountains “with his government concealed about his person,” as Senator Lodge exultantly described that incident in his speech of April, 1900, in defence of the Administration’s Philippine policy.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

All this time we, the outsiders, remained oppressed by the tremendous interests involved in the conversation; and our host regarded us with pride, as the victims of a salutary awe and astonishment.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

I was sitting up in the bed, the clothes of which were all tossed, or rolled off, by the unquietness of our motions, from the sultry heat of the weather; nor could I refuse myself a pleasure that solicited me so irresistibly, as this fair occasion of feasting my sight with all those treasures of youthful beauty I had enjoyed, and which lay now almost entirely naked, his shirt being trussed up in a perfect wisp, which the warmth of the season and room made me easy about the consequence of.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

7 On the other hand, the occupation of Zamboanga was strenuously opposed by the other religious orders; but the Jesuits, ever remarkable for their ascendancy in affairs of [ 197 ] state, were able to effect the establishment of Zamboanga, though they could not prevent its abandonment a quarter of a century later.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

Then we heard a great noise in the other room, oftentimes, but, looking after it, could not see any thing; but, afterwards looking into the room, we saw a board hanged to the press.
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

I daresay they will cut off his head, the scoundrel: the treatment the officers received on board the Généreux was infamous.
— from The Admiral: A Romance of Nelson in the Year of the Nile by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

This is why, when we speak of Austerlitz, Jena or Wagram, it is not a question of Jean Claude or Jean Nicholas, but of Napoleon alone; he alone risked everything, the others risked only being killed.
— from The Blockade of Phalsburg: An Episode of the End of the Empire by Erckmann-Chatrian

Willie ranked his mother, once the wife of a white god, as altogether different from the ordinary run of brown widows, but she had been, so far, the one exception [Pg 225] permitted by his social code.
— from Madame Gilbert's Cannibal by Bennet Copplestone

Her brother and the other regimental officers begged her to seek shelter, but in vain.
— from The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 by Edward Parrott

Perhaps I cannot introduce these remarks in a better way than by relating two occurrences recently observed by me.
— from Insanity: Its Causes and Prevention by Henry Putnam Stearns

The whole thing is crooked from start to finish—the men, the machines, the—” “That machine could be made to beat me by turning up a run of '17' any number of times, or red or black, or odd or even, over '18' or under '18,' or anything?”
— from The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Their plan is simple: four walls with two tiers of rooms or booths built into them, enclosing an open court in which the camels and horses are tethered during the night.
— from War in the Garden of Eden by Kermit Roosevelt

At eight, Sir Francis and his comrades at the City Hall, after a nap taken on the floor, rose to inspect and to be inspected, a group almost as sorry in military appearance as the one reported on by FitzGibbon.
— from Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas by Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars

The only remains (only bits of foundations) of the temple of the Capitoline Jupiter, to which the conquerors ascended, are in the garden under his windows.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV by Charles Greville