A decoction of the shoots is very useful in stomatitis, cutaneous eruptions and ulcers.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera
Ibi urgentes inter se cedentibus extremis ab aqua trepidationis aliquantum 20 edebant, donec quietem ipse timor circumspectantibus aquam fecisset.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
As usual in such cases, everybody else felt constrained to listen, and McSnagley's curiosity was awakened to its fullest extent.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
Long they fought equally, until the Miller began to lose temper at finding himself so stoutly opposed, and at hearing the laughter of his companions, who, as usual in such cases, enjoyed his vexation.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott
It is probable that they peopled the Upper Irrawadi several centuries earlier.
— from Among the Burmans: A Record of Fifteen Years of Work and its Fruitage by Henry Park Cochrane
They immediately joined crews in order to enable the enfeebled company of the St. Vladimir to continue hunting; and as it is usual in such cases, entered into a contract for the division of the profit.
— from Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America To which are added, the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China by William Coxe
Then also, as usual in such cases, each went a separate way—the eternal ending, which is always prosaic, because it is true to life.
— from Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant
As usual in such cases, each questions the other's motives.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln
It was used in siege cannon early in the fourteenth century and in field guns at Crécy; but it was apparently not employed for blasting until about 1627, although in 1605, Guy 33 Fawkes and his fellow-conspirators were able to obtain it in large quantity.
— from Acids, Alkalis and Salts by George Henry Joseph Adlam
The Englishman insisted on the doubt; and a very learned and edifying debate was carried on between pupil and master, in the heat of which all recollection of the point in dispute (as is usual in such cases) evaporated.
— from Godolphin, Volume 3. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
As usual in such cases, each gentleman fell into companionship with the one lady to whom at the time of moving he happened to be speaking.
— from Englefield Grange; or, Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B., Mrs.
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