Some mineral waters are naturally aerated, as Vichy, Apollinaris, Rosbach, &c.; others, especially such as are used for medicinal purposes, are frequently aerated to render them more palatable and exhilarating.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various
Big Ben was the victor, and remained champion of England from that date until his death three years (not “four months”) later—8th April, 1794.
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow
By assuming, indeed, a small portion of French license on this subject, it might even be asserted that those cards were of English manufacture; seeing that they were discovered in the covers of a book which had formerly belonged to an English monastery, and that the features, expression, and bodily proportions of the Valets are rather characteristic of Englishmen than Frenchmen.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto
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