I.D. Richheimer [380] , attacking the cotton cloth filter, said: It is a known fact that the fats in coffee are very dense and represent twelve to fifteen percent of the coffee weight.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Gass and Reubin Fields whom we had sent out yesterday to explore the White river returnd at four oclock this day and reported that they had foil meanders of that stream about 12 miles r's general course West, the present or principal channel iro
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The remedy to help those that have taken Henbane is to drink goat’s milk, honeyed water, or pine kernels, with sweet wine; or, in the absence of these, Fennel seed, Nettle seed, the seed of Cresses, Mustard, or Radish; as also Onions or Garlic taken in wine, do all help to free them from danger, and restore them to their due temper again.
— 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

He seized it as though it were a dagger, and ran to the picture.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Then it says that by detecting and revealing the truth, he caused the youth's castration.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

[Pg 191] deeds, and ridden through the blazing fire.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

108 thy ruling Star the star that controls thy destinies, a reference to the old belief in astrology.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Here they dined, and rested till towards the cool of day, when they pursued their way along the shores—those enchanting shores!—which extend to Languedoc.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

It was laid out in 1810 by Giannantino Selna, and though nothing very grand, affords real delight and refreshment to the people, who enjoy many a frolicsome dance here on summer nights.
— from Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux

“Well, lie down and rest till the potatoes are done.”
— from Jack at Sea: All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy by George Manville Fenn

He was let out, failed to redeem the debt, and returned to take up his old quarters in Sainte-Pélagie.
— from The Dungeons of Old Paris Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution by Tighe Hopkins

This mode of investigation has not, so far as we can see, produced any one useful discovery ; whilst it has tended to obscure, by all that is disgusting and repulsive, the true mode of cultivating a most alluring science.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

But, while he drove a roaring trade, To chuckle, "Customers are rife!"
— from Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Robert Browning

Once within the house the man sprang to his feet, closed the door, and revealed to the astonished farmer the fierce face and resolute expression of Jefferson Hope.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Some wept, others laughed; and many, I am glad to say, knelt down and returned thanks to Heaven for the protection which had been afforded us.
— from In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston

In support of this view of American totem names, we might doubtless also refer to the so-called totem poles.
— from Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind by Wilhelm Max Wundt