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1797, Martha Mears, The Pupil of Nature; or Candid Advice to the Fair Sex, on the Subject of Pregnancy; Childbirth; the Diseases Incident to Both; the Fatal Effects of Ignorance and Quackery; and the Most Approved Means of Promoting the Health, Strength, and Beauty of Their Offspring (in English), London: the Authoress,; Faulder,; and Murray and Highly,, page 49:
Prevalence of a sort of luxury in the lowest spheres of life---the pernicious use of strong liquors, and of stimulating, inflammatory, or indigestible food.---3. The pleasures of sensible creatures designed to be the instruments of their preservation.
“I should be very happy, aunt---but Brighton is almost by Beachey Head; and if I could get so far, I could not expect to be welcome in such a smart place as that---poor scrubby midshipman as I am.”
1880 October 5, The Memphis Daily Appeal, volume XXXIX, number 236 (in English), Memphis, Tenn., page 1:
VOL. XXXIX---NO. 236
1881 January 6, [William Temple] Hornaday, The Weekly Bulletin, volume IV, number 34 (whole 190) (in English), Sterling, Kan., column 5:
The Orang-Outang---An Account of the Almost Human Inhabitants of Borneo.
1934 July, “Agar-Agar”, in The Drug and Cosmetic Industry, volume XXXV, number 1 (in English), Pittsfield, Mass.: Drug Markets, Inc., page 21:
A product of interesting origin and interesting production methods is agar-agar---so widely used in the products of this industry.
