You are in no danger in Germany of having the whole stage hidden from you by flowers and feathers.
— from Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
That Suffocation which arises from a Spasm is not dangerous, it goes off of itself, or it may be treated like Swoonings owing to the same Cause.
— from Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
It is impossible here to describe all that is to be seen at Chelsea Hospital, but there is no difficulty in going over it—either with a guide from the secretary’s office on application, or informally by presenting oneself at service at the Chapel on Sundays (11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.) and glancing into the hall and the kitchens as one passes out through the beautiful colonnade, which gives upon the garden side.
— from A road-book to old Chelsea by G. B. (Grace Benedicta) Stuart
[181] While discussing the matter afterwards Rex said to Sandwich: “The report quite bears out what I have said; there is no difficulty in going out of or getting into the city from the north side.”
— from With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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