Walls were sometimes built on loose debris; even refuse which had been covered and formed an artificial soil was considered sufficient.
— from The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 by Cosmos Mindeleff

And that's enough; she has it in her face-- A pair of large dead eyes, rank in her head, Just like a corpse, and purs'd with wrinkles round, A nose and chin that scarce leave room between For her lean fingers to squeeze in the snuff, And when she speaks!
— from Poems, 1799 by Robert Southey

Sniggers: 'Ow long did 'e rent the pub for?
— from Plays of Gods and Men by Lord Dunsany

"Observant little Dorothy!" exclaimed Roger.
— from Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

Beat eggs without separating until light; add milk, salt and sufficient flour to make a soft batter; beat well and add the baking powder; beat again; Have [Page 155] ready very hot a deep pan of lard, dip each ring of apple in the batter, drop it in the fat and fry until brown.
— from My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec by Various

Breastworks are any erections of logs, dirt, etc., raised breast high, to shelter the men behind them.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

‘Quant au profit qui en peut venir (i.e. drunkenness), outre les diarrhées et renversemens d’estomac qui en procèdent, et qui font souvent de très-utiles purgations (ce qui est en partie cause que quelques médecins prescrivent ces débauches une fois le mois),’ &c. &c. ( Dialogue par o. Tubero [ i.e. Mothe Le Vayer], édit.
— from Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England: A History by Richard Valpy French