A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.

[T]he two Syndicks and the reſt of the Magiſtrates of that City began to pry more narrowly into their ſtay, and more neerely into their actions; […]

Subterrains have been found in almost all the nations of antiquity; but philosophers have put themselves to little trouble to discover the motives for making these excavations, which were much varied in their forms.

A word as to the Missouri Republican itself. It was then a blanket sheet, just about large enough, in folio form, to cover a Christian family's bed.