At that time everyone, man and woman, carried his purse hanging on his hip by means of a baldric and containing generally a miséricorde as well as money, keys, and so on.

Oh no : the land where hungry Fames dwelt, May no wiſe æqualize this curſed land, No euen the climat of the torrid zone Brings forth more fruit then this accurſed groue.

These are American slicers. But there are many types of cucumbers out there other than American slicers.

At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.