This was no fault of the doctor's, certainly, for he took unwearied pains with the lad, keeping him close to the pestle and mortar, or on the trot about town with phials and pill-boxes; and if he ever flagged in his industry, which he was rather apt to do, the doctor would fly into a passion, and ask him if he ever expected to learn his profession, unless he applied himself closer to the study.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
I willingly obeyed his injunctions, while he sent to have his dispensary cleaned, and the phials and gallipots which had escaped fracture picked up.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
There we lay, amidst a quantity of phials, jars, and gallipots, which, having been improperly secured, came crashing down upon us.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston