"Eyes of the night."  From an ad for Philidyne bicycle lights.

"H. Th. Wijdeveld. Ontwerp voor een badmuts, 1932."

"Not dead but weary," 1881.

From Little Blossom's Reward by Laura Winthrop Johnson, 1854.

You've seen the comic panels in which a receptionist tells her boss, "I've got New York on the line," as a silhouette of the state of New York patiently holds a phone receiver.  Here's a precursor to that, with Siberia making … ahem … a cold call.  From English Illustrated, 1894.

"No! no! don't come down please, your Majesty.  You've done quite enough mischief where you are."  From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1872.  Previously, we found another vintage example of the Queen of Hearts stepping out of her card: https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=10579

There's wizardry in those pocket watches.  Circa 1890.

"Too late?"  From Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 1949.

If you've seen the immortal Peter Sellers in Lolita, you'll know what what it looks like to put some "extra business" into a dance.  The caption reads, "Forgive me for this extra business."  From Pearson's, 1911.

One of the only differences between a roulette table and a cathedral is where the croupier sits.  We recall that "Religion is a gamble" (Michael Demers, Becoming Adam) and "Gambling is a religion" (Jason Mandryk, Operation World), that "The casino is a church" (Donald Patrick Redheffer, Streams of Thought) and "The church is a gambling house" (Hiley H. Ward, Understanding Reality Religion), that "Faith is a gamble" (Lucian Phoenix-Wolf, The Spiritual Truth Series) and "Gambling requires faith" (Mike Wojniaj, "Listen to Your Heart").  

"If AC are the same, and B is nowhere, unless he is in the other place, wouldn't this style of features make a lovely design for a bronze knocker?"  From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1872.

From c. 1890.