Besides its tonic and al fresco physiology, relieving such as this, the poetry of the future will take on character in a more important respect.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Then she returned to the ball, and gave me a further account of her deportment there, and at the several parties she had since attended; and further particulars respecting Sir Thomas Ashby and Messrs. Meltham, Green, and Hatfield, and the ineffaceable impression she had wrought upon each of them.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

After a few preliminary remarks, she asked Mrs. Loring if she were stopping in the neighbourhood.
— from Robinetta by Jane Helen Findlater

The report, after a few preliminary remarks, sets out as follows: "In differing from those who may be in favor of establishing within this state a seminary for the education of the deaf and dumb at this time , I hope I shall not be considered by any as being opposed to the accomplishment of an object so truly benevolent in its character.
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 4, December, 1834 by Various

An Association [for Parliamentary Reform, see pp. 78, 93, of this volume] has been formed to seek the means of forwarding the demand.
— from The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

Deacon Flagg, after a few preliminary remarks, said: 'Young man, there has been a grievous sin committed among the Lord's anointed in our church, and we have sent for you that we may be enabled to detect the erring one!
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Before getting to Boston the air turned very chill, and a fine, penetrating rain set in that for a while disturbed the student of American history with visions of rheumatism.
— from Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

Wages should be paid at a "fair proportionate rate," so as to admit comparison of earnings of the different communities, and of individuals.
— from Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

His Excellency then, after a few preliminary remarks, said:— He must express the very great pleasure which he felt in being present on such an interesting occasion, when the whole community were testifying their appreciation of the noble Library which had been founded for their benefit.
— from Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands Transcripts from the Official Records of the Guernsey Royal Court, with an English Translation and Historical Introduction by John Linwood Pitts