One room was inhabited by an old man named Strong, who was considered a wonder because he ate adders cut up like eels and stewed with a bit of bacon.
— from Old Times at Otterbourne by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

But, bearing in mind the difficulty of accurate comparisons between such diversified sections and a compact unit like England, and endeavoring to arrive at a general estimate, it must be conceded that America, as a whole, has even more to learn from England's criminal, than from her civil, courts.
— from A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts by Thomas Leaming