From some expression in the treatise, he learned that the allegorical drawings on the fourth and fifth leaves enshrined the secret of the philosopher’s stone, without which all the fine Latin of the directions was utterly unavailing.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

It was of rounded oval in contour, with beautifully chiseled small features, a faultless skin which was neither fair nor dark and fine large eyes that seemed sometimes blue, and as often something else.
— from Gloria Mundi by Harold Frederic

" The note was written in pencil on a piece of coarse gray paper, folded several times, but with a face large enough to show Harry's name upon it.
— from The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

In short, after a fight long enough to show us that if we would not be taken we must resolve to sink by her side, for there was no room to expect deliverance, and a fight long enough to save the master's credit, we were taken, and the ship carried away to St. Malo.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe

No man of spirit, who has a fortune large enough to support his wife properly, likes to take money with her.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

Theme of much thought, and muse of many a rhyme, Believe me, life to me was far less sweet Than thus a merciful mild death to meet, The blessed hope, to mortals rarely given: And such joy smooth'd my path from earth to heaven, As from long exile to sweet home
— from The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca

and from London,” exclaimed the surprised girl; “who can he have in the great city to write to him; I have often heard him say he knew no one in London.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 4, October 1852 by Various

The center was occupied by a fountain large enough to shoot its spray as high as the uppermost piazza.
— from Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch by Mary E. Bradley Lane