Fruit rather large, roundish, short-pyriform, irregular, yellow; dots raised, russet, very prominent; stem short, very stout, fleshy, inserted in a round, very small, shallow, abrupt, russeted cavity; calyx small, closed, in shallow, abrupt basin; flesh white with yellow fibers, moderately juicy, tender, rather coarse, nearly sweet; good; mid-season.
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

Unless Sally were in a really critical condition, she could certainly be moved without danger.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Margaret Vandercook

A Roman Catholic church stands close to the English, and a handsome Scots church is at the other end of the town.
— from Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir