Simple, clear language should be employed, not necessarily small words, but words whose meaning is made clear by the context or illustration.
— from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History by Ontario. Department of Education

A small fragment of the mineral to be examined, not nearly so large as the head of a small pin, was put upon a piece of charcoal, and the flame of a candle was made to play upon it by means of a blowpipe, so as to raise it to a white heat.
— from The History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) by Thomas Thomson

“My dear, to her it’s the height of luxury, after all the hardships she’s undergone; clean towels every week, a bath every night, nice society, what more can she want?”
— from Twos and Threes by G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn) Stern

Have I not been playing billiards every night nearly since I came here, despite Captain Wopper’s warnings and the lesson I got from poor Leven?
— from Rivers of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne