It renders a large force of peace officers essential, and it adds to the expense of the courts and of nearly all branches of civil administration.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein
This immense height of the mountains of Killarney may be estimated by this rock; from any distant place that commands it, it appears the lowest crag of a vast chain, and of no account; but on a close approach it is found to command a very different respect.
— from A Tour in Ireland. 1776-1779 by Arthur Young
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