If twenty workmen were sent to the field to cut brush, without designating someone as captain, they would not in the course of the whole day clear a patch large enough to sit down on.
— from A Journey in Southeastern Mexico by Henry Howard Harper

Now a man is not led by the law of the Holy Ghost, which is here called a "private law," except to something more perfect.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Favoured by their light draught and smaller proportions, the coasters are perhaps less exposed to successful torpedo attack than their larger and deeper ocean sisters.
— from Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone

When a fossil was found we first cut out of the face of the cliff a place large enough to stand upon, and then carved out the specimen.
— from The Life of a Fossil Hunter by Charles H. (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg