They burnt the magazine, wharf, storehouses, vessels on the stocks, the dwelling houses and mills, and levied a contribution of all the public moneys, 300 oxen and 10,000 sheep.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

[13] He married 'a sister of Lord Fauconberg's, whose personal talents and accomplishments distinguished her as much at least as her birth, and much more than her virtues.'
— from Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of

For one, I am an admirer of athletic and other sports calculated to develop health and muscle, as long as they are not pursued to extremes, do not become the end and aim of youth, or allowed to degenerate into brutality.
— from Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness A Short Historical and Critical Review of Literature, Art and Education in Canada by John George Bourinot

Years ago a vein of coal had been discovered here and mined as long as it paid off.
— from Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard

Well, I hope it'll be a lesson to you not to go picking up with strange children - down here after measles, as likely as not!
— from Five Children and It by E. (Edith) Nesbit