As far as the eye could see the chasm extended, now growing in size, now contracting.
— from The Call of the Beaver Patrol; Or, A Break in the Glacier by V. T. Sherman

"I'm not bluffing either, noble Gope," I said, stretching a point.
— from A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer

The people were discontented, the province grew poorer as each new governor introduced some fresh extortion, immigration practically ceased, and the spirit of political independence was torpid.
— from The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites

It was encircled by lofty and picturesque hills, the aspect of which reminded him of the "Pena de los Enamorados" near Granada, in Spain; and upon the summit of one of them was what he described as another little hill, shaped like a graceful mosque.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

—In the other cases referred to, the explanation now given is still more evidently the true one.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven

If the myriad, uniform, petty ideas in the valley fall short of a certain elevation, no great idea shall spring to life on the mountain-peak.
— from The Buried Temple by Maurice Maeterlinck

Although the acquisition of the treasure dooms it to death, still each new generation inevitably strives to obtain it.
— from Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Ludwig Nohl