He took possession of the Government of Upper Canada about a fortnight after the general government of British North America had been entrusted to His Excellency Robert Shore Milnes, Esquire.
— from The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger

He concludes by announcing, that a panic had seized all parties to a greater extent than he ever remembers since the cholera; which panic, he thinks, will go on increasing as the extent of the failure becomes better known.
— from The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John, Canon

And the idea which all ancient nations, and especially the Hebrews, entertained regarding sacrifice is fairly well ascertained.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods