Gregorius pursued them eagerly, drove them twice from the town, and killed many of them.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The sort of thing she was able to do, to say, was an article for which there was more and more demand—fluent, pretty, third-rate palaver, conscious or unconscious perfected humbug; the stupid, gregarious, gullible public, the enlightened democracy of his native land, could swallow unlimited draughts of it.
— from The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by Henry James

In the absence of other natural resources (except for abundant geothermal power), the economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides 70% of export earnings and employs 6% of the work force.
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In the absence of other natural resources (except for abundant geothermal power), the economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides nearly 60% of export earnings and employs 6% of the work force.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

As has been stated, there is no very strong prejudice against the Indian blood; a well-stocked farm or a comfortable fortune will secure a white husband for a comely Indian girl any day, with some latitude, and there is no evidence of any such strong race instinct or organization as will make the Indians of the future wish to perpetuate themselves as a small and insignificant class in a great population, thus emphasizing distinctions which would be overlooked in the case of the individual.
— from The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Their way of life in general, prevents their enjoying domestic comforts; and gross animal appetites fill the place of purer affections.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr

In the absence of other natural resources (except for abundant hydrothermal and geothermal power), the economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides 70% of export earnings and employs 12% of the work force.
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Now the sanguine Northern generals planned the entire destruction of the Southern army.
— from The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Ximenes, the greatest poltroon that ever disgraced an epaulet, came back with the most exaggerated stories of the formidable preparations that were making to receive us.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Go put the enemy down.—And I would do it.
— from The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy by Samuel Eberly Gross