The first great economy to be noticed is that the item of “landlord’s rent,” which, under ordinary conditions, largely enters into municipal expenditure, will, in Garden City, scarcely enter at all.
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

The lands which were kept constantly well manured and in good condition seldom exceeded a third or fourth part of the whole farm, and sometimes did not amount to a fifth or a sixth part of it.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

It is quite a favorite game-fish in most localities, and with such tackle as recommended for the rock-bass it gives considerable sport, especially in localities that are lacking in larger and better game-fishes.
— from Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others by James A. (James Alexander) Henshall

These peculiar genera are as follows:— Timalia , Malacopteron , Macronus , Napothera , Turdinus , and Trichixos —genera {338} of Timaliidæ; Eupetes , a most remarkable form, perhaps allied to Enicurus , and Cinclus ; Rhabdornis (Certhiidæ) found only in the Philippines; Psaltria , a diminutive bird of doubtful affinities, provisionally classed among the tits (Paridæ); Setornis (Pycnonotidæ); Lalage (Campephagidæ) extending eastward to the Pacific Islands; Pycnosphrys , Philentoma (Muscicapidæ); Laniellus , a beautiful bird doubtfully classed with the shrikes (Laniidæ); Platylophus and Pityriasis , the latter a most anomalous form—perhaps a distinct family, at present classed with the jays, in Corvidæ; Prionochilus , a curious form classed with Dicæidæ; Erythrura (Ploceidæ), extending eastwards to the Fiji Islands; Gymnops , Calornis , (Sturnidæ); Eurylæmus , Corydon , and Calyptomena (Eurylæmidæ); Eucichla , the longest tailed and most elegantly marked of the Pittidæ; Reinwardtipicus and Miglyptes (Picidæ); Psilopogon and Calorhamphus , (Megalæmidæ); Rhinococcyx , Dasylophus , Lepidogrammus , Carpococcyx , Zanclostomus , Poliococcyx , Rhinortha , (Cuculidæ); Berenicornis , Caldo , Cranorhinus , Penelopides , Rhinoplax , (Bucerotidæ); Psittinus , (Psittacidæ); Ptilopus , Phapitreron , (Columbidæ); Rollulus , (Treronidæ); Machærhamphus , (Falconidæ).
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

If gentlemen can so explain the section, as to show to the satisfaction of the committee that it is competent to this House to transfer to the President all these powers, I shall have no objection to the section; but until this is done, it is my duty to vote for striking it out.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

——‘He hath done Mad and fantastic execution, Engaging and redeeming of himself With such a careless force and forceless care, As if that luck in very spite of cunning Bad him win all.’ 226 Chaucer attended chiefly to the real and natural, that is, to the involuntary and inevitable impressions on the mind in given circumstances; Shakespear exhibited also the possible and the fantastical,—not only what things are in themselves, but whatever they might seem to be, their different reflections, their endless combinations.
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

But just because the government was so rich in lands, it grew careless, speculative, even profligate.
— from The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society (Vol. I, No. 2) by Oregon Historical Society

The name is not commonly known among the natives, for the site is generally called Shejeret el Ithleh, “the tamarisk-tree,” from the very large tamarisk just west of the ruins.
— from Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure by C. R. (Claude Reignier) Conder