Wherein concerns it The world at large, you mean to hint to me, Whether the man of low extraction keeps Or blemishes his honor— So that the man of princely rank be saved?
— from The Death of Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller

The second shade, from one-fiftieth to one-twentieth of a mile of railway, for each square mile of land, etc. KEY TO SHADES ON THE MAP. Less than 1 / 50 m. to 1 sq. m. 1 1 / 50 m. — 1 / 20 m. " " " " 2 1 / 20 m. — 1 / 15 m. " " " " 3 1 / 15 m. — 1 / 8 m. " " " " 4 1 / 8 m. and over, per " " 5 Total and Increase.
— from The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas Curtis Clarke

On that day a piece of paper is inscribed with prayers and requests to the soul to be quiet, and this is burned by the lamas with suitable ceremonies; and rites of a more or less elaborate kind are afterwards performed for the repose of the soul, accompanied with prayers that it may get 'a good path' for its re-birth, and food is placed in conspicuous places about the house, that it may understand that its relatives are willing to support it.
— from Among the Tibetans by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

Again, some study chemistry in college merely for the sake of general information and culture, while many others pursue the subject because the vocation they are planning to make their life's work requires a more or less extensive knowledge of chemistry.
— from College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper

The world at large, you mean to hint to me, Whether the man of low extraction keeps 70 Or blemishes his honour—
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 1 and 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There appears no necessity for their commencement, no reason for their continuance, no object in their conclusion; the reader finds himself in a forest of verbiage from which he is extricated only at the end of the chapter, which is always, however, 'to be continued.' It is true that these story-tellers for the million generally keep 'a gallop for the avenue' (an incident of a more or less exciting kind to finish up with), but it is so brief and unsatisfactory that it hardly rises to a canter; the author never seems to get into his stride.
— from Some Private Views by James Payn

I learnt two things from writing it: first, that to understand the English pastoral drama it was necessary to have some more or less extensive knowledge of the history of European pastoralism in general; secondly, that there was no critical work from which such knowledge could be obtained.
— from Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg

Throughout the animal kingdom language is simply gesticulation of a more or less expressive kind.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte