The most frequent causes are a long-continued direction of the eye on minute objects, long exposure to a bright light, to the fire of a forge, to snow, or irritating gases, overfulness of blood, disease of the brain, &c.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

He was a man of long experience, trained all his life to affairs, and perfectly capable of giving a good account of everything to which he turned his hands.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

However, the ship righted herself and stood proudly against the swell, as if to make one last effort to avoid destruction.
— from Abbé Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper Mérimée

Here we come to a question which has more or less engaged the attention of the whole christian world, and the greater portion of those who believe in a crucified Saviour say that this change took place, and is dated from his resurrection.
— from The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Joseph Bates

Their muzzle is more or less elongated to afford space for the ample series of lateral teeth; and the strength of their jaws, as well as the extent of opening between them, is by this means much diminished.
— from The Tower Menagerie Comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. by Edward Turner Bennett

Mr. Crane kept the class but a few moments, only long enough to assign lessons and to make a few general suggestions, and then dismissed them.
— from Ward Hill, the Senior by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson

Everything being in readiness, the Governor decided to make one last endeavour to arrive at a peaceful solution of the difficulty (although the king's people had recently, on several occasions, fired on the schooners blockading the river), and despatched H.M.S. Torch with a flag of truce to Swarra Cunda Creek.
— from The History of the First West India Regiment by A. B. (Alfred Burdon) Ellis

Feuillet's name is, I think, as well known in the United States as that of any French man of letters except Taine, and if his biography were written he would be as famous for his eccentricities as was Balzac.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

The Political Economy of Europe has hitherto devoted itself wholly to the multiplication, or (less even) the aggregation, of bulbs.
— from Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin