The colour, which should be either silver or apricot fawn; the markings on the head, which should show a thumb-mark or diamond on the forehead, together with the orthodox size, are not now taken into consideration, and the prizes are given to over-sized dogs with big skulls that are patchy in colour, and the charming little Pugs which were once so highly prized are now the exception rather than the rule, while the large, lustrous eyes, so sympathetic in their expression, are seldom seen.
— from Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton

King Bungaroo, with all the royal suite, Was waiting to receive him on the beach; And seeing he was plump and nice to eat, Received him graciously with courteous speech.
— from A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times. by Henry Sampson

The G-ring clearly causes particle absorption near the equatorial region.
— from Pioneer Saturn Encounter by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

London, nevertheless, from its populousness, and the usual character of cities, was the centre of a democratic power, which, bursting at times into precipitate and needless tumult easily repressed by force, kept on its silent course till, near the end of the thirteenth century, the rights of the citizens and burgesses in the legislature were constitutionally established.
— from View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam