Here are a few cases in point:— "A vacuum is nothing shut up in a box.
— from School-Room Humour by T. J. (Thomas James) Macnamara

But he afterwards paid a visit, if not several, to that holy patriarch of monks, whose dwelling was fifteen days' journey distant.[17]
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

That which is practical and vital, is never so subtle as to require the utmost stretch of intelligence, either to set it forth or understand it.
— from A Book of Gems, or, Choice selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Now, Daubeny, who is the highest authority on volcanoes, states that the greater part of their ascending vapor is mere steam, and that in 'Pantellaria (a volcanic island near Sicily) steam issues from many parts of this insular mountain, and hot springs gush forth from it which form together a lake six thousand feet in circumference.'
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various