It had said this before, but it said it now to ears ready
— from The Evolution of Sinn Fein by Robert Mitchell Henry

With few exceptions, notably beaver and Alaska red fox, the depth of shade increases as the habitat of the animal species is nearer the equatorial regions.
— from Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing by William E. Austin

And first a stain Would startle and offend amid the glory; next, Spot swift succeeded spot, but found me less perplexed By portents; then, as 't were, a sleepiness soft stole Over the stately fane, and shadow sucked the whole Façade into itself, made uniformly earth What was a piece of heaven; till, lo, a second birth, And the veil broke away because of something new Inside, that pushed to gain an outlet, paused in view At last, and proved a growth of stone or brick or wood Which, alien to the aim o' the Builder, somehow stood The test, could satisfy, if not the early race For whom he built, at least our present populace, Who must not bear the blame for what, blamed, proves mishap Of the Artist: his work gone, another fills the gap, Serves the prime purpose so.
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

It then seemed impossible not to extend researches from Eastern to Western Asia, and from Asia Minor to Egypt, Greece, Rome and Western Europe.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall

As a primary color, it is much more rarely seen in nature than either red or yellow.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various