“Stevens is producing a great effect, and this plan of our people going in procession and taking possession of the churches very much affects the imagination of the multitude.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The girls had not succeeded in producing a great effect with the masculine costumes, because of insufficient material.
— from A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The names appear to have been originally given, not because of individual likenesses between them and the star-groups to which they are applied, but simply on account of the necessity of dividing the sky into parts, and giving each a distinguishing appellation, so that it might be conveniently referred to.
— from Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings by William F. (William Frederick) Denning

When the tackle was finally removed and the bridge platform settled into place and gave every indication of being safely propped up by the crib, the scouts gave a ringing cheer, for their efforts had been successful.
— from The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Irving Crump