This Sierra region is, roughly speaking, about three hundred miles long (from northwest to southeast) and one to two hundred miles wide; but of this area only a small part is fit for settled human habitation.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Though she owns she proposed it first; for she does not scruple to own all which she does not scruple to act.
— from Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

It is interesting to note that the author is of British birth and ancestry and so presumably is free from sectional prejudice.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

Grief finished the document and read over what he had written: To Swithin Hall, for pearls taken from his lagoon (estimated) $100,000 To Herbert Snow, paid in full for salvage from steamship Cascade in pearls (estimated) $60,000 To Captain Raffy, salary and expenses for collecting pearls 7,500 To Captain
— from A Son Of The Sun by Jack London

It seems to me, on the contrary, that Swinburne's phrasing is far from subtle.
— from Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd

No folly keeps its colour in her sight; Pale worldly wisdom loses all her charms; In pompous promise, from her schemes profound, If future fate she plans, ’tis all in leaves, Like Sibyl, unsubstantial, fleeting bliss!
— from Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young