But private readers, reading purely for love of the book, would serve us by leaving each the shortest note of what he found.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

After a very short speech from Mr.SERGEANT BEST and Mr. Gurney, wherein they both apologized to the jury for its length , and a very long and able reply from the Solicitor-General, and a very long summing up by Lord Ellenborough, the jury withdrew for about twenty-five minutes, and a little before three o'clock on the Tuesday morning, they returned a verdict Of GUILTY.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt

Englishmen, however, are never fit for bush warfare with savages, until by long experience they have been taught what to do, by the savages themselves.
— from The White Chief of the Caffres by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson