It succeeds well on land not stiff and tenacious enough for wheat, or moist and cool enough for oats.
— from Soil Culture Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature by J. H. Walden

Suppose she wasn't—suppose she went out last night and tried to hide it, is it likely—come, I say!
— from A Terrible Secret: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

Not so with our land, no nation pretends to claim a right to cultivate that.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

I kept a steadfast watch on Lorna, neglecting a field of beans entirely, as well as a litter of young pigs, and a cow somewhat given to jaundice.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Plain rush-plaited hassocks and little brass sconces where, on lenten nights, in the unwarmed church, glimmered the few candles that lit the devotion of the strong, rough sons of the glebe, hedgers and ditchers, who came there after daily labour to spell out simple prayer and praise.
— from Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass by Christopher Whall

By that majestic Faith, whose dauntless power Confronted Cæsar at his palace gate, When to the Capitol in glory’s hour The Tyrant proud ascended, lording fate; And dared reproach him with his cruel hate For God’s elect; and by the Martyr-crown Thy zeal soon won, oh leave not desolate The walls that bear thy name.
— from Iberia Won; A poem descriptive of the Peninsular War With impressions from recent visits to the battle-grounds, and copious historical and illustrative notes by T. M. (Terence McMahon) Hughes

[310] As several writers on law notice this system with a lenient eye Origines du Droit Français , in Œuvres de Michelet , vol.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle