But this priority of service is, we think, if not deserved, at least so natural, as to take it out of the catalogue of evils of which complaint should be made.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

There is no definite arbitrary line shewing when we are in another climate.
— from England and Canada A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes by Sandford Fleming

In such a crisis the people would tolerate, if not demand, a leader strong to exact respect for France and to enforce his commands; would prefer the vigorous mastery of one to the feeble misrule of the many or the few.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

There is no doubt a large section of the public who like this easy and colloquial style, especially if it come quite naturally to the speaker.
— from The Quiver, 11/1899 by Anonymous