But they were furnished with liquor, which in this emergency stood them in place of food, fuel, rest, and prescience.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Notwithstanding the magnificence of the Grecian and Roman architecture, which we still admire in those ruins that remain as monuments of the talents and genius of the ancient builders, it is very doubtful whether their common dwelling-houses had chimneys, that is, passages or funnels formed in the walls for conveying away the smoke from the fire-place or stoves through the different stories to the summit of the edifice; conveniences which are not wanting in the meanest of our houses at present, and in the smallest of our villages.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

“This committee finds,” he announced, “that if we all eats like Alex here there is plenty of food for two months yet.
— from The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon: The Lost Mine of Rainbow Bend by Harry Gordon

Still showery and how long we shall be weather-bound quite uncertain; however there is plenty of feed for the animals here which is a great comfort, and what is more they are in perfect safety, as well as we are ourselves, from the boisterous state of the weather.
— from McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by John McKinlay

there is plenty of food for thought, and plenty of time to think as the oxen jog along, and I bring up the rear, seeing and hearing for your sake, reader.
— from To and Through Nebraska by Frances I. Sims Fulton

Lastly , They object, That if Perfection or Freedom from Sin be attainable, this will render Mortification of Sin useless, and make the Blood of Christ of no Service to us, neither need we any more pray for Forgiveness of Sins .
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay

The infinite gradations of red, from violent crimson to the faded pink of over-ripe strawberries, mingled with the most delicate and almost imperceptible variations of white, from the immaculate purity of freshly fallen snow to the indefinable shades of new milk, the sap of the reed, dull silver, alabaster and opal.
— from The Child of Pleasure by Gabriele D'Annunzio

"But there is plenty of food for Constantine's rifle," said I, pointing to the muzzle of it, which protruded from the window.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 by Various

I have heard some pronounce the statue of Venus de Medici, the ideal perfection of female form and beauty.
— from The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt, Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World by George H. Heffner