In short, the formation consists of masses of sandstone, shale, limestone and coal, these also enclosing clays and ironstones, and, in the limestone, marbles and veins of the ores of lead, zinc, and antimony, and occasionally silver.
— from The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. (Edward Alfred) Martin

It must be rotten hard luck for a lot of these older ones, like Zwabeka for instance, who have been big-wigs in their time, having to knuckle down to a new and strange form of government in which they come out very under-dog indeed.
— from In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford