The borrower had to enter into a bond to repay the amount tenfold or to any less extent demanded by the Institution at its own discretion.
— from Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny by Vogel, Julius, Sir

He it was who slung the rope over the olive tree, and let Evolino down into the water.
— from The Story of a Genius by Ossip Schubin

On some of these hills, moreover, amidst groves or tufts of trees, and lawns extending down the declivity, were some very pretty chateaus, which being white and clean, looked gay and animated.
— from Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 by lieutenant-colonel (Ninian) Pinkney

Here the [80] foreign settlements are traversed in all directions by excellent highways, which extend through the suburbs for several miles into the adjoining country, and which the Chinese avail themselves of to a large extent, driving out in thousands every afternoon to tea-houses and pleasure-gardens.
— from Life and sport in China Second Edition by Oliver George Ready