That jerk checkmated me in four moves!

Now suppose we commence and pike one mile of road in every township in this county each year,[…]. The saving on what was piked the years before would be such that you would be able to pay into the treasury only the amount that you did the first year.

Mankind's old greatness was created in scarcity. But what may we expect from plenitude?

At the well-known pipe of all hands, every one in the least degree surmisant of the brewing mutiny felt in his inmost soul that something was forthcoming most material to the issue.