The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.

He was either young or old; cheap lodging-houses had flavored him mustily; razors and combs had passed him by; in him drink had been bottled and sealed in the devil’s bond.

Not like the boys at my school, who were still in the early stages of muscledom (not that they'd ever admit it).

A 40-carriage train in 1840 taking 1,250 excursionists from Leeds to Hull was typical, while Brighton commonly received trains of 60 carriages and over 1,700 passengers.