After M'Laughlin had been several months in the township, and there was no outward or visible sight of his having mended its ways, Mr. Cameron made representation to the authorities at Port Southern, and through them to the powers that had their official residence in Melbourne, in respect to Thadeus McNab's position and breaches of the law in Wirreeford.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
If such a reason be sufficient-which we will not question-it is likewise sufficient to establish the non-existence of intermediate forms to bridge the wide breaches in the supposed pedigree, and we must accordingly conclude that such intermediate forms there never were.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
But 'tis the task of the prudent to heal the breaches made by the rashness and folly of the imprudent.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson