Collisions and dispersions in the heavens above, and failure and destruction among living things on the earth below, yet here we all are in a world good to be in!
"The Breath of Life"
John Burroughs
Their traditions tell us that from time immemorial they had sojourned in Africa; and it is not improbable that they may have been the descendants of some of the earlier dispersions; like those Hebrew colonies that we find in China, and who probably emigrated from Persia in the days of the great monarchies.
"Coningsby"
Benjamin Disraeli
You might have a thousand groupings, dispersions, regroupings, in as perfect bas-relief style as those of any Sophoclean drama.
"Hypatia or, New Foes with an Old Face"
Charles Kingsley