Not a few careful and friendly observers of the practical working of Anglican religion have been reluctantly led to consider the daily service, as an institution, only meagrely successful.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
In the British Islands the long series of strata is well developed, but many of the formations are much more meagrely represented than their equivalents in other countries.
"Geology"
James Geikie
And yet there are every day in Paris people who find themselves in that predicament; but it is comforting to know that such people generally end by dining; some very meagrely, to be sure, others moderately well, and others very well indeed and as if they were still prospeous.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock