On the contrary, more than a moiety of his visitors were accustomed to make their calls after midnight-not unfrequently taking their departure before morning.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Over against him rose the remaining moiety; high walls of rock swept round on either side, hindered from complete enclosure by the cleft of his entrance.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
However, to get to Blackmore was something, and after half an hour's dexterous driving we arrived at the village, of which the inn standing back under the shade of three immemorial oak trees appeared to be a fair moiety.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy