It is not to be wondered at that Mr. Whittle, alias Rawkins, should find that stealing his neighbours' pigeons, together with his other unprofitable accomplishments, to say nothing of the sparseness of paying patients, could have only one termination-bankruptcy.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Nor is this sparseness incidental, as in North America, to the early days of settlement.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
The best spring poems have this singleness and sparseness.
"Birds and Poets"
John Burroughs