Sometimes they have been excessively high, and at other times Proportionably low; and even during a peace they must always remain subject to the fluctuations which arise from the caprices of taste and fashion, and the competition of other countries.
"Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country"
Thomas Malthus
The sun had just sunk as they reached the inn where Goncalo Christovao and his family had rested the day before, at the door of which the buxom Rosa was standing, busily employed in spinning, and looking out for a stray traveller; and of course her delight was Proportionably great, when she found that so large a party, with so graceful a cavalier, were about to honour the house with their presence.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
In 1914 France, bearing on her shoulders Proportionably the greatest burden of all the Allies, presented to the world a spirit of firmness, unity, and national resolve that won the admiration of neutral nations.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright