furlong's

At a furlong's distance every wolf stopped and turned round.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Come within a dozen yards of him; nay, at the most, blow on him, and he was excruciated -- you rubbed his sensitive hairs at a furlong's distance.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

There was yet no standing near the burning and glowing ruins by near a furlong's space.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

While the two armies approached a deep silence prevailed on either side, but when they were now a single furlong's (7) space apart the Thebans quickened to a run, and, with a loud hurrah, dashed forward to close quarters.

Agesilaus 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

A furlong's space toward where she sits and a miles;

Verses Susan Coolidge 1870

Of the hundreds of men sleeping within a furlong's distance, not one dreamed of a discovery which was to draw the attention of the whole colony to Bendigo.

In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Horatio Alger 1865

Thus they rode some twenty miles, and made stay at sunset in a place that seemed rather a clearing of the wood than a meadow; for they had trees on their left hand at a furlong's distance, as well as on their right at a stone's throw.

The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

It stood at a furlong's distance from the house, on the outskirt of the town.

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

"My broom, as I sweep up the withered leaves, might be heard at a furlong's distance."

Thomas Carlyle John Nichol 1863

I distinctly remember my feelings when I saw a Mr. Vaughan pass over the bridge at about a furlong's distance, and how I watched the calves in the fields beyond the river.

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822