It would be from fair to middling if there was love; but I laughed at the idea of love, and determined never, never, never to marry. "My Brilliant Career" by Miles Franklin

" Fair to middling well," said Ol' Mistah Buzzard, with a twinkle in his eyes. "The Adventures of Mr. Mocker" by Thornton W. Burgess

Middling cotton which had sold at eight and a half cents a pound in 1893, dropped below seven cents the following year, recovered until it reached nearly eight cents in 1896, and was at its lowest in 1898 at just under six cents. "The Agrarian Crusade A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics" by Solon J. Buck