I notice this sentence in a 1890 book:
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Being deeply impressed with the great value of a "Corpus Sigillorum" which would bring together in one view a large number of English Seals of each century for the eye to rest upon and so to comprehend the varying styles at different dates, Mr. Grazebrook puts forward the following proposal to see if a sufficient number of Subscribers will be found to support him, and meet the heavy expense of producing such a work.
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I'm impressed. It must take quite some some work to compose such a sentence. And it must has have taken quite some skill to actual read litterature that is written like that. I can't read it - I'm simply unable to fit the entire chunk of word into my brain in one bite.
Why were each sentence so impressively long back then? Was there a punctation shortage? And why has this changed today?