abut-ábut v [A3; b6] go every now and then.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

This new amusement proved to be so fascinating that soon all the gods gathered around Balder, greeting each new failure to hurt him with prolonged shouts of laughter.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

He’s fixin’ to have a big gang er niggers and low white trash here in the mornin’ ter hoot and yell and make fun of him all the way to the train, an’ I thought I’d tell ye.”
— from The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Then, realizing that Albinos and Albanians are not identical, and being genuine enough not to conceal her ignorance, she asked: “Do you mean the people from Albany, N.Y.?”
— from The Immigrant Tide, Its Ebb and Flow by Edward Alfred Steiner

in weakness dies the wish, Or I had stayed thee calling me a slave, And nobly drawn my breath at home in Thebes Where thou exultest!—city that's insane, Sick through sedition and bad government, Else never had she gained for master—thee! Meg.
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

A beautiful girl, entirely naked, was seated on a low ottoman with her lovely thighs stretched widely apart.
— from The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Kate Percival

After passing Cleobury station we run between steep, rocky banks, fringed with broom, heather and bracken, getting every now and again wide views of forest land overtopped by distant hills.
— from Nooks and Corners of Shropshire by H. Thornhill (Henry Thornhill) Timmins

When everything was ready Jim he got up and handed in the mortgage and the notes, and stated that he would prove by those papers that last Aprile Jobe and Betsy Gaskins executed notes and a mortgage to Mr. Vinting, the banker, for the sum of $1,800, with interest at seven per cent., payable semi-annually “in gold ;” that a few days after the interest fell due Jobe Gaskins tendered to Banker Vinting $63 in paper money as said six months’ interest, and refused or neglected then or at any other time to tender gold in payment of the interest as the contract provided, and upon this evidence he would ask the court to foreclose the mortgage and sell the premises to satisfy the claims of his client.
— from Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date by W. I. (William I.) Hood

In its bottom lay fine flakes of yellow and resting upon them as upon a bed glistened eight nuggets varying in size from a grain of corn to a small marble.
— from The River Motor Boat Boys on the Yukon: The Lost Mine of Rainbow Bend by Harry Gordon

J. Curtice, appointed by Gov. Gilpin Nov. 7, 1861 Wm. S. Walker, appointed by Gov. Evans Nov. 15, 1863 232 Alexander W. Atkins 75 Feb. 10, 1865 John Wanless 75 January, 1866 Columbus Nuckolls 75 March, 1867 Wilbur C. Lothrop, appointed by Gov. McCook March, 1870 Wilbur C. Lothrop, reappointed by Gov. McCook March, 1872 Horace M. Hale, appointed by Gov. Elbert July 24, 1873 Horace M. Hale, reappointed by Gov. Elbert 1874 Horace M. Hale, appointed by Gov. Routt February 9, 1876 DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett

And be good enough not to put on these independent airs.
— from Three Plays by Brieux With a Preface by Bernard Shaw by Eugène Brieux