Four hundred of his followers had also been killed, and Riza Sahib, utterly disheartened at his repulse at all points, decided not to renew the attack.
— from With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
At last, after being knocked and rolled some distance, they were near the stake-and-ridered fence which enclosed the large yard.
— from Harper's Round Table, February 4, 1896 by Various
There he dreamed that Joey, attired in a blue kimono and red slippers, was teaching him to dance the two-step to a tune played by the engines of the Orinoco.
— from A Man's Man by Ian Hay
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