“They are crying, ‘A demon sent by the Black Face!
— from Lentala of the South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony by W. C. Morrow

It was thought better if, during the burial, one of the attendant mourners could be stunned by a club and dropped, still breathing, into the grave before it was filled in....
— from The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' by Harold Begbie

Promptly lifting her high treble, yet with a certain acquired deliberation, she began, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.”
— from A Waif of the Plains by Bret Harte

Small causes, such as a nick-name, or a vulgar tone in speaking, have actually created a dissocial spirit between the inhabitants of the different states, which is often discoverable in private business and public deliberations.
— from Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical; to Which is Added, by Way of Appendix, an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling, With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject by Noah Webster

The fight in and around the breaches was a close and desperate struggle; but as the stormers in front fell, others clambered up to replace them, and at the same time Haidaroff, converting his false attack into a real one, escaladed the southern wall.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

Two, the only facts acknowledged late, are now increased to three— God is, and the soul is, and, as certain, after death shall be.
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

He started at every sound—the call of a curlew, a distant sheep bell, the rattle of a stone beneath his boot.
— from Blackthorn Farm by Arthur Applin