Now all the tents of the regiment, row behind row, were faintly luminous, and the renewed drizzle of the dawn was a little lightened in every direction by the canvas-hidden candles of infantry regiments, the glare of numerous fires already started, and sparks showering up from the cook-houses of company after company.
— from Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson
She was talking to Mr. Kamamura and a little lady in European dress—Mrs. Kamamura, probably.
— from The Crimson Azaleas: A Novel by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
High life and low life, in every description of ancient, mediæval, and modern fashion, were here represented, and to an eye more practised and fanciful than mine, the room might have been supposed to be furnished with all the cardinal vices and virtues in allegory.
— from Jessie Trim by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Myers, Weldon T., The Relations of Latin and English as Living Languages in England during the Age of Milton .
— from Horace and His Influence by Grant Showerman
He took a long look in every direction, then started to climb down.
— from The Secret Cache: An Adventure and Mystery Story for Boys by Ethel C. (Ethel Claire) Brill
Ned mounted him and rode out of the dip, pausing at the top of the swell for a long look in every direction.
— from The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
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