And then the metaphor naturally suggested by the mention of the foot is carried on into the next words, 'Thy shoes shall be iron and brass,' the tribe being located upon rocky sea-coast, having rough roads to travel, and so needing to be well shod.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren

“What are you laughing at, I should like to know?” cried their brother, looking up rather savagely from the finger he was nursing.
— from Five Minute Stories by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Owen did not know all this, or he had doubtless been less unjust regarding such persons.
— from St. Patrick's Eve by Charles James Lever

It should be noticed that Berlioz's observations in his Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes (1844) have not been lost upon Richard Strauss, who has just published a German edition of the work, and some of whose most famous orchestral effects are realisations of Berlioz's ideas.
— from Musicians of To-Day by Romain Rolland

“Because,” the Duchess answered, “all the faith that has been lavished upon religion since the making of the world, has been a misapplied force.
— from The Moving Finger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"In that case," said the Little Brown Bear, "let us return southward and try to get to Glinda's castle.
— from The Tin Woodman of Oz A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

A great deal of emphasis has been laid upon rural school extension work, that is, work carried on under the supervision of school officers but which really devotes its main efforts to adults who are living in rural communities.
— from Social Problems in Porto Rico by Fred K. Fleagle