As many of the crew as could be spared were also allowed to go on shore for a few hours before the business of careening and refitting commenced; and, needless to say, they were delighted at the prospect of having a little more space wherein to walk about than the narrow decks of their own ships, and also of being able to get some fresh fruit—of which they stood in great need, scurvy having already appeared among them.
— from Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Harry Collingwood

The building-methods of the Tachytes-larva remind me of a mason constructing a round chimney, a narrow tower of which he occupies the centre.
— from More Hunting Wasps by Jean-Henri Fabre

Perhaps the clerk had seen her—a black-eyed young lady with black curls and red cheeks, and not tall?
— from A Changed Heart: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming