—‘Near St. Just, on Christmas Day, a pisky carried away in his cloak a boy, but the boy got home.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Come down and play cascarones and dance until dawn and forget all about it."
— from The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

This is a matter that might appropriately be taken up by the County, District, and Parish Councils and Boards of Guardians, under the powers granted to them by the Local Government Act of 1894.
— from Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented by William Tebb

It was the printer's copy for an official circular, dated at Portal City and addressed to all officers and employees of the Pioneer Short Line.
— from The Wreckers by Francis Lynde

At one point this snow comes down a precipitous cascade and tumbles perhaps two thousand feet.
— from Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists by Enos A. Mills

3. Fever, toxemia, cyanosis, dyspnea and paroxysmal cough are promptly shown. 4.
— from Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

We cannot now tell what crowned the French example, though the fact of an urn crowning the tomb at Ravenna points to an identical origin, but we must obtain a greater number of examples before we can draw any positive conclusions as to the origin of such forms.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

Then like a stone the car dropped, and Percy clutched at the rail before him to steady the terrible sensation of falling into emptiness.
— from Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson

Through the autumn, and early winter, clear days are practically cloudless; and cloud-masses, cirrus, not cumulus, herald and follow storms; but with February, the clear-weather summer clouds return.
— from A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards

The fellow gives his little dinners and suppers to his marchionesses, countesses, duchesses, and plays clown and pantaloon among the men.
— from The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6 by George Meredith