Before we proceed further on our travels I may as well state that Chowringhee, Esplanade Row, East, and Park Street were devoid of European shops, with the exception of the Belatee Bungalow, and, I think, T.E. Thomson & Co.
— from Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Montague Massey

He was so famished right now that he could even relish eating a dead crow.
— from Dick Kent at Half-Way House by M. M. (Milo Milton) Oblinger

He had the instincts for the career, and was undoubtedly courageous enough, resourceful enough, and sufficiently equipped with what passed for wit and humour to have shone with no dim light, even in such days as those of Hind and Du Vall.
— from Half-hours with the Highwaymen - Vol 1 Picturesque Biographies and Traditions of the "Knights of the Road" by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

And that if the cross ever rose entirely above the water, that was a sign all other water-holes in the region were empty.
— from Red Men and White by Owen Wister

He could evidently read English, and he surveyed me curiously, for in my present appearance I looked a most unlikely person to order shirts by telegram from a well-known London house.
— from The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Louis Tracy