It was plain that this cadet had already repeatedly asked for a lift and been refused.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

If Lulie came to Chapel Hill, and received attention from Frank and his set, she would be put down as second class, and my circle of friends would hardly wait on her, even at my request.
— from Sea-gift: A Novel by Edwin W. (Edwin Wiley) Fuller

She was a confident horsewoman and rode a fine brown pony, and Curtis, who had never ridden with her before, glowed with pleasure in her grace and skill.
— from The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

All in rhythmic rank and file, I saw them in their cosmic dance, catch hands across, retire, advance, For me and my companion, my companion of a mile!
— from Collected Poems: Volume Two by Alfred Noyes

ut it come on that I had to be away f'm home a good deal, an' fin'ly, come fall, I got the Joneses to move into a bigger house, where I could have a room, an' fixed it up with Mis' Jones to take charge o' the little feller right along.
— from David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott

His mother rejoiced in his health but longed for him home; Lou called him a "rube;" and Frankie—Frankie did not have a chance to say anything because Evan had never answered that letter she wrote to New York.
— from A Canadian Bankclerk by Jack Preston

This car has a regular apparatus for cutting in on a wire, and a set of sending and receiving instruments.
— from The Boy Scout Automobilists; Or, Jack Danby in the Woods by Robert Maitland

When the Premier, General Tuan Chi-jui, had made his statement to Parliament on the 10th March, regarding the necessity of an immediate rupture with Germany, he had implied that China had already received assurances from the Allies that there would be a postponement of the Boxer Indemnities for a term of years, an immediate increase in the Customs Tariff, and a modification of the Peace Protocol of 1901 regarding the presence of Chinese troops near Tientsin.
— from The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

She had started slightly, but had promptly conquered herself, and retained a fine calm look, although her cheeks were pale.
— from The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola

Ever did the Master consider Himself as Radha, and felt [and acted] like her.
— from Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi