With very few exceptions these were operated on a strictly taxicab basis, with the Red Cross headquarters in the Hotel Regina as an operating center.
— from With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort by Edward Hungerford

The matter was taken up by a local constable, and he had no sooner commenced his investigations than he received an anonymous letter through the post charging the father with having made away with his son.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths

Coningsby had intended to have remained at Beaumanoir until that time; but suddenly it occurred to him, that the Age of Ruins was past, and that he ought to seize the opportunity of visiting Manchester, which was in the same county as the castle of his grandfather.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

He came home in the holidays, reckless and random, generous and loving as ever, and we had fine times together, the three of us growing up like brothers and sister.
— from The Story of Charles Strange: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

"Hawk hop out and the crow hop in, Three hands round and go it ag'in.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning

At four o'clock, as the sun reached up with his long, red fingers from behind the Monastery mountain, Truxton King and Hobbs rode away from Rabot's cottage high in the hills, refreshed and sound of heart.
— from Truxton King: A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

A calamitous visitation has fallen on one of its oldest and most valuable members—one who has been President of the United States, and whose character has inspired the highest respect and esteem.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton