at 10 Labuish and Charbono returned unsuccessfull, they had gone back on the road nearly to the last village and suched the plains on either hand to a considerable distance.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

A thing that has flattered me more than anything else hitherto, is the fact that old market-women cannot rest until they have picked out the sweetest of their grapes for me.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The captain rushed up to her.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Of a hundred and thirty matters of dispute settled by arbitration since 1815 (cf. International Tribunals , published by the Peace Society, 1899) it will be seen that all, with the exception of one or two trifling cases of doubt as to the succession to certain titles or principalities, can be classified roughly under two heads—disputes as to the determination of boundaries or the possession of certain territory, and questions of claims for compensation and indemnities due either to individuals or states, arising from the seizure of fleets or merchant vessels, the insult or injury to private persons and so on—briefly, questions of money or of territory.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

CHRISTIAN (rushing up to him): O heavens!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Then she went on her way till she came to the common, where she sat down and began to comb out her hair; then Curdken ran up to her and wanted to grasp some of the hair from her head, but she called out hastily: “Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold, Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

With hostile calm he will first allow every kind of strange and new thing to come right up to him,—he will draw back his hand at its approach.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Retiring from the sacrifice, the generals and officers issued an order to the troops to take their breakfasts; and while Xenophon was taking his, two young men came running up to him, for every one knew that, breakfasting or supping, he was always accessible, or that even if asleep any one was welcome to awaken him who had anything to say bearing on the business of war.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

“You are going to leave us?” cried Renée, unable to hide her emotion at this unexpected announcement.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

And as these cat’s-paws were all that they could rely upon to help them across the calm belt, it was necessary to maintain a constant watch for them, and to trim round the yards in such a manner as to make the most of them during their brief existence.
— from Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harry Collingwood

He came right up to her, as if he had something of importance to say, but either shyness or a difficulty in introducing his subject made him hesitate.
— from What Necessity Knows by L. (Lily) Dougall

Were a citizen robbed upon the highway, he straightway betook himself to Moll, and his property was presently returned him at a handsome price.
— from A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley

Eventually, the digging of this underground passage-way was abandoned, because the conspirators found that they could hire a cellar right under the House of Lords.
— from Holidays & Happy-Days by Hamish Hendry

This time he came in, swearing, and the two cats reared upon their haunches with the shock; then fell in a tangled, rending, yowling snarl.
— from A Night Out by Edward Peple

Then the little child ran up to him, and flung both arms around his leg, and showed the stanchness of her breed.
— from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

And then, of course, right up to his marriage—[She lights a cigarette.] LADY A. Meg, you're very tantalising!
— from Complete Plays of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

The murmur of voices went on and in a few minutes Jennie, finding that her prop was beginning to sway over toward a chair, roused up to hear her mother say: "Are you sure she will not find it too much of a task, Miss Newman?" "I am quite sure she will not, for she has her Children's Hour every day in the city, and she will be so rejoiced at the idea of earning something that she will be more than ever eager to do it.
— from A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays by Amy Ella Blanchard

"This Hunt Ball has been a new experience," Pynsent said, as the cart rolled up the High Street.
— from Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against Odds by Horace Annesley Vachell

he cried, rising up that he might the better honor her with one of his low bows, "your idea, whether valueless or not, is one which is worthy of the acute lady who proffers it.
— from The Circular Study by Anna Katharine Green