As the head of the column turned to the right to go into battery, every rifle within range was brought to bear, and horses and men began to fall rapidly.
— from Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Young Warren Ripley

Finding it quite impossible by bodily strength to raise the coffin of the butcher from the position in which it had got imbedded by excessive rains, a boy was hastily despatched to the village for ropes, and never did boy run with such speed before, for all his own curiosity was excited in the issue of an adventure, that to his young imagination was appallingly interesting.
— from Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest