By this time the gas-bag had swollen to a goodly rotundity and was jerking strongly upon its lashings.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

this hath just its time; but see to it, my disciples, that we have a good repast; and without delay!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Old Osip, speaking slowly, told them how they used to live before the emancipation; how in those very parts, where life was now so poor and so dreary, they used to hunt with harriers, greyhounds, retrievers, and when they went out as beaters the peasants were given vodka; how whole waggonloads of game used to be sent to Moscow for the young masters; how the bad were beaten with rods or sent away to the Tver estate, while the good were rewarded.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Sancho pushed on into the glens of the Sierra, leaving them in one through which there flowed a little gentle rivulet, and where the rocks and trees afforded a cool and grateful shade.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Princess stepped into it, much amused at such a new kind of carriage, the King of the Sheep took his place beside her, and the goats ran away with them at full speed, and only stopped when they reached a cavern, the entrance to which was blocked by a great stone.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

The Greek had his own carriage and horses; he gave orders for them to be got ready, and we left the inn; but he had nobly insisted upon my taking possession of the fifty ounces.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He was a sort of village philosopher without any great resources and without great power, for she always figured him to herself as inconsolable over injustices committed under his eyes, as though he were powerless to prevent them.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Then to the western gate repair, And we will dance and revel there.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Therefore, he must be systematically taking exercise, playing games, running, and walking.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

And, behold, Bouille proves as good as his word: 'at half-past two' scouts report that he is within half a league of the gates; rattling along, with cannon, and array; breathing nothing but destruction.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

"Yeah," growled Roger, "and when you come back, don't make any noise!"
— from On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Carey Rockwell

I did not take any part there, more so than going round, and when I would hear some one making remarks there, to try to quash him of all such remarks, until a letter was brought there by somebody and read—a letter purporting to be written, as I understood at the time, by W. W. Scranton, and in that letter, it was read there, that Scranton stated something, that the men should live on mush and milk, or something to that effect.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

After we had passed the mouth of Rothsay Water the tide swept us along with great rapidity, and we soon found ourselves in St. George's Basin.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George, Sir

Again, the great Reform agitation was going on around me as I wrote.
— from Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman

There was a little less skylarking that night out of respect to the honored visitor, and so everyone got a good rest and was up betimes in the morning.
— from The Dogs of Boytown by Walter A. (Walter Alden) Dyer

“Now Browsem, you and Todds go round, and we’ll come forward, only mind when I whistle, it’s for help.”
— from Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches for the Season by George Manville Fenn

Then came great stretches of open pasture, scattered over with huge gray rocks, amid which little flocks of sheep were rambling; or some herd of young cattle, startled by the splashing of the paddles, and the great plumes of smoke, tossed their tails in the air, and galloped away in a fright,—at which Adèle clapped her hands, and broke into a laugh
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

"After I was in bed?"—and feeling that it was indeed Christmas, I finished getting ready and went downstairs.
— from Daisy by Susan Warner

In the letter I extolled the merits of the Rough Riders and of the Regulars, announcing with much complacency that each of our regiments was worth "three of the National Guard regiments, armed with their archaic black powder rifles.
— from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt