Priest, beware your beard; I mean to tug it, and to cuff you soundly; Under my feet I stamp thy cardinal's hat; In spite of Pope or dignities of church, Here by the cheeks I'll drag thee up and down.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The passport had not been certified by the American Minister in Stockholm, our port of departure, nor had it been viséed by the Russian Consul General of the port.
— from Through Scandinavia to Moscow by William Seymour Edwards

Coal at that time was only used by the blacksmiths in the villages, and was conveyed in sacks on ponies or donkeys, and of those who were engaged in this business the best known was Old Joe.
— from A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

The parlor was very long and rather narrow, and it was crossed at the rear by the dining-room which showed the table in stages of preparation or dismantling through sliding-doors never quite shut.
— from The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells

They were abundant; and now and then I stumbled on patches of delicious raspberries.
— from The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty

There is still one piece of dirt left in it—and that is a cheating knave, Augeas by name.
— from Gods and Heroes; or, The Kingdom of Jupiter by R. E. (Robert Edward) Francillon

The simple and wholehearted way in which on occasions they fuse with one another, losing or merging completely their own separate individualities in the process; or again part from each other after having exchanged essences in a kind of affectionate cannibalism; the obvious and unconcealed relation between love and hunger; the first beginnings of generation; and the matter-of-fact manner in which one person, when he finds it convenient, divides in half and becomes two persons, and after a time perhaps divides again and becomes four persons, and again and again until he is many thousands or millions—and yet it is impossible to decide (and he himself probably is 29 not quite clear) as to whether he is still one person or different persons—all this cannot fail to excite our admiration and respect, nor to give us, also, considerable food for thought.
— from The Drama of Love and Death: A Study of Human Evolution and Transfiguration by Edward Carpenter

There was an indolent suggestion of probing, of detached appraisal in the steady scrutiny which bit into Urgo’s pride.
— from Dust of the Desert by Robert Welles Ritchie

He gathered his books together and started along the river path toward the campus in search of Paddy or Dave.
— from For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport by Ralph Henry Barbour

West of it is the elegantly-built new town; and the two districts are separated by the Campo de Santa Anna, an immense square or park, on different parts of which stand an extensive garrison, the [214] town-hall, the national museum, the palace of the senate, the foreign office, a large opera house, etc.
— from Elsie's Winter Trip by Martha Finley