I have known him, on reading something in the newspaper that might apply to her, take up his stick, and go forth on a journey of three—or four-score miles.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

He kissed her: or rather she kissed him.
— from Years of Plenty by Ivor John Carnegie Brown

Each keeps his own record separately; and, at the end of the day's work, the records must check each other.
— from Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 02 (of 10) by American School of Correspondence

Alan Warburton has kept his own room since early morning, and Leslie has been visible only to her maid and to Winnie French.
— from Dangerous Ground; or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch