James, brooding in a small chair from which his knees ran uphill, shifted his feet uneasily, and put one of them down on the cat, which had unwisely taken refuge from old Jolyon beside him.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

And before many minutes had passed Mrs Kingsworth heard Katharine run up stairs, humming a tune.
— from Kingsworth; or, The Aim of a Life by Christabel R. (Christabel Rose) Coleridge

But reïncarnation, with its companion doctrine of Karma, rightly understood, shows how perfectly just the whole scheme of nature is.
— from The Ocean of Theosophy by William Quan Judge

The estate of Maintenon being for sale, Madame de Montespan did not let the King rest until she had drawn from him enough to buy it for Madame Scarron, who thenceforth assumed its name.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

Each girl thought Billy was behind her, but was too afraid to turn round to look, so kept running until she had reached a place of safety, either climbing a fence or getting behind something; and then when she turned to look there was no Billy Goat in sight, for Mr. Billy had disappeared in a small grove behind the store.
— from Billy Whiskers: The Autobiography of a Goat by Frances Trego Montgomery