When at evening the winds come swelling from the east, and the great pall of the city's smoke hangs wearily above the valley, then the red west glows like a dreamland down Carlisle Street, and, at the tolling of the supper-bell, throws the passing forms of students in dark silhouette against the sky.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Ma certo poco pria, se ben discerno, che venisse colui che la gran preda levo` a Dite del cerchio superno, da tutte parti l'alta valle feda tremo` si`, ch'i' pensai che l'universo sentisse amor, per lo qual e` chi creda piu` volte il mondo in caosso converso; e in quel punto questa vecchia roccia qui e altrove, tal fece riverso.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Again the red stream stained his lips, and Dr. Danvers came swiftly forward, but Lenox Hildreth was forever beyond all need of human care.
— from A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black

" "Do so if you like," answered Dyke Darrel, coolly; so icily in fact as to deter the young man from carrying out his threat.
— from Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express by A. Frank Pinkerton

It is perhaps needless to say that in the matter of lunch and drink, due consideration should always be paid to your boatman's wants; indeed if he has had a hard time of it rowing against a stiff breeze, nothing is lost by landing at mid-day and letting him enjoy half an hour's rest and a smoke after he has refreshed his inner man.
— from Scotch Loch-Fishing by William Senior