Dymov and the man with the black beard were probably ashamed, for they laughed loudly, and not answering, slouched lazily back to their waggons.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

In the Loyalist of June 28, 1828, the arrival in York Harbour of the steamer lately launched at Niagara as successor to the Frontenac is noticed.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

The spy saw him enter Garry’s lodge late at night, and, stealing up to and lying prone beside it, overheard the talk between the chiefs, in which Looking Glass disclosed a plot on his part to entrap the governor and his party when they went among the Nez Perces, and compel him to enlarge their reservation to the bounds first proposed by Looking Glass at the Walla Walla council, and to exact such other payments and advantages as amounted to a swingeing ransom.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 2 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

"I can say naething anent that, sir," answered mistress Brookes; "I'm no accoontable for ony inference 'at's to be drawn frae my ower true tale; an' doobtless, sir, ye ken far better nor me;—but whaur ye see sae mony folk draw oot the threid o' a lang life, an' never ae sensible thing, that they could help, done or said, what for should ye won'er gien noo an' than ane i' the ither warl' shaw himsel' siclike.
— from Donal Grant by George MacDonald

[Pg 70] Answerers to the Call HE little lake, long and narrow, and set in a cleft of the deep forest, led off like a pathway of light to the full October moon.
— from The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

She looked like a nervous and suspicious person electrified.
— from Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern

Here it was that Mrs. Gaskell gave to the world those papers on "Cranford" that are so full of a dainty, delicate humour, and "My Lady Ludlow," and "North and South," and "A Dark Night's Work."
— from Life of Charles Dickens by Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), Sir

It is a beautiful sheet of water, so deep and so clear that it holds the reflected blue of the sky appearing now to be a sheet of lapis lazuli and now a sapphire blaze.
— from Iceland: Horseback tours in saga land by W. S. C. (Waterman Spaulding Chapman) Russell

All were soon hustled on board; the "Sadie" and her barges moved away; we took a last, long look at Nome as she stretched herself on the golden sands of the beach under her electric lights; the "Bertha" whistled, stuck her nose into the rollers and steamed away.
— from A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan

Black-bass rods and tackle are just right for bait-fishing for the Spanish mackerel, except that a braided linen line, and not a silk line, should be used for reasons just given.
— from Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others by James A. (James Alexander) Henshall