Go to Flemister—he was your president, wasn't he?—and get him to make a statement that I can show to the grievance committee.
— from The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde

A meal; just what the fly got by sitting in a pit of manure and sipping till it could sip no more.
— from Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken

No, I haven't seen him lately, that is, for the last few weeks; but while I was out yender, just on t'other side of the ravine, whar the trail makes a sharp turn, I catched sight of one of the varmints stealin' along as though he was lookin' for somethin'.
— from Blazing Arrow: A Tale of the Frontier by Edward Sylvester Ellis

On the 10th of that month at sunrise the Indians came swarming into the lovely village.
— from The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by John Fiske

Or, in general, something which would set me up above all men, and so that I could spit on them from a height....
— from Orlóff and His Wife: Tales of the Barefoot Brigade by Maksim Gorky

Tell me ahead so that I can spare you that horrid coach from Chateauroux to Nohant.
— from The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by George Sand

All that stood between me and starvation, that I could see, was a piece of bread and some cheese, which I had taken with me when I left home.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

I pressed on along the rough moor road until the dawn came over the far horizon, driving the mists away, so that I could see what was doing there.
— from Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield

Is my arm shortened that I cannot save?
— from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal