They ran in the direction of my lodging, and looking back down a street I saw a mass of black smoke streaming up above the roofs and telephone wires.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

He suffered from dyspepsia, and he might often be seen sucking a tablet of pepsin; in the morning his appetite was poor; but this affliction alone would hardly have impaired his spirits.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

She says to me once, ‘Ben,’ says she laughin’, ‘if ever I’m ill or if I go away you must take care of my roses.’
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

1a force a pig’s mouth open by sticking s.t. into it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The other fellows suspected me of being some sort of religious sectary, and made good-natured jokes at my expense, saying that even my own father had disowned me, and thereupon would add that they rarely went into the temple of God themselves, and that many of them had not been to confession for ten years.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The men on both sides saw the vital importance of the position and fought for its possession like so many war-drunken demons.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 2 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston

These large cities, capitals of provinces, countries, or empires, need special consideration, and must often be surveyed separately.
— from Missionary Survey As An Aid To Intelligent Co-Operation In Foreign Missions by Thomas Cochrane

"He may often be seen sitting at the corner window.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic

Arriving at the headwaters of the Missouri, he built what is known as a bull-boat, made of buffalo skins stitched together and stretched over a slight frame, in which, with two or three half-breeds, he consigned himself to the treacherous currents and quicksands of the Big Horn.
— from The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society (Vol. 1, No. 1) by Oregon Historical Society

Jeremiah wheeled him in the wheelbarrow, and suffered him to kick his shins, and might often be seen sedately at work hoeing or [242] raking, with the child sitting astride on his shoulders, and drumming with sturdy heels against his breast.
— from Hildegarde's Holiday: A Story for Girls by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

“Fry mine on both sides,” said Otis King.
— from Detectives, Inc.: A Mystery Story for Boys by William Heyliger