In further description of a gorilla hunt Du Chaillu continues: "I noticed, ahead of us seemingly, a noise as of some one breaking down branches or twigs of trees.
— from The World and Its People, Book VII: Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam

‘If you ask me, I believe she only pretends not to notice any of us, so as to pick up everything she can; and then she goes and sneaks it all to the elder ones.’
— from The Youngest Girl in the School by Evelyn Sharp

You, my dear Alec, could never appreciate or understand such a girl.'
— from Armorel of Lyonesse: A Romance of To-day by Walter Besant

Did we not all of us start at a specially auspicious moment? Vidarbha.
— from The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore

It is under these circumstances that he throws himself on his mercy and craves, he is not afraid of using such a word to such a man, not only his favour, but his pity.
— from The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816 by Thomas (Thomas James) Walker

Almost all of us have naturally, and often unconsciously, such a high opinion of ourselves that, even if we would, we could not see ourselves as others see us.
— from Notes on Islam by Hussain, Ahmed, Sir

Have we not, all of us, stolen and lied as children?
— from Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by August Strindberg

The value of the long travel of the carriage may be briefly noted as follows: When the threads or slivers emerge from the drawing rolls they are not absolutely of uniform size, and the thick portions do not twist as tightly as the thinner portions.
— from The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century. by Edward W. (Edward Wright) Byrn