The puppies are growing up, Mhor, and you're missing all their puppyhood; that's a pity."
— from Penny Plain by O. Douglas

The unusual noise made by these raps attracted the attention of persons present and gave us much annoyance.
— from Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion

A quivering pain runs from the top of my spine to the sharp stones that seem to pass through my pampooties, and grate upon my ankles.
— from The Aran Islands by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

Our preachers are generally unlearned men, and destitute of useful books.
— from The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various

They come across many odd characters and strange incidents among the queer, mixed population, and gather up most astonishing legends.
— from Alaska, Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

Reuben, shouldering a portion of the goods, followed the Indian; and I, with another bale on my shoulders and the paddles and gun under my arm, kept close after Mike—leaving the remainder of the thi
— from Afar in the Forest by William Henry Giles Kingston

This was excellent practice and gave us more and more confidence in our own ability to come down wherever we wished.
— from With the French Flying Corps by Carroll Dana Winslow