So aunt mounted upon him, and falling forward lent her divine backside to all my fantasies.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

When once the air is set in motion, it is subject to repercussions which produce echoes, these renew the sensations and make us hear a loud or penetrating sound in another quarter.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Well, he'd had it—I'll sue the steamboat company, Beatrice said, and my uncle has a quarter interest—did Beatrice go to heaven?...
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Sara seemed as much unlike her as if she were a creature from another world.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

So the knight of Ireland armed him at all points, and dressed his shield on his shoulder, and mounted upon horseback, and took his spear in his hand, and rode after a great pace, as much as his horse might go; and within a little space on a mountain he had a sight of Balin, and with a loud voice he cried, Abide, knight, for ye shall abide whether ye will or nill, and the shield that is to-fore you shall not help.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Then Sir Arthur mounted upon horseback, and there were all the knights and commons of that country; and so by all advices there were chosen twelve good men of the country for to wait upon the two knights.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Then Sir Gareth took the duke's shield, and mounted upon horseback, and so without biding they ran together as it had been the thunder.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Many a man who is generous with his tips and buys expensive cigars and orders costly lunches for himself and friends at the club because he wants to be considered a "good fellow," will go home at night and bicker with his wife over the smallest expenditure, destroying the whole peace of the household, when perhaps she does not spend as much upon herself as he does for cigars and drink.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

“We’ll see about that, Tom,” I said, and my uncle having approved of my plan, we began at once to see if we could not set it in force.
— from The Golden Magnet by George Manville Fenn

If a horse bores to one side (a most unsightly habit), attach the throat-latch to the ring of the snaffle-bridle by a small strap on the side opposite to that on which the head is bent.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

Sixthly, a Moses upon horseback, attended by many mounted men of the chiefs in Israel and others.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

Bainbridge was confined, and striking the wall, brought down stones and mortar upon him as he lay in bed, so that he was seriously bruised.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

At last, when I saw the critter's great pecker steadily down in his plate, I thought I would try and steal a march upon him, and get away with my fox while he was feeding; and, oh!
— from Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

Alexander was the first to confess his sins, and make up his account with God.
— from Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon