The seats in the cars was too short for six-footers like us to sleep comfortable on; and the conductor had to keep us from getting off at every town that had five-story houses in it.
— from Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry

Telegrams were sent to all the stations on the line, both up and down, but the hour between five and six held the busiest trains of the day, and in the rush of passengers, augmented by gangs of working men returning to their homes, there was small chance of a ticket collector having leisure to observe the children who passed through his gate.
— from The Girls of St. Olave's by Mabel Mackintosh

She came out after the carriage had been waiting some time.
— from Wyllard's Weird: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

If, contrary to expectation, the reorganization of the musical class of the Academy and the establishment of a musical institute, be not so carried out as to cause Herr Mendelssohn the conviction of finding a field of activity for his bent and his vocation, or if the claims on him should prevent his acceptance, or lastly, which I subjoin at the express desire of Herr Mendelssohn, should the expectations now entertained {258} by your Majesty with regard to him not be fulfilled, then the relation now formed shall be dissolved at the end of the appointed period on the above conditions, and therefore in an honourable manner.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

At sight of that wealth of reddish gold hair and the sweet curve of a tanned cheek, he knew his search was over, that the girl he loved was almost within his reach.
— from The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne

"Thou speakest like a cunning and most honest man," said the admiral, gravely; "but all this revelation does not show me how an Almogavar of Granada became a herdsman of the desert; and, after that, how the herdsman of the desert was transformed into the gunner of a Sallee corsair, or, as thou callest her, a harmless trader, on her innocent voyage to Gibraltar."
— from Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird

There is no spa, once of great reputation, that has sunk into such complete oblivion as the Clifton Hot Well: this may be due, in part, to the exaggerated estimate that was formed of the virtue of the water, and to the [Pg 20] blamable practice which prevailed of sending patients here at their last gasp as a forlorn hope.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

While they did their shopping, the men loitered on street corners, or around the Court House, to greet old acquaintances.
— from Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson