Presently the shore fell away southward, and the sun came round upon my right hand.
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

I told her in a few words the object of my visit, and I took care to add that she could rely upon my discretion, and that I would not for the world do her any injury.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Then, all of a sudden, came rushing upon me an Egyptian gale, so impregnated with pestilential vapours, that my nerves were overpowered, and I dropt senseless upon the floor.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Ten minutes more, and the cold air from the other side came rushing upon me.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

I was in her power, she could retaliate upon me.
— from Woman in Prison by Caroline H. Woods

[Pg 32] serenely: "Come right up, Mr. Narkom.
— from Cleek, the Master Detective by Thomas W. Hanshew

Once more the sailor's cradle rocked under me, and I found myself rolling in my gait.
— from Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville

He saw regular streets where he once pursued a hare; he saw churches rising upon morasses, where he had often heard the croaking of frogs; he saw wharves and warehouses where he had often seen Indian savages draw fish from the river for their daily subsistence; and he saw ships of every size and use in those streams where he had often seen nothing but Indian canoes….
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

The subject of it is the doctrine of the Trinity, which is that peculiar glory of the Divine Nature, that our Lord Jesus Christ has so clearly revealed unto men, and is so necessary to true Christianity.
— from Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts

Smith's character reminds us more closely of Fuller, whose peculiar humour is much of the same stamp; and who, falling upon 263 hard times, and therefore tinged by a more melancholy sentiment, yet showed the same unconquerable cheerfulness and intellectual vivacity.
— from Hours in a Library, Volume 2 New Edition, with Additions by Leslie Stephen

Mr. 'Possum was a young man in those days—a nice spry young fellow; and he used to think it was a good deal of fun to let Mr. Dog—who wasn't friendly then, of course—try to catch him; and when Mr. Dog would get pretty close and come panting up behind him, Mr. 'Possum would scramble up a tree, and run out on to the longest limb and swing from it, head down, and laugh, and say: "Come right up, Mr. Dog!
— from The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book Being a continuation of stories about the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods people by Albert Bigelow Paine

Hence the real author of the following passage in his speech before an overflow meeting in the State capital remains unknown: "My friends," Mr. Crewe had said, "I have been waiting for the time when St. Giles of the Blameless Life would be pushed forward, apparently as the only hope of our so-called 'solid citizens.'
— from Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 3 by Winston Churchill

A slight chill ran up my spinal column, concerning which I made no comment.
— from The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Charles Birge