It is possible that "the Castle," to which he alludes at the beginning of next chapter, and which set him off upon this digression, was Girdkuh .[1]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Holmes laughed softly to himself, and stretched himself out upon the cushioned seat.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

Then, propped up by many cushions, he stretched himself out upon the couch.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

Seek him out Upon the British party.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He stretched himself out under the bench, did not move a limb, and behaved as if he were stone dead.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Holmes laughed softly to himself and stretched himself out upon the cushioned seat.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Should he own up to the accident now?
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

They never consider that their shaven crown is a token that they should pare off and cut away all the superfluous lusts of this world, and give themselves wholly to divine meditation; but instead of this, our bald-pated priests think they have done enough, if they do but mumble over such a fardel of prayers; which it is a wonder if God should hear or understand, when they whisper them so softly, and in so unknown a language, which they can scarce hear or understand themselves.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the boat, and encourages the rowers by telling them anecdotes about the marvellous feats he performed last season.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

He scrambled hastily on up the path.
— from The Open Boat and Other Stories by Stephen Crane

Under these circumstances the mistress [Pg 180] of the lodge and her train, sally out of the lodge into the corn-field, and with the light pemidge-ag akwut, or small hoe, open up the soft ground and deposit their treasured mondamin.
— from The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

They came to the gravelly hill where the stream took its source from a spring hollowed out under the exposed roots of two elm trees.
— from One of Ours by Willa Cather

The decks were yet awash, and would probably continue so for several hours, or until the waters of the tiny harbor had subsided into their former quietude; but it was possible to make one's way fore and aft without danger, as Joe proved when the day had dawned.
— from A Runaway Brig; Or, An Accidental Cruise by James Otis

Henry's messenger, sent after her death to gather up the details of her last moments, and above all, to find out whether she had made a will, wrote to the king as follows:— "When she did perceive that death did approach, she did desire the friars that was her confessors, that they should sit on their knees before the King, and to beseech him that he would be good and gracious unto the Earl of Angwische, and did extremely lament and ask God mercy that she had offended unto the said Earl as she had."
— from Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone

and I believe that long time there was; but you and I know better—and have demonstrated short time—for at the end of the "dreadful Third Act" Othello is a murderer—and what matters it now when he really seized the pillow to smother her, or unsheathed the knife?
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 by Various

Should very good news come from the provinces, and it appear that by holding out for two months more the necessity for a capitulation would be avoided, I think that we should hold on until the end of February, if we have to eat the soles of our boots.
— from Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

He rode away, still heaping opprobrium upon the reluctant buckskin, and speedily he disappeared behind a clump of willows clothed in the pale green of new leaves.
— from The Gringos A Story Of The Old California Days In 1849 by B. M. Bower

Having then proclaimed strict silence he ordered us to make ready and begin.
— from Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by George Forbes

shut her off!" urged the other of the policemen, roughly.
— from Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser