a streak of light like a rainbow, and something came tumbling down with a flop.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

In order to give a different character to the flowers, use Soutache of different widths, fold it over more or less closely and lay it down in shorter or longer lengths, as required.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Being thus prepared, lay it quite flat and place upon it the pasteboard pattern, [19] holding it firmly down with the left hand, while with the right, draw a line round the pattern with a fine hard black lead pencil or the veining tool: while the leather is damp cut out the leaf with a pair of scissors or with the leather-cutting knife, as occasion may require; when smaller or larger leaves are required, a reduced, or enlarged, sketch should be taken, a pattern made of it in pasteboard, and applied in the same manner as described above, cutting out as many leaves as you require, and generally making about four sizes of them, as varying the sizes of the leaves adds much to the beauty of the foliage.
— from A Complete Guide to the Ornamental Leather Work by James Revell

H2 anchor CHAPTER 71 The terrace of the Villa Catalano, with its orange and palm trees, looked upon a sea of lapiz lazuli, and rose from a shelving shore of aloes and arbutus.
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The men broke into shouts of laughter, loud and ringing, then doubled up and had it out all over again.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning

And Bellona-like did the Queen infuse a second spirit of loyalty, love, and resolution, into every soldier of her army, who, ravished with their sovereign's sight, prayed heartily that the Spaniards might land quickly, and when they heard they were fled, began to lament."
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1588d by John Lothrop Motley

And yet we do not really think of the world as moving on the same when we have spoken our last lines and retired behind the scenes.
— from A Persian Pearl, and Other Essays by Clarence Darrow

In the meantime very similar festivities occur in the home of the bride, participated in by her young girl friends and relatives, except that they are not characterized by the same spirit of loud laughter and rejoicing.
— from Armenian Legends and Festivals by Louis A. (Louis Angelo) Boettiger

rend=';' AMERICAN SCENERY; OR, LAND, LAKE, AND RIVER ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRANSATLANTIC NATURE.
— from American Scenery, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Land, lake, and river illustrations of transatlantic nature by Nathaniel Parker Willis

‘Did I ever assert that I could not be slain?’ That is the language that befits my Onesimus; not to look at the spectacle of life like a runaway slave in the theatre, who shivers whenever any one touches him on the shoulder or mentions his master’s name.
— from Onesimus: Memoirs of a Disciple of St. Paul by Edwin Abbott Abbott

6 Close by is the cave where a nest of serpents or large lizards are reputed to have lodged since immemorial times, and have been seen by modern travellers.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch