Yet one more, the Colon, newest, fastest, and best of the squadron, was now about four miles ahead; but our ships gained steadily upon her, and in less than two hours she hauled down her flag and ran ashore forty-five miles from Santiago.
— from The Story of American History for Elementary Schools by Albert F. (Albert Franklin) Blaisdell

It had revolted me to use my strength upon her, although in love, and to hold her so straitly against her will, who but a moment before had been leaning in free confidence beside me.
— from Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur Frederick Wallis

A. G. Steel does little cricket, but he made hay of my wicket; How we used to run the score up, he and I, long ago!
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, June 29, 1895 by Various

'But nobody could read them,' he stated, 'until here, as I learn, an Assyrian gentleman has been visiting Auckland.
— from The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being the Personal Life and Memoirs of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by James Milne

He might remain for the day, but not throughout the night, for with the gathering twilight there steals upon him an irresistible longing, the Heimweh which he shares with me; and guided by it, as the bee and the pigeon and the dog are guided, he makes his sure way back to the orchard home.
— from The Face of the Fields by Dallas Lore Sharp

But the raised arm was seized from behind by Howie, who had crept from the scrub at the snapping of the first cap; at the same moment Stingaree sprang upon him; and in less than a minute Vanheimert lay powerless, grinding his teeth, foaming and bleeding at the mouth, and filling the air with nameless imprecations.
— from Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Lilly stretched up her arms in longing.
— from The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann

He made such advantageous offers to Franklin, in respect to this enterprise, that Franklin very readily accepted them, and in due time he settled up his affairs in London, and sailed for America, supposing that he had taken leave of the business of printing forever.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various