Sound is known to travel better up hill than down, because the pulses transmitted from a denser medium to a rarer, suffer less loss of intensity than when the transmission is in the opposite direction; and now the mellow voice of the Arve came swinging upwards from the heavier air of the valley to the lighter air of the hills in rich deep cadences.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall

[Pg 134] "We have got considerable gold-dust aboard, pard, and a big outgoing mail, so I hope you will go through all right," said Landlord Larry, while Doctor Dick, who just then came up, said: "Yes, Harding, I have several valuable letters in the mail with drafts for large sums which I sincerely hope will not miscarry."
— from Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer; Or, The Stranger in Camp by Prentiss Ingraham

As the astute Rawlins says, 'love letters, maybe, or some such truck....'
— from Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin

She felt as if she were being shot upon a battery of eyes, and an impulse to turn and run; she looked like a black and white effigy of pride.
— from Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Without a word the good old Dervis Might work incalculable service, At once from tyranny and riot Save laws, lives, liberties and moneys, If sticking to his ancient diet He'd but eat up our locusts and wild honeys !
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge