To our utter consternation he took no notice of our presence, but went by at a clatter and swerved to the right up a narrow ravine.
— from The Sheriff of Badger: A Tale of the Southwest Borderland by George Pattullo

Once we had them milling, our trouble, as far as running was concerned, was over, for all two of us could hope to do was to let them exhaust themselves in this endless circle.
— from The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams

In comparison with a constant-pressure system, the one under consideration has the advantage that neither its dynamos nor motors require magnet coils with a high voltage at their terminals and composed of fine wire or separate excitation by a special dynamo.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams

But, within an hour of the city's capitulation, the three of us could have things running smoothly again.
— from Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Various

When God, to express His righteous anger, addresses the ungodly in such terms of utter contempt, He teaches us how to regard them and, on occasion, to speak of them.
— from Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

every dark trial Thine own unanswerable challenge, "He that spared not his own Son, but gave Him up to the death for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" Lord!
— from Evening Incense by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

"Then three of us can hitch to and carry them," said Benjamin.
— from The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William Makepeace Thayer

The three of us came here to see if Mr. Schultze could give us any information, and he telephoned for you."
— from The Diamond Master by Jacques Futrelle