Beyond the therns several doorways opened off the guardroom, and toward the one upon the extreme right Lakor motioned.
— from Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Urging his steed along Oxford Road,—as that great approach to the metropolis was then termed,—he soon passed Marylebone Lane, beyond which, with the exception of a few scattered houses, the country was completely open on the right, and laid out in pleasant fields and gardens; nor did he draw in the rein until he arrived at Tyburn-gate, where, before he turned off upon the Edgeware Road, he halted for a moment, to glance at the place of execution.
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth

[47] The same mistake was destined to be made in later days, more than once, under the English régime.
— from Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

From morn till night the mother and son toiled on, until the earth round their hut had been fully explored to the depth of six feet.
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

Soft and plaintive melodies alternating with wild and warring airs followed one after the other until the entire room seemed to be quivering with melody.
— from The Treasure of Hidden Valley by Willis George Emerson