I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
— from The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens

His uncle now stood up, but swayed a little, and winced from sudden pain.
— from The Trespasser, Complete by Gilbert Parker

Shall we ever, as long as there are newspapers, have peace again—peace between the great nations of the world, and peace at home between contending parties, and peace in our mornings at home which are now so ruthlessly [73] broken in upon, nay, swallowed up by those paper-giants, most unwelcome yet irresistible callers, just when we want to settle down to a quiet day’s work?
— from My Autobiography: A Fragment by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

The ground was damnable—cratered and full of water and knee-deep in foul mud—and beyond them was high ground, struck through with gully-like funnels, through which the enemy could pour up his storm troops for counter-attack; and away in the mud were the same style of concrete forts as up north, still unbroken by our bombardments and fortified again with new garrisons of machine-gunners, taking the place of those who on [245] July 31 were killed or captured when this ground was stormed and, later, lost.
— from From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs

Jetter un navire sur un banc, ou sur un rocher, ou à la côte , to run a ship ashore, upon a bank, rock, or coast, to avoid an enemy.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer