Then he came over and across the lawn to the corner of the house.
At that time firing was going on across the common, and it was said the first party of Martians were crawling slowly towards their second cylinder under cover of a metal shield.
War Of The Worlds
Then the Lion put his strong front legs against the tree and pushed with all his might, and slowly the big tree tipped and fell with a crash
across the ditch, with its top branches on the other side.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The warriors returned
across the river, the captain and his comrades proceeded on their journey; but the spirits of the communicative old chief, Yo-mus-ro-y-e-cut, were for a time completely dampened, and he evinced great mortification at what had just occurred.
Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and
"Stand by main halyards!--Jump!" he could hear Skipper shouting loudly; also he heard the high note of the mainsheet screaming
across the sheaves as Van Horn, bending braces in the dark, was swiftly slacking the sheet through his scorching palms with a single turn on the cleat.
Jerry of the Islands
The natives were not yet in sight, though he could plainly hear them approaching
across the plantation.
Tarzan of the Apes
More evanescent than the rose My sudden rainbow comes and goes, Plunging bright ends
across the sky-- Yea, I am Youth because I die!'"
John Barleycorn
"Dog!" he hissed, and struck the master of fence a stinging blow
across the face, and spat upon him.
The Outlaw of Torn
Here they passed the winter, and returned
across the mountains in the following spring.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
The Arabs rushed
across the room; the Waziri met them with their heavy spears.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
A destroyer brought him
across, and a Government motor-car was waiting at the quay to rush him up to the Front.
The Kingdom of the Blind
He quested
across the face of the slide to the opposite wall of the vein and back again.
Burning Daylight
He did not like the openness of it, yet his path lay
across to the fringe of trees that marked the banks of the stream.
The Night Born
So our hands made a bridge
across which our dreams might pass through the night, and after a little while I knew that she slept.
Quest of the Golden Girl
ON THE evening of New-Year's Day Grandfather was walking to and fro
across the carpet, listening to the rain which beat hard against the curtained windows.
Grandfathers Chair