Now and then he heard the jingle of a horsecar and the ring of hoofs on the freezing pavement, or saw the lonely figure of a policeman eclipsing the illumination of the plate-glass windows on the opposite side of the street.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
He has so far thrown himself out of relation with American life that he describes a Boston horsecar or a New York hotel table with a sort of amused wonder.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
Alma eats at her house and practises at her house and when she stays too late to catch the horsecar she sleeps there-same as she did last night.
"Honor: A Play in Four Acts"
Hermann Sudermann