What were the particulars of this tender tale, I have already forgotten; indeed, I listened to it with a heart like a very pebble-stone, having hard work to repress a smile while Master Simon was putting on the amorous swain, uttering every now and then a sigh, and endeavouring to look sentimental and melancholy.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
She knew he must be standing on the edge of the great rock, so directly above her that if he had kicked a pebble it would have landed beside her.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
It's the exact opposite of dropping a pebble into water, which makes a wave that spreads out with a hollow-a trough-behind it.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster