My companions threw me on to the roof and forced me, under stress of pelting stones, to climb up the steep pitch and ring the bell.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
As cold winds and pelting showers injure the fair blossoms, so passionate temper, sullen behaviour, or misconduct, will destroy the love which should exist between brothers and sisters, and those whose lot is cast together.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
Frank King sprang out, and found himself in a sort of big square, with the rain pelting down, and the building opposite him apparently closed.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black