Could she not see them flame and flash, their wings spreading far out across the sky in fantastic flight, or drawn close and folded about them in hues of purple and crimson and gold?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
"There is plenty of work to do," the boy answered, after which, spreading out the fingers of one hand, he began to count on them all the work awaiting them.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
If you begin spreading lies about me in this community you shall suffer.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey