...“Black” Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious,had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton steppedgood-naturedly between... 
Jack London 「The Call of the Wild」
... Picking his way daintily through that shambles in the waist came a tall man with a deeply tanned face that was shaded by a Spanish headpiece...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... Then they move south, picking upcontingents; and the final concentration is to be on the high veld nearAmsterdam, which is convenient for the Swazis and the Zulus...
John Buchan 「Prester John」
...Or he may be seen standing by the masuka and other fruit-trees patiently picking off the sweet fruits one by one...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...Though only a little larger than a cherry, we found that the elephants had stood picking them off patiently by the hour...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...Intent on picking up such an outlet,I go thirty yards or so down the road...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...A very large soko was seen by Mohamad's hunterssitting picking his nails; they tried to stalk him, but he vanished...
David Livingstone 「The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873」
...In the interim, I strolled along the shore, picking up the small shells, which the waves had thrown in abundance upon the sand...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...DAISY, overcome by the music, begins to step rhythmically toward DAVE andtogether they dance unobserved by JIM, absorbed in picking his guitar...
Zora Hurston and Langston Hughes 「The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts」
...One beautiful afternoon, when Isabella and Clotelle were picking wildstrawberries some two miles from their home, and near the road-side,they observed a one-horse chaise driving past...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States」
...“Hemmy’s picking some flowers forthe house now,” Mrs...
Various 「Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905」
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