He appeared to regard several houses attentively, to peer into the windows that were open, to eye the villagers wistfully as they returned from church, and then to pass some time in the church-yard reading the tombstones.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
On making some inquiries about him, I gathered that he was descended from a line of farmers, that had always lived on the same spot, and owned the same property; and that half of the church-yard was taken up with the tombstones of his race.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Air all the tombstones standin' up straight, do you know?
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale