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It is natural indeed, when a storm is over, that has only untiled our houses, and blown down some of our chimneys, to consider what further mischiefs might have ensued, if it had lasted longer.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan

"But the next house to the youngest of your step-sons—the lath and plaster cottage with the broken casements, and untiled roof?"

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

The banisters of the stairs were broken; the bedsteads destroyed; the roof partially untiled.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

On the fifth of July, 1775, I again untiled part of a roof over the nest of a swift.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

On July 5th, 1775, I again untiled part of a roof over the nest of a swift. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry