"Well, then," cried Clerk Donovan, in an exasperated tone, "have you read the history of the United States?"
— from Step Lively! A Carload of the Funniest Yarns that Ever Crossed the Footlights by George Niblo

The young nobles who surrounded the banner, looked to the vision with awe; and ere they had yet recovered from their confusion, the Christian cavaliers, elated and invigorated, fell upon them with such violence as left the long copper lances useless in their hands.
— from Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird

“If you will permit me, I will tell him exactly what has passed between us to-day, and explain to him your reasons for what you are about to do.” “Will you really be so kind?”
— from Frank Fairlegh: Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley

You had best talk filthily: do; I have a tongue To tell my Mother, as well as ears to hear Your ribaldry.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher