Besides, ben't I engaged to you, and did I ever go off any bargain when I had promised?” “As to that point, neighbour,” said Allworthy, “I entirely release you from any engagement.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
I know a family where there are sons and daughters, the latter charming and in every respect young gentlewomen.
— from Manners for Men by Mrs. Humphry
Both on account of the reverence of my friendship for Chopin, and my desire to devote the utmost care to my present and subsequent publications, it is important to me that this work should make its appearance as free from defects as possible, and I earnestly request you to give most conscientious attention to the revision of the last proofs.
— from Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Franz Liszt
"And if every relation you ever had was as bad as bad could be, I should adore you all the same.
— from Airy Fairy Lilian by Duchess
They read it together, Lenora standing on tiptoe to peer over his shoulder: “Stowaway answering in every respect your description of Craig found on ‘Durham.’
— from The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The colouring of the cloth, if and when this is added, is done by men only, and, like body-staining, is nearly always in either red, yellow, or black.
— from The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson
" EXTRACT.--I avail myself of this opportunity to request your Excelleney's particular attention to the truly severe case of captain Flinders; and I earnestly request Your Excellency to release captain Flinders immediately, and to allow him either to take his passage to India in the Thetis, or to return to India in the first neutral ship.
— from A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner by Matthew Flinders
I am nine years old, and I enjoy reading Young People , as we all do, even papa and mamma.
— from Harper's Young People, May 3, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
“Then, if you are in earnest, resign your body to me.
— from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
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