Mrs. Smallridge, a most delightful woman!—A style of living almost equal to Maple Grove—and as to the children, except the little Sucklings and little Bragges, there are not such elegant sweet children anywhere.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Polymele, daughter of Phylas the graceful dancer, bore him; the mighty slayer of Argos was enamoured of her as he saw her among the singing women at a dance held in honour of Diana the rushing huntress of the golden arrows; he therefore—Mercury, giver of all good—went with her into an upper chamber, and lay with her in secret, whereon she bore him a noble son Eudorus, singularly fleet of foot and in fight valiant.
— from The Iliad by Homer

‘If you have already made a selection—’ ‘Oh dear no,’ interrupted the lady, ‘I am not so easily suited.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

She married me without love, stupidly, perhaps with mercenary motives, but without understanding, and now she evidently sees her mistake and is miserable.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“It's true there's good victual enough about you, as nobody shall ever say I don't provide enough and to spare, but if there's ever a bit o' odds an' ends as nobody else 'ud eat, you're sure to pick it out...but look there!
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

And although our life, in this manifestation of it, is often worthless, yet it is life and not simply extracting square roots.
— from Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Miss Crawford, on walking up with her brother to spend the evening at Mansfield Park, heard the good news; and though seeming to have no concern in the affair beyond politeness, and to have vented all her feelings in a quiet congratulation, heard it with an attention not so easily satisfied.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

382 Slaughterford, a murderer, i. 337 and note Slender, Elizabeth, spinster, a petition from, iv. 372 Slim, Mrs., a lady of understanding, i. 260 Slimber, Beau, a Londoner, i. 301 Sloane, Sir Hans, his museum, i. 280 note : brings frogs to Ireland, iv.
— from The Tatler, Volume 4 by Steele, Richard, Sir

“My! One can throw a log three feet long on the fire and not strike either side of the chimney,” added Frances.
— from Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

"A great big garden of a world," he crooned, and no song ever sounded sweeter.
— from Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee

He was the hardest-goer either at kettle or screw (except Squire Flood of Roundwood) of the whole grand-jury, for whose use he made a new song every summer assize: and it was from him I heard the very unanswerable argument,
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

"But not now—not now—you are not strong enough," said the wife, imploringly.
— from Ernest Maltravers — Volume 09 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Therefore, it will be allowed that De Quincey timed his arrival well, at an hour when dusty feet are not so easily seen.
— from The Old Inns of Old England, Volume 2 (of 2) A Picturesque Account of the Ancient and Storied Hostelries of Our Own Country by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

Aren’t you glad to go off with me—in a new suit?” “Edward!” said Mrs. Atwood.
— from Little Stories of Married Life by Mary Stewart Cutting

—We have received from the publisher, Mr. Walker, a new song, entitled Saucy Kate , the words by Henry H. Paul.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, February 1850 by Various