Such and such a phrase produces upon you the effect of the shoulder of a thief branded with the fleur-de-lys, which has suddenly been laid bare.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Take an afternoon off some day and practice picking up your mooring and you will soon have it down to a science.
— from Hints to Young Yacht Skippers by Thomas Fleming Day

"And don't you know that it makes little lines come, little lines of agony on your forehead, Jinny, and purple patches under your dear eyes; and your mouth hardens."
— from The Creators: A Comedy by May Sinclair

The smaller ranches still shear by hand, for it does not pay to run a power plant unless you have large flocks."
— from The Story of Wool by Sara Ware Bassett

Do you know of any pressure put upon you or anyone else by officers or officials of the city higher than you to allow the press to be present in the way they were?
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Never trust yourself under the hands of a professed phrenologist unless you are confident of his skill in estimating and diagnosing your physical condition.
— from How to Become Rich: A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor

The Parliamentary Committees then said, We will not enable you to dispossess forcibly private owners of their land for "a public purpose" unless you further shew that this includes a public advantage.
— from Speculations from Political Economy by Charles Baron Clarke

A plentiful pox upon you.
— from Philip Massinger by Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank

You're thin; there are purple pockets under your eyes; your underlip is twisted with pain, and you limp.'
— from A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George

[219] Absalom & Co., in their turn, are being squeezed, and that is why they are putting pressure upon you."
— from Hard Pressed by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White