“Ha!” cried Gregson, in a relieved voice; “you should never neglect a chance, however small it may seem.”
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Is it not a strange thing that on the unfounded rumour of this victory being circulated, you sacrificed to the gods, praying that you soon might behold this spectacle, yet now that the army has returned after a real victory, you refuse the gods the honour and yourself the pleasure of it, as if you feared to see the extent of your successes, or wished to spare the feelings of your captive enemy; though it would show a nobler feeling than pity for him, not to deprive your general of his triumph for a mean grudge.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

“But you are rich, Valentine; you have 200,000 livres a year, and you prevent her son from enjoying these 200,000 livres.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

In the crowd of young ladies and rather vulgar young men who made up Yulia Mihailovna’s usual retinue, and among whom this vulgarity was taken for sprightliness, and cheap cynicism for wit, I noticed two or three new faces: a very obsequious Pole who was on a visit in the town; a German doctor, a sturdy old fellow who kept loudly laughing with great zest at his own wit; and lastly, a very young princeling from Petersburg like an automaton figure, with the deportment of a state dignitary and a fearfully high collar.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And remember, Velmont, you have no time to lose; in fact, to-night is the last chance you will have.”
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

The deaf man dropped his head, then he came and knelt at the gypsy’s door,—“Monseigneur,” he said, in a grave and resigned voice, “you shall do all that you please afterwards, but kill me first.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

These are Rajput virtues yet extant amidst all their revolutions, and which have survived ages of Muhammadan bigotry and power; though to the honour of the virtuous and magnanimous few among the crowned heads 148 of eight centuries, both Tatar and Mogul, there were some great souls
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

As regards vegetables you may eat all those that will let you eat them with impunity.”
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

Es enchilada cuando se la adereza con chile o ají pimiento; admite rellenos variadísimos, y la simple adición del queso le da centenares de nombres.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

El segador lo abrazó repetidas veces y se alejó lleno de júbilo.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Be reserved in your conduct; at any rate, veil your amours in secrecy and obscurity!"
— from The Casque's Lark; or, Victoria, the Mother of the Camps by Eugène Sue

Standing on a rocky height, he spoke, with flashing eyes and ringing voice, yes, and with an honest conviction of the truth of what he said, spoke words of hope and cheer that allowed of no backsliding or complaint, among his followers; and still the weary band kept up their watch by the shore of that surging sea.
— from Ten Boys from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Suddenly one of them spoke in a reproachful voice: “You were wrong about Friday’s race, Mr Edwards.
— from The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

“Get away from here with this big caboose of yourn!” said a rough voice, “you take up too much room,” and he wheeled the carriage around so suddenly the babies almost toppled over.
— from A Modern Cinderella by Amanda M. Douglas

Adding moreouer in particular that when your people shall repayre vnto the parts of Sconia to fish for herrings, hauing consideration and regard vnto your maiestie, we would haue them especially recommended vnto our protection &c. Most soueraigne lord and king, and gracious prince, wee doe with vnfained and hearty affection embrace the oracles of your maiesties most courteous and acceptable offer: wherein you haue vsed most diligent and effectuall perswasions, that complement of iustice should be done vnto the parties iniuried, and that peace and friendship should take place, making no doubt of your own royall person, nor of our selues or of any appertayning vnto vs, but that our inclinations and desires in this regarde are all one and the same: neither would we lightly transgresse the limits of your perswasions without some iust, weighty, and reasonable cause, forasmuch as the matters perswaded are in very deede most happy preseruatiues of a common weale, yea, and of nature, it selfe.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt

Opportunity is a rare visitor, yet in a century, perhaps, there has not been born in Cajamarca a boy with the initiative and energy to tramp three days over the western range and stow away for somewhere that he could make a man of himself.
— from Vagabonding down the Andes Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot, from Panama to Buenos Aires by Harry Alverson Franck

Turning once more to Mrs. Downey he said in a rasping voice: “You have my final decision, Ma’am.
— from Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

“You are rather violent yourself,” and she smiled at him.
— from The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton