“But to become monarch of England,” said his Ahithophel coolly, “it is necessary not only that your Grace should endure the transgressions of these unprincipled marauders, but that you should afford them your protection, notwithstanding your laudable zeal for the laws they are in the habit of infringing.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

All we require to insure success is courage, and that you possess, and strength, which I am not deficient in; as for patience, you have abundantly proved yours—you shall now see me prove mine.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Ah, you must ask the young people that—when the times comes.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

Be conected; No more amazement; tell your piteous heart There's no harm done.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

You can't help feeling that the glittering dresses, the tiaras, the ropes of pearls and chains of diamonds of the "dowagers," the stiff white shirt-fronts and boutonnières and perfectly fitting coats of the older gentlemen, as well as the best clothes of all the younger people, were all put on for you.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

In other words, he descended immediately into a bottomless pit of confusion, and the Young Person followed him down.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

In one, by twos and threes, young people, Hundreds concentring, walk'd the paths and streets and roads, Toward a tall-domed school.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

He said he did not love her with sympathy and pity; true, he added that “your pity is greater than my love,” but he was not quite fair on himself there.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Wirreenun sent all the young people into a big bough shed, and bade them all go to sleep.
— from Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

And if I could a took yer place, which in course I couldn't, never havin' been trained to wigwag, or handle a telegraph key, I'd sure let you sleep on; for ye desarve it, that's right."
— from The Boy Scouts in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

“Now, John, you must start the first thing in the morning,” she said, when the others had left the room, but somehow she stuck to the baby, “to fetch me back my rebel, according to your promise.”
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

If you do not attend to your parents' advice, You may come to sad fate, like the two little mice.
— from Surprising Stories about the Mouse and Her Sons, and the Funny Pigs. With Laughable Colored Engravings by Unknown

“Here are a few poor blossoms from our garden–” “That you forget not the old people–” “And a trifle of Kuchen that I made myself–” “And this I have carved for you, to put your pens on–” Frieda, beaming and exclaiming her gratitude, made a pretty picture and the young people, observing her and hearing the rapid German, felt that they 289 were seeing her in a better light than they had before, much as they had already learned to like and enjoy her.
— from The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett

They followed Rebecca to Wareham, and during Abijah Flagg's Latin correspondence with Emma Jane they fluttered about that young person's head in such a manner that Rebecca was almost afraid that she would discover them herself, although this is something, as a matter of fact, that never does happen.
— from New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

"Well, he and the young preacher set out for the country place where Miss Amaryllis was stayin', and got there jest as the fiddlers was tunin' up for the first dance and all the men was choosin' their partners.
— from The Land of Long Ago by Eliza Calvert Hall

Audrey takes a dislike to Paul at the outset; and the young people have to get through deep waters and some exciting times before things come right.
— from The Story Book Girls by Christina Gowans Whyte

of "Appearance"; but in the chief proposition Parmenides has subjugated him as well as all the younger philosophers and nature-explorers.
— from Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays Collected Works, Volume Two by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche