The minute she put her eyes upon Amy, Meg became conscious that her own dress hadn't a Parisian air, that young Mrs. Moffat would be entirely eclipsed by young Mrs. Laurence, and that "her ladyship" was altogether a most elegant and graceful woman.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The minute she put her eyes upon Amy, Meg became conscious that her own dress hadn't a Parisian air, that young Mrs. Moffat would be entirely eclipsed by young Mrs. Laurence, and that 'her ladyship' was altogether a most elegant and graceful woman.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Moreover, my poor little means (a favorite expression of Annie Mailliard's) have been entirely exhausted by you and Hooker.
— from Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

"You praise the happiness and manners of the ancient [Roman] people; and yet, if any god were on a sudden to reduce you to to them, you, the same man, would earnestly beg to be excused; either because you are not really of opinion that what you bawl about is right; or because you are irresolute in defending the right, and hesitate, in vain desirous to extract your foot from the mire.
— from The Works of Horace by Horace

You should legally and effectually marry them; and as, sir, my way of marrying may not be easy to reconcile them to, though it will be effectual, even by your own laws, so your way may be as well before God, and as valid among men.
— from The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

"Well, I'll tell you," Morris commented, "about them peace fellers, you couldn't blame 'em exactly, because you know how it is with some people: they 'ain't got no control over their feelings, and if they're scared to death, y'understand, they couldn't help showing it, which my poor grandmother, olav hasholom , wouldn't allow me to keep so much as a pea-shooter in the house, on account, she says, if the good Lord wills it, even a broomstick could give fire."
— from Worrying Won't Win by Montague Glass

This wood you must take with you, and see whether the Silke diers or Wooll diers in Turky can doe it, with this one you may inrich your selfe very much, and therefore it is to be endeuoured earnestly by you.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt

"She's been spoilt all her life by everybody." "Except by you," said Juliet daringly.
— from The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

But she ain' been dar mo'n er week when one night she went a-traipsin' out on de street en lef er principles behint 'er, en, bless yo' life, oner dem ar Yankees breck right in en stole 'em smack 'way f'om 'er.
— from The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

And the ability, let me say, is not in proportion to the courage, which is probably too great to be easily equalled; but you have the opportunity to make your part celebrated to-morrow night, if, as you tell me, the house is to be packed with Viennese, and, signorina, you let your hair down.'
— from Vittoria — Complete by George Meredith

The black eyes, encircled by yellow rings, suggested a resemblance to some serpent or reptilian monster.
— from Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis