The sit-down supper at a ball is served exactly like a dinner—or a wedding breakfast; and the buffet supper of a dance is like the buffet of a wedding reception.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

“For fifteen years I have been intently studying earthly life.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Oftentimes it is from poverty of spirit that the wretched body is so easily led to complain.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

It did 'er good, it did, made 'er feel 'erself that charitable, but I see 'er lookin' at the copper standin' alongside o' me, for fear I should make off with 'er bloomin' fat dog.
— from The Silver Box: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Galsworthy

whoops Aggy, jumping four foot in the air, 'before I squirt enough lead into your system to make it a paying job to melt you down!'
— from Red Saunders: His Adventures West & East by Henry Wallace Phillips

It was to be immediately stormed, every living creature put to death, and all the spoil of it burnt "unto Yahweh their God"; and the ruins were to be a "mound for ever"—that is, a place accursed.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

A very pure smooth uncut diamond, belonging to the Rajah of Mattam in Borneo, is shaped exactly like a pear, two inches in length.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

"You see, they did it entirely on my account; they're awfully lonesome here; and I don't believe I shall ever learn New York ways either," she confessed, turning on him the eyes of youth and truthfulness.
— from The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

I don't want to raise your hopes too high, but it seems extremely likely that I shall see you shortly.
— from Living Bayonets: A Record of the Last Push by Coningsby Dawson

His counsellors, his spies, the liars who calumniated David to him, and for their own ends played upon his suspicious nature,—the tools who took care that the cruel designs suggested by themselves should be carried out, kindle David's wrath, but it scarcely ever lights on the unhappy monarch whom he loved with all-enduring charity while he lived, and mourned with magnificent eulogy when he died.
— from The Life of David: As Reflected in His Psalms by Alexander Maclaren

"Well, Mamma, I'll try and bear it," said Ellen, laughing.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

"Well, mamma, I'll try and bear it," said Ellen, laughing.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner