I have before my eyes four hundred and sixty of his letters over which I weep and which I will burn.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We will afterwards legalize our tender love with your father’s consent and with the ceremonies of the Church; in the mean time be mine, entirely mine.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“I am accustomed to being obeyed by my employees,” she said coldly.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

Madame Duval was in great spirits; but my emotion was too painful for concealment, and every body enquired into the cause.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

But the Corcyreans, anticipating his intention, put him to death, at which he was greatly enraged, and sent their children to Corcyra to be made eunuchs of; and when the ship came near to Samos, the youths, having made supplications to Juno, were saved by the Samians.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Such was the sight that Captain Nemo brought before my eyes!
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Alyosha, my dear boy, I gaze at you and can't believe my eyes.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ad baptismum, matrimonium et tumultum. 6285 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

A right line can be comprehended alone; but this definition is unintelligible without a comparison with other lines, which we conceive to be more extended.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

But I must be more explicit.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

Her brother grunted, but Mr. Evans, in whom a vein of sentiment still lingered, watched them with much satisfaction.
— from Sailors' Knots (Entire Collection) by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

But more especially when he is about to change his dwelling, does he redouble his care and his attention.
— from Animal Parasites and Messmates by P. J. van (Pierre Joseph) Beneden

Illustrated POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW E dited by Mary E. Burt PROSE EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW E dited by Mary E. Burt SONGS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW E dited by Dolores Bacon TREES
— from Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's by Laura Lee Hope

That bundle of rags, with matted hair covering all the face so that you cannot clearly see a feature, is the Clare Market Pet, and she has just encountered Slashing Sal, between whom and herself there has been mortal enmity for years.
— from The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

This was in 1886, and Mr. Nepean playing for his college eleven had to endure the mortification of standing about in the field during long afternoons watching the chastisement of very moderate bowlers by moderate enough batsmen.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

She had never been more erect or withdrawn, never essentially less touched.
— from Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer

[41] (22) 733-13-83 established - 11 December 1963 adoption of the resolution establishing the Institute effective - 24 March 1965 aim - to help the UN become more effective through training and research members (Board of Trustees) - (19) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cameroon, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand; note - the UN Secretary General can appoint up to 30 members _________________________________________________________________
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Mr. Walworth, will you be good enough to bring Mr. Ebbington to me?"
— from The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Boothby

There is not money enough, and, what is equally as true, the people will not let there be money enough.
— from The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The American Crisis by Thomas Paine

As the first method is perfectly plain in itself, I shall dismiss it with the suggestive warning that even this essentially undramatic method must partake of the dramatic to be most effective: to get the most out of one character's describing a second to a third, the reason for the disclosure must be bone-and-brawn a part of the action.
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page