Everybody loves you and respects you... but, uncle dear, you ought to say nothing, no more than that.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

what is the matter in the crowd behind us?” Behind us, did you say?—oh!
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

‘It is long since I saw you, Markham,’ said he, after the first few words had passed between us. ‘Do you never mean to come to Woodford again?’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Indeed, his behaviour to Black George much ingratiated him with all the servants; for though that fellow was before universally disliked, yet he was no sooner turned away than he was as universally pitied; and the friendship and gallantry of Tom Jones was celebrated by them all with the highest applause; and they condemned Master Blifil as openly as they durst, without incurring the danger of offending his mother.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Then at last Conrad spoke: “Thought you’d bluffed us, did you?
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

‘If I would be spared!’ returned the other fiercely; ‘what is there in common between US, do you think!’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

And what we say of him is, that he is bent upon destroying yourselves and us by every means in his power.
— from Hellenica by Xenophon

"But, uncle, do you not know that I have an idea?
— from Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside by Emily Mayer Higgins

When stopping in a permanent camp with plenty of time to cook, excellent light bread may be made by using dry yeast cakes, though it is not necessary to "set" the sponge as directed on the papers.
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears

"What sort of a bringing up do you think Meynell can give anybody?" said her father, turning upon her.
— from The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

“Will the boat upset, do you think?”
— from Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube; or, Four Chums Abroad by Louis Arundel

“You would not shoot just now at a crow because it was a foul bird, nor at a hawk because it was a noble bird; bring us down yon heron: it flies slowly.”
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray

When old Mrs. Stewart, who knitted regularly by the winter and counted almost as many scandals as stitches, took her up on the subject out of kindness of heart, Claire had said without meaning to be rude: "I really don't think the chaplain's nose ought to be there, to be under, do you?"
— from The Dark Tower by Phyllis Bottome

You don't think Belarab unsafe? Do you?” “Haven't seen him for fifteen years—but the whole thing's unsafe,” growled Jorgenson.
— from The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad

"But, Uncle Dan, you have known me from a child, and you knew my father before me.
— from Brother Against Brother; or, The Tompkins Mystery. A Story of the Great American Rebellion. by John R. (John Roy) Musick