The other Charlottas always let me see that they thought it silly of me to pretend things but Charlotta the Fourth never does, no matter what she may really think.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Another rite of private magic consists in charming a large mussel shell, with which, on the next morning, the body of the canoe will be scraped.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Then make a ring about the corpse of Caesar, And let me show you him that made the will.
— from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

If the evening is cloudy, or it rains, your escort will probably bring a carriage; and let me say a few words here about entering and leaving a carriage.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

He is in his old clothes, and looked most sillily.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

For thee I have shut up myself; Exchanged my long curls for a Caxton, And laid my short whist on the shelf; For thee I have sold my old Sherry, For thee I have burn’d my new play; And I grow philosophical—very!
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

Kindly lay it on the red coals and let me see it burn to gray ashes.
— from The Treasure of Hidden Valley by Willis George Emerson

These dispositions of Christ are lowliness, meekness, submission, and the other virtues which He possessed.
— from Spiritual Torrents by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

He threw himself back in his chair, and looked Mr. Scrake full in the face.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various

We are keeping the old flag floating for your children; and let me say, as a prediction, there is only air enough on this continent to float that one flag.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Then, make a ring about the corpse of Cæsar, And let me shew you him that made the will.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

This we considered a little mean, seeing that a great part of the country we had traversed had been hitherto unexplored.
— from Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia by David Wynford Carnegie