The noun sooth (truth) is more common, and still survives in soothsayer (teller of hidden truth).
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

The place is more than ten miles away from here, out in the country, and she says if she takes the train she should still have four miles to walk; and so weak as she is, and the baby only four weeks old, of course that would be impossible; and she wants to know if you would take her in your cab, and she promises to pay you faithfully, as she can get the money.”
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Her large dark eyes seemed fixed; a fleet expression of agony flitted over her beautiful brow like a cloud; and she said, “I swear that I will never give my hand to—” “And your heart, your heart,” said Morley eagerly.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Yes, come along,” said Sergey Ivanovitch, smiling.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Such a circumstance could only exasperate farther, and, when he ceased, the colour rose into her cheeks, and she said: “In such cases as this, it is, I believe, the established mode to express a sense of obligation for the sentiments avowed, however unequally they may be returned.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The grass divides as with a comb, A spotted shaft is seen; And then it closes at your feet And opens further on.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

All this behaviour will be made possible by the dynamically updatable nature of cyberspace (in contrast to a library), and the fact that computer chips are still shrinking in size and in price.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Such a circumstance could only exasperate farther, and when he ceased, the colour rose into her cheeks, and she said, "In such cases as this, it is, I believe, the established mode to express a sense of obligation for the sentiments avowed, however unequally they may be returned.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The “Christensen” air starting system is shown at Figs.
— from Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pagé

His hostess appeared to be delighted with this bit of conversation, and she said, “I shall leave you two together for a few moments to get acquainted.
— from One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame by Robert Barr

Supper is waiting for us; and after we have been refreshed by a cup of hot coffee and something substantial, I shall insist on being allowed to prove my thankfulness in some way or other.'
— from The Rector of St. Mark's by Mary Jane Holmes

The Highlanders were still lying stretched on their plaids near the barricade; but the greater part of the troops, who did not possess the hardihood of the Scots, had quitted the churchyard, and sought shelter in some of the adjacent houses.
— from Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715 by William Harrison Ainsworth

He tried to sugar his coffee calmly, and so sent it sloshing all over the saucer.
— from The Happy Family by B. M. Bower

She has caution to the verge of cowardice, and so she is "sans reproche."
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets; 024:015 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 024:016
— from The World English Bible (WEB): Acts by Anonymous

Cover again and when the crackers are soft, serve in soup plates.
— from Home Pork Making by A. W. (Albert Watson) Fulton