DAUP: Where's your sword, sir John? CLER: And yours, sir Amorous? DAW: Mine!
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

The Scythian nymph, Ora, was likewise half woman and half Chitterling, and yet seemed so beautiful to Jupiter that nothing could serve him but he must give her a touch of his godship’s kindness; and accordingly he had a brave boy by her, called Colaxes; and therefore I would have you leave off shaking your empty noddles at this, as if it were a story, and firmly believe that nothing is truer than the gospel.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

“Queequeg,” said I, “come along, you shall be my lawyer, executor, and legatee.”
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Joe, the young brother, who could as yet scarcely realize the magnitude of the loss which he had sustained, glanced at her uneasily; but it was not he, but Wyvis Brand, who suddenly made a step forward and gave her—just in time—the support of his strong arm.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

We returned on the sixth day, and I went to establish myself in my new home, for, as I was preparing to go to M. D—— R——, to take his orders, after our landing, he came himself, and after asking M. F—— and me whether we were pleased with each other, he said to me, “Casanova, as you suit each other so well, you may be certain that you will greatly please me by remaining in the service of M. F.” I obeyed respectfully, and in less than one hour I had taken possession of my new quarters.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I shall say to myself, You look fine, Madam but your feet are not clean and you smell like a camel.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Inmediatamente después de él, entra don Luis también con antifaz y se dirige a la otra.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

She was naturally amorous, but extremely inconstant: She lov’d one for his Wit, another for his Face, and a third for his Mein; but above all, she admir’d Quality: Quality alone had the Power to attach her entirely; yet not to one Man, but that Virtue was still admir’d by her in all: Where-ever she found that, she lov’d, or at least acted the Lover with such Art, that (deceiving well) she fail’d not to compleat her Conquest; and yet she never durst trust her fickle Humour with Marriage.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume V by Aphra Behn

He noteth also two other Ilets, betwéene the same and the maine land; but Leland speaketh nothing of them (to my remembrance) neither any other card, as yet set foorth of England: and thus much of the Ilands that lie vpon our shore in this part of my voiage.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

You keep coming, and you stop just an instant when you're almost within reach of me.
— from Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower

They are headed by a queen who does not wear a virgin's crown; and yet, she is so beautiful, and enjoys so intimate a union with Jesus.
— from The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by F. J. Boudreaux

The general did not notice it, but continued, "Are you sure they were not vaqueros belonging to some hacienda?"
— from The Gold-Seekers: A Tale of California by Gustave Aimard

The elder brother, John, however, was the principal mover in all the convivialities and Bacchanalian revels celebrated in this old-fashioned dwelling; 'which was not too large for comfort, and yet sufficiently spacious in the first floor, at least, to spread a table for twelve.
— from Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 1 by Joseph Grego

'I can assure you, Sir John—' he was saying.
— from Psmith in the City by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

We stood clear, as you said, guessing you meant a run for it.
— from The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum

'Sir,' said his opponent, in a calm voice, 'you are no judge!'" Talleyrand , being questioned on one occasion by a man who squinted awfully, with several importunate questions, concerning his leg, recently broken, replied: "It is quite crooked —as you see !"
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852 by Various

"Yes, it is," agreed Honora contritely, "and you should see him in the laboratory when we two are alone there, Kate!
— from The Precipice: A Novel by Elia Wilkinson Peattie