‘If that,’ said this disloyal gentleman, ‘be the only scruple you feel, fairest Dorothea’ (for that is the name of this unhappy being), ‘see here I give you my hand to be yours, and let Heaven, from which nothing is hid, and this image of Our Lady you have here, be witnesses of this pledge.’” When Cardenio heard her say she was called Dorothea, he showed fresh agitation and felt convinced of the truth of his former suspicion, but he was unwilling to interrupt the story, and wished to hear the end of what he already all but knew, so he merely said: “What! is Dorothea your name, senora?
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

When he was completely dressed he said: “Send hither Monsieur d’Artagnan.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

This also added to my wretchedness, and to crown all, I was haunted by the thought of the tragedy that had once been acted on that plateau, when that ungodly buccaneer with the blue face—he who died at Savannah, singing and shouting for drink—had there, with his own hand, cut down his six accomplices.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Dere is one thing we can do," he said presently, "What's that?" said Holroyd.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The man, opening his coat, displayed his scarf of office, asking M. Baze, "Do you recognize this?" "You are a worthless wretch," answered the Questor.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Adjectives in the comparative degree have sometimes an ablative in -ī : as, meliōrī , better, for meliōre .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

“Nothing can do her such harm as your silence is doing now!”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Her previous very copious discharge had so oiled the delicious folds of her cunt, that no pain was felt, only the intense pleasure.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

In his prayer, with a song, to whom but the Lord Christ does he say, "O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing, and was afraid: O Lord, I have considered Thy works, and was greatly afraid?"
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Even Raymond, still nominally "on appro," used, all unrebuked, such airs of possession towards Amabel that none could doubt his speedy acceptance.
— from A Young Man's Year by Anthony Hope

He began to crawl to the car, dragging his shattered leg behind him, reckless of the throbs of pain it sent through his nerves.
— from Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various

"I certainly did hear some one laugh."
— from Buffalo Roost A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association Boys' Department by Frank H. (Frank Howbert) Cheley

“They are ours!” cried Cortes, dashing his sword against the floor until the chamber rang.
— from The Fair God; or, The Last of the 'Tzins: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico by Lew Wallace

She rose obediently, choking down her sobs, mopping her face with a small, dirty handkerchief.
— from Fraternity by John Galsworthy