And, again, that in every city bonds and afflictions abide in you; and therefore you cannot expect that you should go long on your pilgrimage without them, in some sort or other.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

My sons, you have heard, in the words of the truth of the Gospel, that you must "through many trials enter into the kingdom of heaven;" and again, that "in every city bonds and afflictions await you;" and therefore you cannot expect that you should go long on your pilgrimage without them in some sort or other.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

"It will be clear enough to you soon," he said, in an off-hand way.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

"Yes, in your house, or elsewhere; for you know, baroness, that if the whim should seize you,—every pretty woman, you know, must have her whims, and you are certainly entitled to a good many of them,—I repeat that, if the whim should seize you, you could easily tell your servants that in future you will never be at home to me."
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

As the work of composition extended through years, so several years were given for the work of signing.
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

"I see by your mother's letter, as well as by her will, that she has done me the honor to appoint me your guardian," said the elder man, as soon as they were seated alone together, and cautiously eyeing the younger, so as to detect, if possible, how much or how little he knew or suspected of the true relationship between them.
— from The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Go, love your mother, and obey her commands, even though you should not come and see me.
— from The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror by M. (Arnaud) Berquin

"'"I cannot express to you," said Heinrich, "the strangeness of the effect which your words produce upon me.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

The cavalier eyed the young speaker steadfastly, until Jacinto cast his looks to the earth.
— from Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird

The ladies were well pleased to perform this humane office, and first Celia entreated the young stranger that he would desist from the attempt; and then Rosalind spoke so kindly to him, and with such feeling consideration for, the danger he was about to undergo, that instead of being persuaded by her gentle words to forego his purpose, all his thoughts were bent to distinguish himself by his courage in this lovely lady's eyes.
— from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb

“Bless you, thrice bless you for these sweet avowals of your confidence,” exclaimed the youth, suddenly dropping her arm, and straining her passionately to his heart.
— from Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare by Major (John) Richardson

"Tell them that you can speak English and that they can explain to you," said M. Vulfran.
— from Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Hector Malot

'Oh, from such a small debt as that,—but I cannot expect that you should inconvenience yourself for me.
— from Discipline by Mary Brunton