After we had drunk chocolate, he asked me my age, my confessor's name, and many intricate questions about religion.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Much that matters; I could have as many men as I like if I wanted to.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There was a Madame de Raudon, who certainly had a matinee musicale at Wildbad, accompanied by Herr Spoff, premier pianist to the Hospodar of Wallachia, and my little friend Mr. Eaves, who knew everybody and had travelled everywhere, always used to declare that he was at Strasburg in the year 1830, when a certain Madame Rebecque made her appearance in the opera of the Dame Blanche, giving occasion to a furious row in the theatre there.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Though a brother, he considered himself as my master, and me as his apprentice, and, accordingly, expected the same services from me as he would from another, while I thought he demean'd me too much in some he requir'd of me, who from a brother expected more indulgence.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Danny hesitated a moment and then said without a tremor: "Jerry can have all my marbles and I'll feed his white rabbit for him all summer."
— from The Circus Comes to Town by Lebbeus Mitchell

Nearly all our big corporations have assembled much material about their own history, all of which is public property.
— from The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry by Burton Jesse Hendrick

As a compliment justly due to his gallant exploit, a number of ladies in this city had a medal made, and presented to him in due form, in the presence of all the Indians; on one side of which [Pg 51] was represented the preparation for the sacrifice, and on the reverse the chief running off with a woman under his arm, and two horses stationed at a short distance, surmounted by this inscription, "To the bravest of the Braves," (the Pawnees are also called the Braves).
— from Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) by W. (William) Faux

His request was at first met with a flat negative, but eventually the devil so played upon her cupidity, by the assurance that she could have as much money as she could count and add up while he was engaged in the work of removal, that she readily gave her consent.
— from Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday by Frank Stevens

Though a brother, he considered himself as my master, and me as his apprentice, and, accordingly, expected the same services from me as he would from another, while I thought he degraded me too much in some he required of me, who from a brother required more indulgence.
— from Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader by Benjamin Franklin

I shall return to Summerley to-day, but next Monday I will come over here and take possession, and you can bid the tenants, and those also of the two manors, to come hither and meet me at two o'clock."
— from At Agincourt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The New Pulpit, erected to the memory of the Rev. John James, D.D., for 40 years Canon of the Cathedral, has a most massive appearance.
— from A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents by George S. (George Searle) Phillips

He came home and met Margaret after she and I had confessed our love.
— from The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey

Unless you have the courage to drive down to the City Hall and marry me … and"—he lifted his head with a faint gleam of hope—"remember that you are young again.
— from Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton