She took up the other, and was examining it, when her father came in suddenly: 'So your mother is tired, and gone to bed early!
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

“If you draw a circle on the blackboard with thick chalk, and study its outline closely in small sections, you will find the coarsest irregularities; but if you step far back and study the circle as a whole, its regular, perfect form becomes quite distinct.”
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Now if the Nautilus, on leaving the Straits of Gibraltar, had gone to the south, if it had carried us towards regions where there were no continents, I should share your uneasiness.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

"Come in, shepherd; sure ye be welcome, though we don't know yer name.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

into, in, S, S2, PP, C2; ine , S, S2; ynne , S2; inre , adj.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

I am much annoyed, and if I do not find you cheerful and contented, I shall scold you right well.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Gladly, and for my own comfort, I should spare you this description of the house, were it not of great importance, since we mortals in general are very much like tortoises: we are esteemed and classified according to our shells; in this and still other respects the mortals of the Philippines in particular also resemble tortoises.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

As soon as I am quite certain that the worst has come, I shall send you my card with a black cross on it, and then you will know that the loathsome end has begun.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

And on your shoulders spread dispersèd hairs: Let voice of music cease where sorrow dwells: Clothèd in sackcloth, sigh your sins with me; Bemoan your pride, bewail your lawless lusts; With fasting mortify your pamper'd loins: O, think upon the horror of your sins, Think, think with me, the burden of your blames!
— from Robert Greene: [Six Plays] by Robert Greene

Before that time, I conclude I shall see you here.
— from Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

"A curious personality, that knave," he said carelessly after awhile, "an unscrupulous devil as daring as he is reckless of consequences I should say ... yet trustworthy withal ...
— from The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Having told you of the first impressions which I experienced on my entry into the college, I shall spare you the recital of all the torments to which I was exposed during the next six months.
— from The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot by Marbot, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, baron de

I shall see you no more, Helen, my child; my child, I shall see you no more.
— from The Bride of Fort Edward: Founded on an Incident of the Revolution by Delia Salter Bacon

I was just thinking of sitting down to dinner when the junk came in sight, so you’ll come and join me—eh?”
— from Stan Lynn: A Boy's Adventures in China by George Manville Fenn

My childhood, thy gift, all my claim in speaking; Sinful, yet hoping, I to Thee come, seeking Thy tenderness, my strength.
— from A Hidden Life and Other Poems by George MacDonald