"Beyond a doubt, they do wish him to chuse Miss Darcy," replied Jane; "but this may be from better feelings than you are supposing.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

He had noticed how closely Mme. de Restaud had scrutinized him when he sat beside Mme.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

He went, came, mounted, descended, re-mounted, whistled, and sparkled.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Ignorance is to be enlightened, passion calmed, mistaken destiny revoked; only what the inmost being desiderates, only what can really quiet the longings embodied in any particular will, is to occupy the redeemed mind.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It could not change morale deterioration resulting from practical
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

When we left the church, M. D—— R——‘s carriage happened to pass, and I assisted her to get in, and as soon as she had gone, hurried to my room in order to breathe freely and to enjoy all the felicity which filled my soul; for I no longer doubted her love for me, and I knew that, in this case, M. D—— R—— was not likely to refuse her anything.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

One afternon, in the year 1836 or 1837, in her house on rue des Chartres, Madame de Rochefide heard the story of the "Prince of Bohemia" told by Nathan.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

This I measure that I may know the growth of nails; the whole is about five eighths of an inch.' Another of the same kind appears, 'Aug. 7, 1779, Partem brachii dextri carpo proximum et cutem pectoris circa mamillam dextram rasi, ut notum fieret quanto temporis pili renovarentur.'
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

La disparition progressive de CyLibris dans certains moteurs de recherche parce que, soit nous ne voulions pas payer, soit des accords d'exclusivité avaient été signés avec des libraires en ligne et que nous étions déréférencés brutalement (passer de la première page à la cinquième page est une forme de déréférencement brutal).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

M. de Miomandre, the brave guardsman, who used his musket to guard the Queen's door instead of to defend himself, fell wounded; but his comrade, M. de Repaire, at once took his place, and, according to one account, was slain, and the next day his head, set upon a pike, was borne before the carriage in which the royal family were escorted back to Paris.
— from A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Thou wilt easily conceive, my dear reader, who hast been in my confidence throughout the whole of this history, and whom, though as yet thou hast cause to esteem me but lightly, I already love as my familiar and my friend—thou wilt easily conceive my surprise at meeting so unexpectedly with my old hero of the gambling house.
— from Pelham — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Livingstone says, "I can consign most disagreeable recollections to oblivion, but the slavery scenes come back unbidden, and make me start up at night horrified by their vividness."
— from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. I., No. 2, April, 1889 by Various

'Why, here comes Mr. Dagworthy,' remarked Mr. Hood, in a low tone, though the other was still at a considerable distance.
— from A Life's Morning by George Gissing

"Come, come, Mr. Diddler," replied Mrs. Dibbs, "that language won't do no longer.
— from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Various

There is the story that Talleyrand once presented the Parisian brother to Montmorenci as M. le premier Juif to M. le premier Baron Chrétien ; while another tale, parent or offspring of the preceding, which appeared in La Quotidienne , December 21, 1822, testifies to the fact, not recorded, that a Rothschild was at Verona during the Congress: "M. de Rotschild, baron et banquier général des gouvernemens absolus, s'est, dit-on, rendu an congres, il a été présenté a l'empereur d'Autriche, et S.M., en lui remettant une decoration, a daigné lui dire: 'Vous pouvez être assuré, Monsieur, que la maison
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Besides, if it is proved that they were connected with the crime——" M. Denizet returned to the murder.
— from The Monomaniac (La bête humaine) by Émile Zola

"I am agreeably disappointed, I must confess," Mrs. Dinsmore replied to her husband's query.
— from Mildred at Roselands A Sequel to Mildred Keith by Martha Finley