THE CRIER: Mary Driscoll, scullerymaid! (Mary Driscoll, a slipshod servant girl, approaches.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

You ought to have consulted me, Dr. Stockmann.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

“names”; a = beginning with a vowel; b = in this list; c = melodious; d = suitable for the hero of a romance.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

Of course Mrs. Darling said at once that she would have them; but Mr. Darling was curiously [Pg 249] depressed, and they saw that he considered six a rather large number.
— from Peter and Wendy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

As soon as I returned to the company, Madame Duval said, “Why, my dear, what was the matter with you?
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

‘Spirited contest, my dear sir,’ said the little man.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

‘Certainly, my dear,’ Said Mr. Nupkins.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

This cheered my drooping spirits considerably.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

“Ah, caro signore,” he exclaimed, “sono cinque anni che non lo vedo—tre anni di militare, e due anni di disgrazia,” &c. (“My dear sir, it is five years since I saw you—three years of military service, and two of misfortune”)—during which last the poor fellow had been in prison.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

The house of comparatively modern date, seen next after Mr. Bostwick, is associated with the memory of Mr. de Blaquiere, who occupied it before building for himself the tasteful residence—The Pines—not far off, where he died; now the abode of Mr. John Heward.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

She exclaimed: "Continue, my dear Socrates, continue, I beg you.
— from A Mummer's Tale by Anatole France

Keep the sky clear, my darling, so that you can always see up straight to God, with never the fleck of a cloud between.
— from Daisy by Susan Warner

Like the infantry recruit, he begins his service by drawing kit and clothing and fitting the latter to the satisfaction of his superior officers; in addition to the equivalent of the kit drawn from store by the infantryman, however, the cavalry conscript must draw stable kit and cleaning materials, spurs and all that goes to make the difference between the mounted and the dismounted soldier.
— from The French Army from Within by Anonymous

Fees to judges, puny judges, clerks, prothonotaries, philisers, chirographers, under-clerks, proclamators, counsel, witnesses, jurymen, marshals, tipstaffs, criers, porters; for enrollings, exemplifications, bails, vouchers, returns, caveats, examinations, filings of words, entries, declarations, replications, recordats, nolle prosequies, certioraries, mittimuses, demurrers, special verdicts, informations, scire facias, supersedeas, habeas corpus, coach-hire, treating of witnesses, etc.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

And if regular meetings of the guardians be not held, or if their duties be not effectually discharged according to the intentions of this Act, the commissioners may dissolve such board, and order a fresh election; and if the guardians then elected likewise fail, the commissioners may appoint paid officers to carry out the provisions of the Act, and define their duties, and regulate their salaries, which are to be paid out of the poor-rates of the union.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir

Chemistry of Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose, Glucose, Invert Sugar, etc. -- Purchase and Analysis of Beets -- Treatment of Beets -- Diffusion -- Filtration -- Concentration -- Evaporation -- Sugar Cane : Cultivation -- Milling -- Diffusion -- Sugar Refining -- Analysis of Raw Sugars -- Chemistry of Molasses, etc.
— from The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

"Look there now," cried Mr. Drummond, suddenly pointing to a large bird that was flying by, high up in the air, about a quarter of a mile off—"do you see that?
— from The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

'Leur qualité de seigneurs héréditaires ne les rendait pas, pour cela, maîtres du sol ni propriétaires des habitants.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft