The discreet young man did not like to be cut out, do you see.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“Have you any weight on the chest; or does your stomach feel light and comfortable—eh?” “Yes.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The Obligations on that Side can never be acquitted, and I think it is one of the greatest Reflections upon Human Nature that Parental Instinct should be a stronger Motive to Love than Filial Gratitude; that the receiving of Favours should be a less Inducement to Good-will, Tenderness and Commiseration, than the conferring of them; and that the taking care of any Person should endear the Child or Dependant more to the Parent or Benefactor, than the Parent or Benefactor to the Child or Dependant; yet so it happens, that for one cruel Parent we meet with a thousand undutiful Children.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

At your commands I entered into friendship with him, and as to my preserving it have no doubts, for having given you as my guarantee, no deviation can occur; do you secure his.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Has he come, or do you still look for him?—neither the speakers, whose conscience he so smote, nor God, whose chief purpose he was, give us here any answer.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 2 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

"There, mamma, do you see?" said Ellen; "it shuts with a spring, and nothing can possibly come out; do you see, mamma?
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

Three eggs, large, hard-shelled, with ground color of dirty yellowish, splashed and spotted with dark umber and black.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) by John James Audubon

The volantaphs 198 reverse in the direction of the falcons for descent, brought into view two hosts engaged in battle encounter, each in defiant utterance shouting their war cries, one, “Dios y Santiago,” and the opposed “Allah é Profeta.”
— from The Manatitlans or, A record of recent scientific explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A. by R. Elton Smile

When the train arrived many were jostled on to the line, and the driver yelled with joy, crying out, 'Did you see how I smashed them up?'
— from Crescent and Iron Cross by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

"Say," the latter called out, "did you see a young woman drifting about here in a boat last night?" "Did I see what?"
— from Jess of the Rebel Trail by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

“Were you convinced, or do you still think that you can show up Al Gepper?”
— from Clue of the Silken Ladder by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

These were soon rifled; the noise of their ribald songs, their blasphemous oaths and drunken revelry penetrating often the chamber of death, yet scarcely awakening an emotion in the presence of the great Destroyer.
— from Evenings at Donaldson Manor; Or, The Christmas Guest by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh