Like a certain class of modern philosophers, Dinah perfectly scorned logic and reason in every shape, and always took refuge in intuitive certainty; and here she was perfectly impregnable.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

"What is the color of my pearl?" demanded Glinda.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

But spare yourselves the trouble, ladies, of pressing me to stay, for the urgent calls of my profession do not allow me to take rest under any circumstances."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The second act was just over, and if I had been in my right senses I should never have made them such an unreasonable request; but the crassness of my proceedings did not strike me till the following day.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Ten is the hour that was appointed me To watch the coming of my punish'd duchess.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The characters—of Phaedrus, who has been the cause of more philosophical discussions than any other man, with the exception of Simmias the Theban (Phaedrus); of Aristophanes, who disguises under comic imagery a serious purpose; of Agathon, who in later life is satirized by Aristophanes in the Thesmophoriazusae, for his effeminate manners and the feeble rhythms of his verse; of Alcibiades, who is the same strange contrast of great powers and great vices, which meets us in history—are drawn to the life; and we may suppose the less-known characters of Pausanias and Eryximachus to be also true to the traditional recollection of them (compare Phaedr., Protag.; and compare Sympos.
— from Symposium by Plato

A close observer might perhaps detect both in her eye and her brother's, when their venerable grandsire anticipates his being gone, some little impatience to know when he may be going, and some resentful opinion that it is time he went.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Come on my prime Doggy,” and nodding to the Chartist to follow him, the Liberator left the room.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

By a course of masterly policy, directed to one end, the influence of the empire has been gradually extended toward the centre of Europe; and the only conceivable means of checking it seems to be a confederation of all the German States, so close, that they shall in effect constitute but one nation.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II. by Various

But another question arises: Is this purely a female instinct to provide for its young, which was, in the case of my pair, developed into a desire to preserve a companion? or, in other words, would a male have done this, or would a female have done it if she were free and had other companions?
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899 Volume LV, No. 3, July 1899 by Various

Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services, as well as responding to separatist concerns in predominantly francophone Quebec.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

( c ) One more paramount duty which the prevalence of sickness entails on you, is that of habitual readiness to feel with and help your fellow-men .
— from Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by J. C. (John Charles) Ryle

At half-past ten they assemble in the cabin, and the captain or mate performs divine service.
— from Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

“Think not, Sakr-el-Bahr,” he said at length, “that I bear thee resentment for what befell last night or that that happening is the sole cause of my present determination.
— from The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini

The four men who were condemned to death were reprieved, one after the other, as the days fixed for their executions drew near, so that I was not required to carry out my painful duty after all.
— from My Experiences as an Executioner by James Berry

[pg 247] assemble for prayers, and the captain or mate performs divine service.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 4 by Frederick Whymper