You didn't think I'd take you grouse hunting 'thout you know which end of the gun the shot comes out of, did you?"
— from The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard

Do you see any narrering coming on, or do you not? That's what I should like to get out of you !
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 6, 1894 by Various

Would you like to come out, or do you think it will be rather cold for you?
— from The Freaks of Mayfair by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

Our prospective regard to the comforts of our declining years points to a real interest; our feelings as to the disposal of the body after death are purely factitious and sentimental.
— from Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

"I am sorry I did not know the color of orange displeased you, dear seigneur.
— from The Infant's Skull; Or, The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Eugène Sue

"Neither will I ever ask you to approach so sacred a rite with lightness, much less with repugnance; but, at the same time, you ought to understand, that your attentions have been sufficiently pointed, to make people suppose that you only wanted a convenient opportunity of declaring yourself." "Impossible!
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.

Like a child, he found himself distracted, talking, asking questions: and the intervals grew longer between the recurrent surges of fear when the memory rose before him of the events of the day,—of the woman, the child, and the man: of Eldon Parr and this deed he had done; hinting, as it did, of closed chambers of other deeds yet to be opened, of countless, hidden miseries still to be revealed: when he heard once more the tortured voice of the banker, and the question: "How would you like to live in this house —alone?"
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

When reaching the neighborhood, we were joyfully surprized by the coming of our dear young brother Andrew L. Byers, from Illinois, who has come to join our little company.
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers