"O summer gauk!" cried some children rejoicingly; "yonder stands one—how beautiful, how beautiful!
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Although, when alone, you will act a courteous part in giving your seat to a strange lady, who is standing, in a crowded concert room, you should not do so when you are with a lady.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

78 What none can refute Ye say must be true?
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Trojan chief, experienced in the field, O'er his broad shoulders spread the massy shield, Observed the storm of darts the Grecians pour, And on his buckler caught the ringing shower: He sees for Greece the scale of conquest rise, Yet stops, and turns, and saves his loved allies.
— from The Iliad by Homer

During meals he would make any number of blunders, in order not to have to take his eyes from the beloved face; he would pour the wine in his plate and the water in the salt-cellar, then he would laugh like a child, repeating: “You see, I love you too much; that makes me crazy.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

“Shall bauld Lapraik, the king o' hearts, Tho' mankind were a pack o' cartes, Roose you sae weel for your deserts, In terms sae friendly; Yet ye'll neglect to shaw your parts An' thank him kindly?”
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Curious, lamentable: all these men have the word Republic on their lips; in the heart of every one of them is a passionate wish for something which he calls Republic: yet see their death-quarrel!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Volvióse nuestro viajero y vió un hombre, mejor dicho, un Centauro, pues no podía concebirse más perfecta armonía entre caballo y ginete, el cual era de complexión recia y sanguínea, ojos grandes, ardientes, cabeza ruda, negros bigotes, mediana edad y el 30 aspecto en general brusco y provocativo, con indicios de fuerza en toda su persona.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

“Come round?” “Yes, sir.” “Do you think so?
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I keep the room in constant readiness; you shall be fitted with pajamas, and I'll send a special messenger anywhere you like for whatever you may want in the morning.
— from The Crime Doctor by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

[12] Thus dairie maid Cisley, rehearsed ye see, what faults with ill huswife, in dairie house bee.
— from Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by Thomas Tusser

I carried the check from the table to the cash register, yes, sir.
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

When you arrive at the cross roads you see a man standing in the yard of the Baker house.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss