Come, come,” said Estella, smiling delightfully, “you must not expect me to go to school to you ; I must talk in my own way.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
As nineteen-twentieths of their ordinary dreams are relative to love, after intimate intercourse these day-dreams group themselves round a single object; they have to justify a course so extraordinary, so decisive, so contrary to all the habits of modesty.
— from On Love by Stendhal
It is called Snakeweed, English Serpentary, Dragon-wort, Osterick, and Passions.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper
Condy," she exclaimed suddenly, "don't you see your CHANCE?
— from Blix by Frank Norris
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— from The Project Gutenberg RST Manual by Marcello Perathoner
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— from The Project Gutenberg RST Manual by Marcello Perathoner
He owed everything to her, only from him could she expect some degree of pity.
— from The Executioner's Knife; Or, Joan of Arc by Eugène Sue
Jack says Japanese teacups ought to be forbidden; in a moment of forgetfulness they could so easily slip down with the tea.
— from The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little
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