But I did not believe my errors to be irretrievable; and, after much consideration, I resolved to return to the cottage, seek the old man, and by my representations win him to my party.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"A coincidence," stammered the old man.
— from The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

“That thou art in truth a Christian,” said the old man, “and that thou hast given thy father into the power of his enemies?” To which Zoraida made answer, “A Christian I am, but it is not I who have placed thee in this position, for it never was my wish to leave thee or do thee harm, but only to do good to myself.” “And what good hast thou done thyself, daughter?” said he.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The short session broke up the Washington circle, so that, on March 22, Adams was able to sail with the Lodges for Europe and to pass April in Sicily and Rome.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

He said quite kindly, "Come, dear child, seat thyself on my little chair by the fire, and warm thyself; I will fetch thee clear water if thou art thirsty; but here in the forest, I have nothing for thee to eat but a couple of little roots, which thou must first scrape and boil."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Further, the emotion of pleasure in reference to the body and mind together I shall call stimulation (titillatio) or merriment (hilaritas), the emotion of pain in the same relation I shall call suffering or melancholy.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Ellen described how she found her hand held against it, and then two naked bodies pressed against each other—that she was surprised at this, and wondered how it came so; that on moving her hand she felt mamma give a throb down there, and a push of her body forward, which made her finger slip easily in, this still more surprised her, as she had tried often if her fingers could get into her own, but it hurt her so much that she had given it up as impossible; and now she had found one where all her fingers, up to the knuckles, slipped in quite easily; the inside movements, and the heavings of her aunt’s body, showed that it gave her pleasure.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

He replies to my shafts with a condescending silence ("The old man's off his head....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“I wish the Miss Alans could see this,” observed Mr. Beebe, just as Lucy, who was nursing the injured Minnie, was in turn lifted off her feet by her brother.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

'Cat!' said the old man, savagely.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

The office is closed,” said the old man fiercely; and there was something menacing in the manner of his approach, as he backed his junior to the closed door, and unlocked it and pointed to the street.
— from The Haute Noblesse: A Novel by George Manville Fenn

She had come solely to oblige Mrs Chadwick, whose recognition of this service influenced her more than her pretended alarm of her host in hastening her arrangements.
— from Coelebs: The Love Story of a Bachelor by F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills) Young

And a victory really won over a sensual sin is already a challenge sounded to our most spiritual sin.
— from Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte

"It is all I have now, my children," said the old man.
— from The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, FROM THE CLOISTERS There must have been in every convent such times of madness and revolt, even though the vital powers were kept low with poor and scanty food.
— from London by Walter Besant

The old king was now left with no other companion than the poor fool, who still abided with him, with his merry conceits striving to outjest misfortune, saying it was but a naughty night to swim in, and truly the king had better go in and ask his daughter’s blessing: But he that has a little tiny wit— With heigh ho, the wind and the rain,— Must make content with his fortunes fit
— from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb

Mr. Lennox stopped twisting the corkscrew into the bottle, and the low comedian, seizing the opportunity, murmured in his mechanical voice to the girl behind him, 'Open house!
— from A Mummer's Wife by George Moore

"A 'at an' coat!" said the old man in a disappointed tone—"a 'at, Peter?"
— from The Broad Highway by Jeffery Farnol

Normans love a conflagration," said the old man.
— from Brian Fitz-Count: A Story of Wallingford Castle and Dorchester Abbey by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

“Yes, it will make a change,” said the older man.
— from Marcia Schuyler by Grace Livingston Hill