Era razonable y soy un bruto: era respetuoso y soy insolente: era culto y me encuentro salvaje.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

After him came young Mazarin, ever supple and insinuating, but already confident in his fortune.
— from Cinq Mars — Complete by Alfred de Vigny

O' course, you might earn something by singing in the street; people who like funny faces might give you something!
— from Striking Hard Deep Waters, Part 10. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

'Of course you must expect scanty fare, as we are carrying out the rationing order to the very letter.
— from The Pomp of Yesterday by Joseph Hocking

"Play the coward, you mean, eh?" said the kaiser.
— from The Boy Allies with Marshal Foch; or, The Closing Days of the Great World War by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

"I wished but to see what the pouch contained, your majesty," exclaimed Slingsby, in a dolorous tone.
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

"I don't see anything funny in calling you Miss Eustis," said Laurence, with boyish impatience.
— from Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler

"To-day you call yourself my enemy," said Bardissi, "but I already call you my friend!
— from Mohammed Ali and His House by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

what can you mean?" Evelyn said nothing, and Caroline examined her curiously.
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron