And would you be simple enough to believe that the manners, the sentiments of a man like you, who usually dress and undress before your wife, can counterbalance the influence of these books and outshine the glory of their fictitious lovers, in whose garments the fair reader sees neither hole nor stain?—Poor fool!
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

‘If he cannot, or will not, take the advice here given, it is my opinion that you should join him, if possible, without delay, and use, by your personal presence and entreaty, the arguments which may prove ineffectual in writing.
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

Gentlemen, God has made you witnesses for himself in this age of spiritual darkness and unbelief, but you refuse to keep his laws, therefore we must withdraw the hand of fellowship from you.
— from New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

She was too glad to see Tom, however, to argue with the doctor as usual, but yielded the point gracefully, only throwing cold water on the ecstasies of our friend Damon, by suggesting that Tom’s youth and constitution had pulled him through better perhaps than all the physic and meddling doctors in the world.
— from Caught in a Trap by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

These works are a fine commencement for such a purpose; but, that their tones may not die away unheard by your fellow-countrymen, many, many more must yet follow, and with ever-increasing progress.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

"Yes-s," the Doctor admitted, uneasily; "but you see, Skipper James, I—I——"
— from Billy Topsail, M.D.: A Tale of Adventure With Doctor Luke of the Labrador by Norman Duncan

" It has now disappeared almost utterly, but Young's plan was subsequently engraved in the Annals .
— from George Washington: Farmer Being an Account of His Home Life and Agricultural Activities by Paul Leland Haworth

“I will tell you what I think, and what I am sure of,” cried Mrs. Somers, raising her voice; “that Mlle. de Coulanges will be a constant cause of dispute and uneasiness between you and me, Lady Littleton—I foresee the end of this.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth