This man takes more trouble to drop his aiches than ever his father did to pick them up.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

He adds, that Pyrrhus gained more Reputation by Inventing the Dance which is called after his Name, than by all his other Actions: That the Lacedæmonians , who were the bravest People in Greece , gave great Encouragement to this Diversion, and made their Hormus (a Dance much resembling the French Brawl ) famous over all Asia : That there were still extant some Thessalian Statues erected to the Honour of their best Dancers: And that he wondered how his Brother Philosopher could declare himself against the Opinions of those two Persons, whom he professed so much to admire, Homer and Hesiod ; the latter of which compares Valour and Dancing together; and says, That the Gods have bestowed Fortitude on some Men, and on others a Disposition for Dancing .
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

[A3N; a12] make inquiries about s.o.’s life, doings, habits, and the like, usually maliciously.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Now that the Red River district has attained the dignity of a province and become a member of our Canadian Confederation, the trial referred to, arising out of the very birth-throes of Manitoba, has acquired a fresh interest.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

“What is the debt?” “Hundred and twenty-three pound, fifteen, six.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

When he reported these dialogues he aspirated the first letter of his name after the manner of Florentines.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

Don't you see how the door holds at top and bottom?
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

He shone for a time in the salon of Madame de Bargeton, born Marie-Louise-Anais de Negrepelisse, who became enamored of him, enticed him to Paris, and there deserted him, at the instigation of her cousin, Madame d'Espard.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

I listened to him with wonder; but that his sad demeanour and solemn utterance assured me of the truth and intensity of his feelings, I should with light derision have attempted to dissipate his fears.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Soon after, the Queen of Navarre came in due course to the king, who, weary of Spanish customs, wished to disport himself after the fashion of France; but remainder is not the subject of this narrative.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

And here Hopeful began to be very dull and heavy of sleep; wherefore he said unto Christian, I do now begin to grow so drowsy that I can scarcely hold up mine eyes; let us lie down here, and take one nap.[270] CHR.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

This duty he assigned to [369] Brigadier Prideaux with five thousand men; [316] Brigadier Stanwix was entrusted with the relief of Pittsburg; and Amherst in person took charge of the grand advance by Lakes George and Champlain.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Sir Marcus, however, who had a very brusk manner with his inferiors, having paid the cabman, curtly dismissed him, and the man, who admits having bargained for a double fare for the journey, because it was such an out-of-the-way spot, drove away vaguely curious, but not so curious as another might have been, since London cabmen are used to strange jobs."
— from The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer

Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to see it, for everyone who knows him will direct his attention to it.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

f Conan [113c] came to meet us, humbly and devoutly asking pardon for having so long delayed his attention to the archbishop.
— from The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales by Cambrensis Giraldus

We did have a time.
— from The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

Having proceeded to Quebec to enter upon the performance of his duties, he appears to have utilized every opportunity for informing himself of his new domain.
— from The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot by James H. (James Henry) Coyne