What, to poison me, that I might die intestate, and leave you possest of all?
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

I will leave off, since you so desire it, and let your son leave off also.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Emily sat down in a chair, near the door, for the various emotions she had suffered, now almost overcame her; but Montoni paused scarcely an instant, and, commanding his features, resumed his discourse in a lower, yet sterner voice.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

It will relieve you from worry and anxiety about the future; it will unlock your faculties, release them from the restraint and suppression which uncertainty, fear, and doubt impose, and leave you free to do your best work.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

To my intense surprise, there came to meet me at the door, not the usual style of native wife one generally sees in most traders' houses—a good-looking young woman with a flaming blouse, and more flaming skirt of hideously coloured print, and fingers covered with heavy gold rings—but a slenderly-built pale-complexioned woman of apparently thirty years of age, dressed in a light yellow muslin gown, such as the Portuguese ladies of Macao and the Mariana Islands wear.
— from The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 by Louis Becke

Be content, I pray you, it is the Lord who does it; and let you and I say with David, 'Let us fall into the Lord's hand, for his mercies are great.'"
— from Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour A Token for Children by James Janeway

The difficulty in a love yarn, which dwells at all on love, is the dwelling on one string; it is manifold, I grant, but the root fact is there unchanged, and the sentiment being very intense, and already very much handled in letters, positively calls for a little pawing and gracing.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson

I tried it myself when I was down in 'Ampshire last year.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various

"Jabez," she repeated—her voice was hoarse and low—"what are you doing here?" "Not much yet; thought I just drop in and look you up, dear," replied the man, tossing his hat and gloves on to the sofa and making himself comfortable.
— from A Woman's Burden: A Novel by Fergus Hume

The following deaths by measles in their bills from 1813 to 1837, when the modern registration began, were probably no more than from a third to a half of the deaths in all London: Year Measles deaths 1813
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton

He wore a white hat, with broad brim and particularly shallow crown, and was dressed in a light yellow gingham frock, striped with black, and ample trousers of calico.
— from The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula by George Borrow

Jim's a fine chap, not at all a silly flirt, and his daughter is a lovely young girl, a little older than you girls—" "Why, Uncle Jeff, Mr. Brown says she's younger, he said Muriel is not yet fifteen."
— from Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells