I don’t know that I’ve ever seen you very early in the day; I always regard you less as a daughter of the morning than as a minion of the moon.”
— from Bird of Paradise by Ada Leverson

She could lie down in another room, Yellow Hair said, leading her away from the canopied bed where the weeping grandfather bent over White Bear, holding him by his shoulders.
— from Shaman by Robert Shea

After this the auctioneer and his clerk proceed to collect the “bids,” and if in your ignorance of auction etiquette you should offer your’s to the auctioneer, he politely declines it, and refers you to his clerk!
— from Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt by Tangye, Richard, Sir

Could I not do it, and rejoin you, Mr Harwood?”
— from John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston

Athos, a sovereign judge in all matters of delicacy, immediately added, "Raoul, you answer with a painful feeling; you are unhappy.
— from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas

Let no protestations induce you to believe that person your friend, who would destroy your dearest interests, and rob you of innocence and peace.
— from The Boarding School; Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils Consisting of Information, Instruction and Advice, Calculated to Improve the Manners and Form the Character of Young Ladies. To Which Is Added, a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupils to Their Instructress, Their Friends, and Each Other. by Hannah Webster Foster

Nor do insects alone regard you with envy: men also both envy and admire you.
— from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn

To be certain that you are doing it all right, you have only to look at the last card, which ought to be a ten.
— from The Sharper Detected and Exposed by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin