After that," and at this point Cyrus turned to Orontas, and addressed him personally—"after that, did I do you any wrong?" Answer, "Never."
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Frigga, his mother, sends Hermoder to seek or see him: nine days and nine nights he rides through gloomy deep valleys, a labyrinth of gloom; arrives at the Bridge with its gold roof: the Keeper says, "Yes, Balder did pass here; but the Kingdom of the Dead is down yonder, far towards the North."
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

See his evil works and then look at Me; at Me, your Creator, and at the good deeds I do you.
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt

Promise me that if I ask you to do anything for me which you don't like to do, or feel the slightest difficulty in doing, you will freely tell me so.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

But the doctor got angry, and, stamping his foot, he said: “You are no better than a brute, do you hear, and I will not allow you to do it, do you understand?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

“Did it do you any good?”
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Betteredge, would you be glad to hear that Rachel and I were good friends again?” “I have served your family, sir, to mighty little purpose, if you doubt it!” “Do you remember how Rachel treated me, before I left England?” “As well as if it was yesterday!
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Damn it, did you then take me along with you for your chaplain, to sing mass and shrive you?
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

A more complete opposite to Superintendent Seegrave than Sergeant Cuff, and a less comforting officer to look at, for a family in distress, I defy you to discover, search where you may.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

“Do I disturb you?”
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Well, Crane, who’s been driving it, do you suppose?” “Don’t know, I’m sure, sir.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Will you force me in the name of common decency—" "But I'll not permit you to do it, do you hear?" continued Surface, his face ablaze, his lower lip trembling and twitching, as it does sometimes with the very old.
— from Queed: A Novel by Henry Sydnor Harrison

"You don't believe that he did it, do you, sir?"
— from In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

“Oh, I do, I do; you know I do.
— from East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Us wuz proud of dat day 'cause dat wuz de onlies' day in de year a Nigger could do 'zactly what he pleased.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Next day I discovered yet grander landscapes and grander life.
— from The Mountains of California by John Muir

Therefore, ye unpreaching prelates, learn of the devil: to be diligent in doing your office learn of the devil: and if you will not learn of God, nor good men, for shame learn of the devil."
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli

Jes cook it aw in uh big pot dere in de yard to de big house.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Then cried he out unto them, My masters, I am a poor devil, I desire you to spare me.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by François Rabelais

In conclusion, having difficulty in dehypnotizing yourself is extremely rare.
— from A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers