They passed each other on the Dover road, every day, for twenty-four years, never exchanging any other greeting than this; and yet, when one died, the other pined away, and soon afterwards followed him!
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

"Compte général des revenus et dépenses fixes au 1er Mai, 1789" (Imprimerie royale, 1789, in 4to).
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

It will be found, however, that the floats f No. 1 and f No. 3 do retain equal distances from the centre in all corresponding situations, for the resistance to their approach to the centre by buoyancy is the elasticity of the sponge at the extremity of the respective levers; and as this elasticity is the same in all situations, while this centrifugal force of the float f No. 1 is equal to 193 that of the float f No. 3, at equal distances from the perpendicular, the floats f No. 1 and f No. 3 will, in all corresponding situations on either side of the perpendicular, be at equal distances from the centre.
— from Perpetual Motion by Percy Verance

faict delivrer réalement et de fait ladicte truye à maistre Etienne Poinceau, maistre de la haute justice, demeurant à Châlons-sur-Saône, pour icelle mettre à exécucion selon la forme et teneur de nostre dicte sentence, laquelle délivrance d’icelle trühie faicte par nous comme dit est
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans

"So Jeff went up ter de big house, en pleas' Mars' Dugal' en ole mis' en de res' er de fambly so well dat dey all got ter lackin' 'im fus'rate; en dey 'd 'a' fergot all 'bout Hannibal, ef it had n' be'n fer de bad repo'ts w'at come up fum de qua'ters 'bout 'im fer a mont' er so.
— from The Conjure Woman by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

An' here he is, yelpin' in his damned rag every day, 'Fee-fo-fum, I smell the blood of a young man!'
— from Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine

Brambourg, Comte de A Bachelor’s Establishment Cadine, Jenny Cousin Betty Beatrix The Member for Arcis Canalis, Constant-Cyr-Melchior, Baron de Letters of Two Brides A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Modeste Mignon The Magic Skin Another Study of Woman A Start in Life Beatrix The Member for Arcis Collin, Jacqueline Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Cousin Betty Fontaine, Madame Cousin Pons Gaillard, Theodore A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Beatrix Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Gaillard, Madame Theodore Jealousies of a Country Town A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix Giraud, Leon A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment The Secrets of a Princess Gobseck, Jean-Esther Van Gobseck Father Goriot Cesar Birotteau The Government Clerks Lora, Leon de A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life Pierre Grassou Honorine Cousin Betty Beatrix Lousteau, Etienne A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life A Daughter of Eve Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Middle Classes Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley Father Goriot Jealousies of a Country Town Ursule Mirouet A Marriage Settlement Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Letters of Two Brides The Ball at Sceaux Modest Mignon The Secrets of a Princess The Gondreville Mystery A Daughter of Eve Massol Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Magic Skin A Daughter of Eve Cousin Betty Nathan, Raoul Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve Letters of Two Brides The Seamy Side of History The Muse of the Department A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business Nathan, Madame Raoul The Muse of the Department Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Government Clerks A Bachelor’s Establishment Ursule Mirouet Eugenie Grandet The Imaginary Mistress A Prince of Bohemia A Daughter of Eve Nourrisson, Madame Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Cousin Betty Nucingen, Baron Frederic de The Firm of Nucingen Father Goriot Pierrette Cesar Birotteau Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Another Study of Woman The Secrets of a Princess A Man of Business Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department Rastignac, Eugene de Father Goriot A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Ball at Sceaux The Interdiction A Study of Woman Another Study of Woman The Magic Skin The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve The Gondreville Mystery The Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Ridal, Fulgence A Bachelor’s Establishment A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Ronceret, Madame Fabien du Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty Schinner, Hippolyte
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“Whin bofe sides ’ud stop ter sorter blow er lit’le, an’ think mebbe dey kin confab de res’ er de fight out,—ole Grab-All’d come fus’ ter de Hawnits, an’ den ter de Jackits, an’ tell ’em dey boun’ ter whup out de nex’ jump.
— from Bypaths in Dixie: Folk Tales of the South by Sarah Johnson Cocke

Je prie Dieu de vous benir, vous et tous les membres de vos chères families, de donner la victoire aux vaillantes armées de l'Angleterre, de Russie, et de France et n'y avons nous pas le droit car vous et nous nous representons bien la civilisation, l'honneur et la vraie religion.
— from Round about Bar-le-Duc by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day