How dare you, sir, come up before me and ask me to make an order!
— from Ulysses by James Joyce
What do you say? CLEINIAS: I assent.
— from Laws by Plato
Yes, that is how it should be, do you see, Cosette?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
What matches?" "Do you smoke cigars?"
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“I saw him pass by an hour ago,” “Did you so?” cried Strap, rubbing his hands, “Odd!
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett
What do you say, Cesario?—Good my lord,— VIOLA.
— from Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare
“Oh!” cried Aramis, “do you see, count?”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
and do you still cry: where, and how, & wherfore?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
“Put down your slate, Charles, and come to me.”
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous
—To dream you see cattle feeding, denotes great prosperity and unexpected success; to a lover it foretells a happy marriage, with many children, and to a man it shows that his wife will receive some unexpected legacy.
— from The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller Embracing full and correct rules of divination concerning dreams and visions, foretelling of future events, their scientific application to physiognomy, palmistry, moles, cards, &c.; together with the application and observance of talismen charms, spells and incantations. by A. H. Noe
Who do you suppose could have got it for me?"
— from Elizabeth, Her Folks by Barbara Kay
"What do you suppose could happen?" asked Mrs. Martin.
— from The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch; Or, Little Folks on Ponyback by Howard Roger Garis
“What do you say, Cynthia?”
— from The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete by William Dean Howells
she exclaimed; “bacon hams did you say, cher Capitaine?
— from The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
How many do you suppose could hold them up?
— from If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
When dey didn't let dem go in March, de Yankee sojers come in June and make dem let us go.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
“I beg your pardon, sir, I’m sure, for appearing to doubt your story,” cried the skipper, stretching forward his hand, which the other eagerly grasped.
— from The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
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