But you have effaced this exclusive character of Parliament; you have determined that a communion with the Established Church shall no longer be part of the qualification for sitting in the House of Commons.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"And you wouldn't say either 'convert' or 'pervert' yourself, would you?"
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand

She declared that she would give me every chance of persuading you to side with me, and that she would not say a word of any kind to you to influence you until you and I had had an hour's private conference.
— from Sarita, the Carlist by Arthur W. Marchmont

Yes indeed! his name tells you he will pardon all kind of sins, and absolve all manner of guilty persons, but yet such as do condemn themselves, such as are guilty in their own conscience, and their mouths stopped before God,—you who do not enter into the serious examination of your ways, and do not arraign yourselves before God's tribunal daily till you find yourselves loathsome and desperate, and no refuge for you,—you who do flatter yourselves always in the hope of heaven, and put the fear of hell always from you,—I say, God will by no means, no prayers, no entreaties, clear or pardon you, because you come not to Jesus Christ, in whom is preached forgiveness and remission of sins.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

And though I had my weapons about me, young man, as has been my custom in every case of peril, yet, if such a rash person had plunged deep into the bowels of the supposed pasty, my sword and dagger could barely have served me to avenge, assuredly not to prevent, either of these catastrophes.”
— from Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott

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— from Baconian Essays by Smithson, E. W. (Edward Walter), active 19th century

The reason for the extraordinary length of haul on the Southern Pacific lay in the fact that the company served a rich community far removed from eastern centers of population, yet relying to a consider
— from Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific by Stuart Daggett