Now it appeared to him (Pumblechook) that if that capital were got into the business, through a sleeping partner, sir,—which sleeping partner would have nothing to do but walk in, by self or deputy, whenever he pleased, and examine the books,—and walk in twice a year and take his profits away in his pocket, to the tune of fifty per cent,—it appeared to him that that might be an opening for a young gentleman of spirit combined with property, which would be worthy of his attention.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

"And how," she said, leaning forward, "are you getting on with your Americana?"
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

At Paris, this is the highest praise for a young girl of a marriageable age: "There is so much that's sweet in her character, and she's as gentle as a lamb."
— from On Love by Stendhal

He married in 1798, at the age of forty, a young girl of eighteen, who in consequence of this disparity was unfaithful to him.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

“I am sorry to hear all this, as if peace is not made your situation will become worse, for as you go on your needs will become greater.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The health of Miss Anthony's mother was now so precarious that she did not dare go far from home and a course of lectures was arranged for her through Pennsylvania by Rachel Foster, a young girl of wealth and distinction, who was growing much interested in the cause of woman and very devoted to Miss Anthony personally.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

"By heaven!" cried Mr. Boythorn, who interested himself strongly in the subject—though I need not say that, for he could do nothing weakly; "I rejoice to find a young gentleman of spirit and gallantry devoting himself to that noble profession!
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Instead of the old hag we imagined she would be, we were agreeably surprised to find a young girl of very prepossessing appearance, who smiled pleasantly on us, shook hands and made signs.
— from Wild Life in the Land of the Giants: A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables

About this time, going out one winter morning, he found a young girl on the doorstep worn out with cold and hunger.
— from The Life of Mazzini by Bolton King

WHEN Olga went to her room that night in St. Petersburg, instead of going to bed, she unpacked from her valise a series of articles which seemed strange possessions for a young girl of not quite seventeen to travel with on her wedding journey.
— from Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith

The gears were in the middle and very worn, and the lever never lost an opportunity of slipping into first as you got out, and consequently the lorry tried to run over you when you cranked up!
— from Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington

He bore a name which described something clear, strong, full of force, and yet gentle of access, like water.
— from The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson

[83] "By no means, my dear sir," exclaimed that urbane individual, "however engrossed I might be in my mental or corporeal occupations, the respite, sir, from those labours, when it is occasioned by the honour of a visit from a young gentleman of your talent and abilities, is of too valuable a nature, sir, not to be gratefully seized by your humble servant.
— from Fern Vale; or, the Queensland Squatter. Volume 3 by Colin Munro

"'You ask for a young girl of a good family, who came from Rome, and who has been a fortnight in the convent?' "'I believe her to be the one I seek,' I replied.
— from Rule of the Monk; Or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

By that sort of charity you give yourself one of the greatest of earthly blessings, in the shape of La Fleur, and you get out a book which will certainly be a benefit to the world, and will, I believe, bring you fame and profit.
— from The Girl at Cobhurst by Frank Richard Stockton

'Does it not seem to you a rather—curious thing for a young girl of your age to go away with a young man of the age of Mr Ferdinand White?'
— from Orientations by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham