And I look upon our father now as my enemy.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

His face expresses his profound respect for my famous name and my erudition, but I see in his eyes that he despises my voice, my pitiable figure, my nervous gestures.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This little circumstance affected me more than I can express; yet I endeavoured to rejoice at it, since neglect and indifference from him may be my best friends.-But, alas!-so suddenly, so abruptly to forfeit his attention!-to lose his friendship!-Oh, Sir, these thoughts pierced my soul!-scarce could I keep my seat; for not all my efforts could restrain the tears from trickling down my cheeks: however, as Lord Orville saw them not, for Sir Clement’s head was constantly between us, I tried to collect my spirits, and succeeded so far as to keep my place with decency, till Sir Clement took leave; and then, not daring to trust my eyes to meet those of Lord Orville, I retired.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

'I'll tell you more,' said Fagin, after he had reassured the girl, by dint of friendly nods and muttered encouragements.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Miss Harding made that round in a flat ninety against my eighty-two, and with the odds I had given her defeated me by five up and four to play.
— from John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams

But I find I'm like my father, Nettie; all my experience has been in the East and the China service.
— from Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer

She is burdened now with a constantly increasing national debt, her people are taxed for national and municipal expenses to the last cent they can bear, and there can be no doubt that she is relatively poorer and weaker to-day than she was during the last years of the Restoration.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

But I would express my obligations to the authorities in the India Office for the facilities now afforded me, especially by the Political Department, for tracing the subsequent history of those measures in the official records, and thus enabling me to estimate their permanent results.
— from Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter

so Syrian merchants and Syrian factories in the imperial period were to be found nearly as much everywhere as in the remote times of which Homer tells.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 2 by Theodor Mommsen

Yet it became necessary to forbid the passage of the sluices for nearly a month each year.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 by Various

Religious thought was drenched, so to speak, with false notions, and many, even of those who had escaped from persecution in the Old World, became persecutors in the New.
— from The Rogerenes: some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut by John R. (John Rogers) Bolles

Things went on for nearly a month, every one thriving but Clare.
— from A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald

Be a Farmer , not a mere earth-scraper, lazily scratching up sufficient earth to destroy the face of the soil, and throw seed away, or you will always have to scratch hard for a living.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale