“So,” said he with a furious glance at McMurdo, “you got here first, did you?
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

"The hospital would be one good; and making your life quite whole and well again would be another.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

'And I tell you, my deary,' said Mrs Boffin, 'that if you don't close with Mr Rokesmith now at once, and if you ever go a muddling yourself again with things never meant nor made for you, you'll have an apoplexy—besides iron-moulding your linen—and you'll break my heart.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

"Comin' and goin', an' may ye enjoy it," shouted the saturnine Alfred Brangwen, and the men roared by now boldly, and the women said, "Just hark, now!"
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

When they sat down to table, the King said, "I cannot give away my youngest daughter until the two eldest are married."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

“Should fate go against me, you will all understand that I shall die happy in the thought that my death will Page 178 end all your troubles.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

He said nothing, however, and his conduct greatly astonished me; yet I thought it prudent not to exacerbate the growing moodiness of his temper by any comment.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

I haven't got any mother, you know;" and Laurie poked the fire to hide a little twitching of the lips that he could not control.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

You have gone aboard, made your voyage, come to harbour.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

But just as Molly looked at her, she gave a mighty yawn.
— from The Teacup Club by Elisa Armstrong Bengough

He has a grudge against me, you know."
— from The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

For though the reporters of the words of God are many, yet there is one only that tells them what to write, even God, -268- who has deigned to unfold to us His will through the pens of many writers.
— from Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church

Ingrage kè guddee per bait jowoh" ("Long may you live, gentlefolk, and may your children's children seat themselves on the British throne").
— from Life and Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Railroads by Anna Harriette Leonowens

With respect to your question, how I set about getting a master: you are aware that humility is the base and foundation of all virtues, and that without it there are none.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In the original it reads thus: “Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led Thy captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts among men,— Yea, among the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell with them.”
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Ephesians by George G. (George Gillanders) Findlay

To-morrow at daybreak you come to the gate and make your report to me.
— from Gabriel: A Story of the Jews in Prague by S. (Salomon) Kohn

The quaint broken English of the old Acadian is shown in this extract relating to our little friend the grosbeak: “An’ mebbe you hear de grosbec Sittin’ above de nes’— An’ you see by de way he’s goin’ De ole man’s
— from Summer Provinces by the Sea A description of the Vacation Resources of Eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, in the territory served by the Canadian Government Railways by Prince Edward Island Railway