Rome would throw open her gates and receive you as her deliverer; and the pope would owe his restoration to a heretic."
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

“Sir,” said D’Artagnan, “you will go and release your companion, who is guarding the coachman.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

I’ve heard that a girl always refuses you once—a sort of convention.”
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

He gave a reluctant ‘Yes.’ The disinterestedness of rulers.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

ou go back, whether right or wrong, I'll first give you a good bumping, and then go and report you to our master and mistress, and just tell them that it's you, and only you, who instigated Mr. Pao-yü!
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Give up this letter you have brought from Elba, and pass your word you will appear should you be required, and go and rejoin your friends.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

He gave a reluctant 'Yes.'
— from The Republic by Plato

Entirely relying on your characteristic tact and efficiency, we will only venture to express a desire that before you give any relief you make acquaintance with the details of the case on the spot, and also, which is very important, you should be careful that corn should be distributed only to those who are in genuine need, and not to the drunken, the idle, or the dishonest.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Go and read your lectures again, and then come.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This legend, it may be premised, is also familiar to both France and Germany, where its details differ but little from those here given: A respectable young Welshwoman of the working class, who lived with her parents, went one day to a hiring fair.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

“You see, you ain't got a reputation yet.”
— from The Night-Born by Jack London

[Pg. 308] The different shades are of considerable assistance to the connoisseur in estimating the age of a rug, for instance, robin's egg blue, golden brown, and tan were mostly in vogue during the 17th century, and during that period, green and lemon citron, greenish and reddish yellows were never employed.
— from The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs by G. Griffin (George Griffin) Lewis

All sorts of reports have got about respecting your cousin and your loss of fortune, and she was enchanted to get the whole truth from me.
— from A Crooked Path: A Novel by Mrs. Alexander

At the convent there had been a girl, a refractory young lady, who, finding herself ill at ease in her surroundings, essayed to elude them by way of a window which looked out, over the wall, on to the road.
— from The Coward Behind the Curtain by Richard Marsh

He had become, suddenly, a grave and reverent youth.
— from The Creators: A Comedy by May Sinclair

"Pray, Madame, pardon the length of this explanation, and believe me gratefully and respectfully yours, " RICHARD WAGNER ."
— from Wagner at Home by Judith Gautier

He looked at me frowningly, and when I showed my papers, only said: "Go and rejoin your company.
— from The Conscript: A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian