At this point the remainder of the guests interposed, and remonstrated with both parties on the impropriety of their conduct; on which Mr. Noddy begged to state that his father was quite as respectable as Mr. Gunter’s father; to which Mr. Gunter replied that his father was to the full as respectable as Mr. Noddy’s father, and that his father’s son was as good a man as Mr. Noddy, any day in the week.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

‘Then I hope his ghost will haunt you; and I hope Mr. Heathcliff will never get another tenant till the Grange is a ruin,’ she answered, sharply.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

( aside ) He's getting in a rage; Poor little Mimi!
— from Libretto: La Bohème by Luigi Illica

In New Guinea, for instance, where women hold a very independent position, "the girl is always regarded as the seducer.
— from The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

Oh, she got it, all right.
— from Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford

And yet ought we not to be aware of this, that every revelation of God involves a revelation about the creature, just as the earth is affected by every potency and virtue in the sun?
— from Memoranda Sacra by J. Rendel (James Rendel) Harris

"Very pale and sallow; about the middle height; genteel in appearance; respectably clad; and I should say about forty years of age."
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

"You sweet thing!" said the girl, impulsively, and, reaching up, they kissed.
— from The Mountain Girl by Payne Erskine

He had told his wife and family exactly where to go in a remote but conspicuous place on the ramparts of old Fort Monroe so that he could distinguish them easily with his glass.
— from With the Battle Fleet Cruise of the Sixteen Battleships of the United States Atlantic Fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate, December, 1907-May, 1908 by Franklin Matthews