She, the gracious lady, yet no paines did spare To doe him ease, or doe him remedy: Many restoratives of vertues rare And costly cordialles she did apply, To mitigate his stubborne malady.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

Why, my good lord, you need not fear; There’s Douglas and Lord Mortimer.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The commonplace world doesn't grow fine gentlemen like you nowadays."
— from The Story of Bawn by Katharine Tynan

"I never saw a girl like you, Nan.
— from Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach; Or, Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Annie Roe Carr

The only wise God lead you now, when He hath brought you forth in public, so to act as if ye did see Jesus Christ by you, and beholding you.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford

In vain Lord St. Eval had wished a better understanding should exist between them, while Caroline was under the influence of Miss Grahame, it was impossible for her to associate in sympathy with Lady Gertrude Lyle; yet now that they mingled in the intimacy of home, now the true character of Caroline was apparent, that Lady Gertrude had time and opportunity to remark her devotion to her parents, more particularly to her mother, her affectionate kindness to her brothers and Emmeline and Ellen, her very many sterling virtues, which had previously been concealed, but which were discovered by the tributes of grateful affection constantly offered to her by the inhabitants of the village, by the testimony of Mr. Howard, the self-conquests of temper and inclination for the sake of others, which the penetrating eye of Lady Gertrude discovered, and, above all, the spirit of piety and meekness which now characterised her actions, all bade the sister of St. Eval reproach herself for condemning without sufficient evidence.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

But if we could get a gentleman like yourself——” “No, I’m not in politics,” said Major Welch, decisively.
— from Red Rock: A Chronicle of Reconstruction by Thomas Nelson Page

“A big girl like you never to knit a stocking! to think your mother should bring you up so!
— from Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

"Pray how happened it, Monsieur de Morseiul," demanded Ormesson, "that as you were going to Versailles, and the Chevalier overtook you going thither also; you did not ride on together, as would seem natural for two gentlemen like yourselves?" "Nay," replied the Count, smiling, "that I think is pressing the matter rather too far, Monsieur.
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James