The goddess of liberty leads you on!
— from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Besides, I haven’t the gift of language like you, old suffragette.”
— from Molly Brown's Junior Days by Nell Speed
No man could stand as I do—given up to despair: and yet go on living like you."
— from The Wizard's Son, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The game of love, look you, is very well.
— from House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Guy Thorne
"No, Grandma," replied Emily, "I tried very hard not to scream; I was determined to be quite still; and a good old lady like you, Grandma, held my hand, which was a great comfort.
— from Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls by Aunt Fanny
Do you like pine-apple rum?" is as much as to say, "Do you, though, really like pine-apple rum?" "Do you like pine-apple rum?" is tantamount to, "Can it be that a young gentleman (or lady) like you, can like pine-apple rum?" "Do you like pine-apple rum?" means, "Is it possible that instead of disliking, you are fond of pine-apple rum?" "Do 115 you like pine-apple rum?" is an enquiry as to whether you like that kind of rum in particular.
— from The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue by Percival Leigh
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