Ay, go she will, whatever comes on't; and methinks I know it by this: for that which was my great reason in persuading her to stay at home (that is, the troubles she was like to meet with in the way) is one great reason with her to put her forward on her journey.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

My gentle reader, I perceive How patiently you've waited,
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

It was now the time of the spring rains, and Ona had often to ride to her work, in spite of the expense; she was getting paler every day, and sometimes, in spite of her good resolutions, it pained her that Jurgis did not notice it.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

"In a good soil a coppice of this species will produce the greatest return in poles, hoops, and rods every five, six, seven, or eight years; and in middling soil, where it is grown chiefly for faggot-wood, it will produce the greatest return every three, four, or five years."
— from Miscellanea by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

A little while before this announcement was made, a story had gone the rounds of the papers of Germany, that a governess residing in Pesth had fainted away, when the account of Caspar Hauser's appearance was related to her.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

In their opinion they thought he was not to be relied upon, so I decided to stake my reputation, and began in my own way, feeling sure that I could get results, in preparing him for the Harvard and Princeton games.
— from Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William H. (William Hanford) Edwards

And yet, the American girls residing in Paris had, generally, I presume, made special preparations in the language.
— from Our Girls by Dio Lewis

Le fils in the Garde Republicaine in Paris has much of his mother's manner.
— from Round about Bar-le-Duc by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day

Giovanni recollected it perfectly, however, and had been familiar with it since ever he could remember, though how or where he had learned it he could not say.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 38, February, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

Still she did not lose a syllable of what was saying in the back office, and her lip curled scornfully when she heard Guy remark: “I pity her; she is so young, and evidently takes it so hard.
— from Aikenside by Mary Jane Holmes

My gentle Reader, I perceive How patiently you've waited,
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8) by William Wordsworth