Let us give up sloppy sentimentality; enough of it!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Can you give us some specific examples of particular things that he talked with you about and advice that he might have asked you for?
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

'What do you want?' 'Well, it's just here, sir—me and my mates, we get up some sports every year on the green.
— from Christie, the King's Servant A Sequel to "Christie's Old Organ" by Walton, O. F., Mrs.

The lover hurried down the companion, while the Flora , which had rapidly got up steam, sped eastward.
— from The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang

The door was open, and, glancing up, she saw Eugene on the threshold.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

"For years already that feller has been getting up such strong evidence for an insanity defense, in the way of speeches to soldiers, y'understand, that he could feel absolutely safe in not only doing what he has been doing, but also what Doctor Waite and Harry Thaw did, too, because all that the counsel for the defense would got to do is to read the Kaiser's remarks at Koenigsburg, for instance, and five minutes after the jury had returned a verdict without leaving their seats, y'understand, the Kaiser would be on his way up to the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane."
— from Worrying Won't Win by Montague Glass

After moving for a time over rubble, several of the pieces of which came up to a man’s shoulders, they were greatly encouraged by coming to a grand paleocrystic floe, whose gently undulating surface stretched east, north, and south as far as the eye could reach.
— from Farthest North The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition by Charles Lanman

Does she go unwillingly, she suffers enough in going; goes she willingly, still she deserves not to suffer.——Why, thou cold whining Filmar, where is thy manhood?—Only the last stroke wanting, and that the easiest to accomplish, and thy scheme—thy darling scheme is—perfect.—Thy very valet claps the wings of exultation, and sings the song of triumph!
— from Secresy; or, Ruin on the Rock by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

"Dolores bent over him, his head in her lap, and hoped that he would recognize her; but he did not, in the gloom, until she spoke, entreating him for the sake of her love years ago to take her back to him.
— from Faithful Margaret: A Novel by Simpson, J. M., Mrs.

He counted greatly upon some sudden emotional stimulus, which would cause her to fall to him; and one came, though it had no such effect.
— from Rest Harrow: A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Hewlett