So I was compelled to leave my Lord and his dinner and company, and with them to the Beare, and dined with them and their brothers, of which Hill had his and the other two of his, and mighty merry and very fine company they are, and I glad to see them.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

As for its seas, we have already made mention of them.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

I believe, dear John, that you believe that I believe that we have as much money as we require, and that we want for nothing.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

and here you have fallen upon me, and have almost murdered me, for doing no harm to a girl as willing as myself, only because she likes me better than you.”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Later on, it is often to their great harm that experience teaches them something else; for the discovery, that the instructors of their early years were the first to deceive them, is likely to have a more mischievous effect on their morality than if these persons had given them the first example of ingenuous truthfulness, by saying frankly: "The world is sunk in evil, and men are not what they ought to be; but be not misled thereby, and see that you do better."
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

An entertainment of many hues and many melodies where she was afraid she might appear small and mouse-colored.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

At a dinner-table the hostess observed that his youth was remarkable in so great a conqueror, whereat he replied, "Truly, madam, I am not very old at present—barely twenty-seven—but in less than twenty-four hours I shall count many more, for I shall have attained Milan" ( mille ans ).
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

“I beg your pardon, it is the literal truth: he asked me more than once, and was as stiff about urging his point as ever you could be.”
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Much that matters; I could have as many men as I like if I wanted to.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The matron, seeing my lady took an interest in the place, pointed out a girl to her, named Rosanna Spearman, and told her a most miserable story, which I haven’t the heart to repeat here; for I don’t like to be made wretched without any use, and no more do you.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Had it been "young Halifax and Miss March," I truly believe John could not have borne it.
— from John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

By the way, Maude, if I had as much money at my command as you have I'd fix up the parlor a little.
— from Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes

In leather jerkin stained and torn, Whose talk has filled my idle hour And made me half forget the shower, I'll do at least as much for you, Your coat I'll patch, your gilt renew, Read you,—perhaps,—some other time.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Although the porch was a foot high, and Miss Mattie a fairly tall woman, their eyes were almost on a level, as she looked at him in wonder.
— from Red Saunders: His Adventures West & East by Henry Wallace Phillips

But in you I seemed to see my mother's spirit; then pain vanished from my heart, and my mother seemed to be regarding me through your eyes.
— from Mohammed Ali and His House by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

I'd better leave you heah, an' make my way to Arden.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris

But let a man be “ploughing in the same field” of enterprise, or intelligent research; let the admired results of the labour of one but stand out on the sculptured tablet of fame in bold relief of the mere groundwork surface of the other explorers of like mysteries; or let the profitable fruits of the industry of one contrast with the sad failures or meagre successes of others engaged in the self-same species of enterprise, and then we shall find, more or less developed, among the many whose efforts have been overtopped and eclipsed, and among the multitudes, perhaps, associated relatively or interestedly with the mortified competitors, the feelings of envy and jealousy, sometimes of hatred and malice, most sadly conspicuous and dominant.
— from Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by William Scoresby

“He didn’t say a word about it yesterday though when I talked to him about Mrs. Myles.”
— from The Brownie Scouts and Their Tree House by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

His figure was fuller, and his appearance more manly.
— from Roger Kyffin's Ward by William Henry Giles Kingston