So the friendship between Hiram and Solomon hereby increased more and more; and they swore to continue it for ever.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

[After a moment's silence, commands herself, and says:] Here is my hand upon it.
— from Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

But, inasmuch as one division of McPherson's corps (John E. Smith's) had already started, he instructed me to leave one of my divisions on the Big Black, and to get the other two ready to follow at once.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

After a time people will get used to his ways, and seeing that he does not change they will still make excuses for him and say, “He is made that way.”
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I ran to the house in Soho, and (to make assurance doubly sure) destroyed my papers; thence I set out through the lamplit streets, in the same divided ecstasy of mind, gloating on my crime, light-headedly devising others in the future, and yet still hastening and still hearkening in my wake for the steps of the avenger.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

And if there's blood on Richard's hand, A spotless hand is mine.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Almost at Deptford I ‘light and walked over to Half-way House, and so home, in my way being shown my cozen Patience’s house, which seems, at distance, a pretty house.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Mr. Tulkinghorn, comprehending it, inclines his head and says he is much obliged.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

You brought Mrs. Hilbrough to hear me, and Mrs. Hilbrough made me acquainted with Mrs. Van Horne, and she has invited me to give readings in her parlor.
— from The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston

But we have already seen how in many respects the evolution of Man was the opening of an entirely new chapter in the history of the universe.
— from The Destiny of Man, Viewed in the Light of His Origin by John Fiske

I could have caught her and saved her if my legs would only have moved.
— from Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

These adaptations in T. ornata have resulted, in a few instances, in unique habits and structures; however, in most instances the adaptations have produced slight but recognizable changes that are definable only by degree of difference from other species of box turtles.
— from Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

"All to once he grew calm, just as though nothin' had happened, and says he, 'I must have that or one jest like it.'
— from 'Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes

While teaching some horses tricks for Astley's, he showed his friends some sugar in his hand and said: "Here is my whip."
— from Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon