If you be a true lover, hence, and not a word; for here comes more company.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

In the letter to Crabb Robinson—"To the last he called me Charley.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

"But he is coming with us, he certainly must come with us," said the beauty; "we will find him a place, we must find him a place.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We should have considered more carefully our future plans, and debated concerning the spot where we should in future dwell.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

He conducted me cautiously and tenderly up the stairs, lighting the way and protecting me with friendly warnings, then pushed the door open and bowed me in and went his way, mumbling hearty things about my wonderful eye for points of a dog.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

In a word, this good lady, who was a merchant's widow in opulent circumstances, was inflamed with a longing desire to know and befriend the amiable stranger, who, after service, turning about to thank her for her civility, Madam Clement, with that frankness which is the result of true benevolence, told her, she was too much prepossessed in her favour to let slip this opportunity of craving her acquaintance, and of expressing her inclination to alleviate, if possible, that affliction which was manifest in her looks.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

oficial , m. , officer; a higher clerk; —— mayor , chief clerk.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

‘I’ll have it out of somebody, I tell you,’ said Squeers, his usual harsh crafty manner changed to open bullying ‘None of your whining vapourings here, Mr. Puppy, but be off to your kennel, for it’s past your bedtime! Come!
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

These poor lads have chosen me cap'n, after your desertion, sir”—laying a particular emphasis upon the word “desertion.”
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

There the ownership is clearly asserted; how can man claim it?
— from Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? by Isaac Allen

[Pg 247] Having heard and marvelled at this display of eloquence, the Raja inquired, ‘Whence hath your holiness come?’ ‘My country,’ replied Muldev, ‘is on the northern side of the great mother Ganges, and there too my dwelling is.
— from Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In the preceding volume we have abundant proofs how completely master Cromwell was of the royalist schemes.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3 by Henry Hallam

Terence rose from his chair, more colorless than ever, the knuckles of one hand resting upon the table.
— from Black Jack by Max Brand

But the cunning and suspicious nature of which we spoke,—he who has committed many crimes, and fancies himself to be a master in wickedness, when he is amongst his fellows, is wonderful in the precautions which he takes, because he judges of them by himself: but when he gets into the company of men of virtue, who have the experience of age, he appears to be a fool again, owing to his unseasonable suspicions; he cannot recognise an honest man, because he has no pattern of honesty in himself; at the same time, as the bad are more numerous than the good, and he meets with them oftener, he thinks himself, and is by others thought to be, rather wise than foolish.
— from The Republic by Plato

Nelson was deeply attached to Captain Parker, whom he calls “my child, for I found him in distress.”
— from The Boys' Nelson by Harold Wheeler

" She settled herself in her chair more comfortably.
— from Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy

He called me Canwick when Ben or anyone else was around, but the minute we were alone it was “Leona” this and “Leona” that.
— from A Maid and a Million Men the candid confessions of Leona Canwick, censored indiscreetly by James G. Dunton by James G. (James Gerald) Dunton

“Well, lead us to the ‘big hole,’ ” commanded Mrs. Craig laughingly.
— from The Slipper Point Mystery by Augusta Huiell Seaman

He continued my campaign of cleaning, and decorated the kalsomined walls with chromos that he bought at one penny apiece.
— from From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Alexander Irvine