And he stopped before her, in his unrest, monumentally pledged, yet still more massively immeasurable.
— from The Outcry by Henry James

Mr. Pole had uttered mysterious phrases: "You don't know what you've been doing:—You think the ship'll go on sailing without wind: You'll drive the horse till he drops," and such like; together with mutterings.
— from Sandra Belloni — Volume 1 by George Meredith

"I cannot see," he said, "what your business can be with my name; if it is my money that you want, any that I have upon my person you can take.--My good friend, you will oblige me by not holding my collar so tight; it gives me a feeling of strangulation, which, as you may perhaps some day know, is not very pleasant."
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Please you, All: Do not hurt us; Melissa: Please you, All: Let us be.
— from The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan

"And dare you meet your Maker with all your sins full blown—dare you hurry unprepared—" "Mr. Power, you came here to dine, and not to preach—Heaven knows you have time enough on Sunday—so you had better keep your sermons for those who will listen to them."
— from The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, Vol. 2 by Johannes Scotus

Mr. Pole had uttered mysterious phrases: “You don't know what you've been doing:—You think the ship'll go on sailing without wind: You'll drive the horse till he drops,” and such like; together with mutterings.
— from Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete by George Meredith

If you see me hold up my paddle you row ashore.
— from In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty