"Many hillmen live in the Himalayas, yet possess no God-perception.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

But Amelia, looking up at her bed, over which hung the portraits of her husband and son, told her young protegee never, never, to speak on that subject again; that Major Dobbin had been her husband's dearest friend and her own and George's most kind and affectionate guardian; that she loved him as a brother—but that a woman who had been married to such an angel as that, and she pointed to the wall, could never think of any other union.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Take away your hand; you promised not to do it again.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

A note from the tax collector called forth this indignant answer from Miss Anthony: I have your polite note informing me that as publisher of The Revolution, I am indebted to the United States in the sum of $14.10 for the tax on monthly sales of that journal.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Charles Darnay had yesterday pleaded Not Guilty to an indictment denouncing him (with infinite jingle and jangle) for that he was a false traitor to our serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, prince, our Lord the King, by reason of his having, on divers occasions, and by divers means and ways, assisted Lewis, the French King, in his wars against our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth; that was to say, by coming and going, between the dominions of our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, and those of the said French Lewis, and wickedly, falsely, traitorously, and otherwise evil-adverbiously, revealing to the said French Lewis what forces our said serene, illustrious, excellent, and so forth, had in preparation to send to Canada and North America.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

You must send her your page; no remedy.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The words literally mean: ‘My kuleya (food left over), take it; I brought it to-day; have you perhaps no armshells?’
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

This is confirmed by the Spanish proverb: honra y provecho no caben en un saco (Honour and money are not to be found in the same purse).
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

Either his going had been again delayed, or he had yet procured no opportunity of seeing Miss Crawford alone, or he was too happy for letter-writing!
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

He is, indeed, a robber who has attacked you on the highway; he has stolen your money; but, by the mere fact of your not being able to resist him, and being forced to deliver to him your purse, now that he is possessed of it, you ought to respect this money as an inviolable property: such is your duty.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

“I will hear you preach next Sunday, sir.”
— from Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Complete by Gilbert Parker

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold, how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after Him.”— John xii.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods

"I must have your promise," Norah insisted.
— from The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie

They were big girls, it seems, too old to attend his instructions with the silence necessary; and however old age, and a long state of beggary, seem to have reduced his writing faculties to a state of imbecility, in those days, his language occasionally rose to the bold and figurative, for when he was in despair to stop their chattering, his ordinary phrase was, "Ladies, if you will not hold your peace, not all the powers in heaven can make you."
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

Amongst the attendants of the laird of Mackay was his youthful piper, named Roderick Mackay, a fine lad of seventeen summers.
— from Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations by John H. (John Henry) Dixon

"I will hear you preach next Sunday, sir."
— from Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 3 by Gilbert Parker

"The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing?
— from Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

I must have your promise not to mention it to a living creature."
— from Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy