But her happy dreams of the handsome young Prince soon made her forget the poor Beast, and the only thing that at all disturbed her was to be constantly told to distrust appearances, to let her heart guide her, and not her eyes, and many other equally perplexing things, which, consider as she would, she could not understand.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

“You have hurt yourself, perhaps,” said Morrel.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“I suppose,” she went on, “that you have once or twice humbled your pride so much as to accept a ship when it was offered you.
— from The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman

"Hilda, you positively shock me!
— from A Woman's Burden: A Novel by Fergus Hume

His voice rose; “I am only the writer before this assembly, and will place before it whatever is desired; but it does not seem to me that it wishes to hear your proposal, Ser Marquis.
— from The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt

"I desire to have your promise," said Mrs. Western.
— from Kept in the Dark by Anthony Trollope

It was, in the first place, infinitely preferable in his eyes that his young parishioner should marry a Roman Catholic.
— from The Golden Lion of Granpere by Anthony Trollope

"I cannot see any harm in a knight accosting a lady gently and courteously; nor am I pleased to have you play such masteries before my lady.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 14 (of 15), King Arthur (2) by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Turning to Penloe, she said: "Now, Penloe, I do want to hear you play so much"; and when he rose to take his seat at the instrument curiosity reached its height in the minds of Mr. and Mrs. Herne as well as Stella, so eager were they to see his personality manifested in music.
— from A California Girl by Edward Eldridge