I do everything reg'lar.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Enthusiasm impels to the performance of great actions: the difficulty is in maintaining it constantly; and, when discouragement succeeds it, disorder easily results.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

And now, a few minutes later, she was announcing that he had every reason to be angry with her and hurt, and that she herself had been—the language was unusual, but it did express real penitence—a mean dog.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

por no ser indispensable para la buena inteligencia de esta relación.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Lo mio maestro allora in su la gota destra si volse in dietro, e riguardommi; poi disse:
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

This bond expires, I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still.
— from Old Wine and New: Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross

“And at this simple feast, The while they did regale, I drew each ragged capitalist Down on my left thumb nail.
— from Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton

"It is not important," Don Erminio remarked.
— from Kit Musgrave's Luck by Harold Bindloss

For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord."
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

By to-morrow night, I daresay, every rajah, prince, thakur, baron, fief, and lord in Rajputana, each with his 'tail,' horse and foot, will be camped down before the walls of Kuttarpur.
— from The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance

I might speak of the old church-tower, or of the church-yard beneath it, in which the village holds its dead, each resting-place marked by a simple stone, on which is inscribed the name and age of the sleeper, and a Scripture text beneath, in which live our hopes of immortality.
— from Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Alexander Smith