for you are a young lady of deep reflection I know, and read great books, and make extracts."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

If you know a really great man, a neighbor of yours, you can go right up to him and say, "How are you, Jim, good morning, Sam."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

“Just here, three houses away,” he said eagerly, “the house belongs to Kozel, a rich German.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What best may profit or delight they know, And real good, for fancied bliss, bestow; With eyes of pity, they our frailties scan, More dear to them, than to himself, is man;” for to require of him honours and commands, is to require ‘that he may throw you into a battle, set you upon a cast at dice, or something of the like nature, whereof the issue is to you unknown, and the fruit doubtful.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Nangagáwun ang ákung singsing nga narimáti kay aku ra gihápuy nakapalit sa pagsubasta,
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I made it very flowery and poetical and Bertram went on his knees, although Ruby Gillis says it isn’t done nowadays.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

That in all natures, of every kind and rank, God is glorified.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

But those who know a really good woman are aware that she is not in a hurry to forgive, and that the humiliation of an enemy is a triumph to her soul.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Last, along the cross, William, and Renard, and Duke Godfrey drew My ken, and Robert Guiscard.
— from The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, Complete by Dante Alighieri

For the rest, he wore drab breeches, with certain strings at the knee, a rather gay waistcoat, and tolerably white shirt; under his arm he bore a mighty whip of whalebone with a brass knob, and upon his head was a hat without either top or brim.
— from Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Borrow

Now they are more objects of curiosity, though still useful when large teams of horses are kept and require grain.
— from The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Richard Jefferies

"After this we must keep a regular guard," announced Dick.
— from The Rover Boys on Land and Sea: The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Edward Stratemeyer

"H'm, I guess I know about knots," and Rod gave his head a superior toss.
— from Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

When a theological student, more honest than intelligent, killed a Russian government spy who was operating in Germany, the [380] universities were placed under police-supervision and professors were jailed or dismissed without any form of trial.
— from The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Madame Phoebus knew a Russian grand-duchess who had boasted to her that she had been both to Jerusalem and Torquay, and Madame Phoebus had felt quite ashamed that she had been to neither.
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The Dalai Lama is said to be so fond of dogs that whoever brings him a strong hound is treated very kindly and receives great rewards.
— from Three Years in Tibet by Ekai Kawaguchi