Father Goriot’s affection was of the instinctive order, a canine affection raised to a sublime pitch; he had scented compassion in the air, and the kindly respect and youthful sympathy in the student’s heart.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
“K. Rhodes at your service, sir.”
— from The Treasure Trail: A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Marah Ellis Ryan
If you remember, I asked you if it was Kennington or Kennington Road, and you said——" "'Oo are you?"
— from Berry and Co. by Dornford Yates
You're a thief, Milton K. Rogers, and you stole money I lent you."
— from The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
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