[497] First as to the name (says this learned man) Vossius , de Idolat.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

Because although I was not what he thought me, still he loved me very dearly, and it might remind him mournfully of what be believed he had lost.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Every one but myself—men, women, and children—were heavily armed, and at the tail of each chariot trotted a Martian hound, my own beast following closely behind ours; in fact, the faithful creature never left me voluntarily during the entire ten years I spent on Mars.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Poet: My limbs, my veins dilate, my theme is clear at last, Banner so broad advancing out of the night, I sing you haughty and resolute, I burst through where I waited long, too long, deafen'd and blinded, My hearing and tongue are come to me, (a little child taught me,) I hear from above O pennant of war your ironical call and demand, Insensate!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

la mer, vous devriez, sans hésiter, y sauter la tête la première.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Thierry, A.J. Notes sur le greffage du caféier, du cacaoyer et du muscadier et la maladie vermiculaire du caféier.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

I SCENE I.—LADY SNEERWELL'S House LADY SNEERWELL at her dressing table with LAPPET; MISS VERJUICE drinking chocolate LADY SNEERWELL.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Eva was highly pleased at seeing Ungka, and he seemed to fancy she was little Maria Van Deck, for he instantly ran up to her, and they very soon became great friends.
— from Mark Seaworth by William Henry Giles Kingston

Habsburg and Holstein; Northumberland, Vere, and Westmoreland; Fairfax and Stuart; Bourbon, Chatillon, and Lorraine; Bentivoglio, Farnese, Spinola, Grimaldi, Arragon, Toledo, Avila, Berlaymont, Bucquoy, Nassau, Orange, Solms—such were the historic names of a few only of the pupils or professors in that sanguinary high school, mingled with the plainer but well known patronymics of the Baxes, Meetkerkes, Van Loons, Marquettes, Van der Meers, and Barendrechts, whose bearers were fighting, as they long had fought, for all that men most dearly prize on earth, and not to win honour or to take doctors' degrees in blood.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1600-02 by John Lothrop Motley

He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick.
— from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

… ‘Los saquéos referidos van continuando, obligando á los mas vecinos de los lugares, á que se vayan huyendo de sus casas, dexando baldías sus haciendas de campo; y los cobradores no tienen lástima de todas estas miserias, y asolaciones, como si entráran en lugares de enemigos.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

I went with the Provost to dine at New Lodge (Mr. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister's), and found there the Dean of St. Paul's and Mrs. Milman, he most bright and animated, she "icily bland and coldly amiable as ever."
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

"Albert," she said, in a low, musical voice, "do you, indeed, love me as you say?"
— from Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg

The object of this letter, my very dear Martha, is merely to inform you I am well, and convey to you the expressions of my love.
— from The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences by Sarah N. (Sarah Nicholas) Randolph

W——, October 19, 19—. Dear Mamma:— Am so sorry that Miss Peabody has had to complain of me, but I do try to learn my very difficult lessons, and when I cannot do so I cry until my head aches.
— from The New Century Standard Letter-Writer Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc. by Alfred B. Chambers

Not for my own sake, but his; for I am his wife now and he loves me very dearly.
— from The Bondman: A New Saga by Caine, Hall, Sir