‘You set me at defiance, do you?’ said Ralph.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Environ you, till mischief and despair Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Old men and dull dispirited young ones who looked at her, after being in her company and talking to her a little while, felt as if they too were becoming, like her, full of life and health.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

De angels is gwine to ’mire you jist as much as dey does yo’ mammy.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

Your—your weekly remittances to me are doubtless depriving you of—” “They are my chief pleasure, dad,” Tommy interrupted, very kindly.
— from The Last Penny by Edwin Lefevre

you must watch this man; and, driver, do you stand at the gate and keep it open.”
— from The Living Link: A Novel by James De Mille

"How many miles a day do you walk?"
— from Little Susy's Little Servants by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss

“I understand,” whispered the latter with deep sympathy; “but you don’t think it makes any difference, do you?”
— from Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer

You call me a disappointment, do you?
— from Overruled by Bernard Shaw

" "How much," asked Dryfoos, "do you expect to get out of it the first year, if it keeps the start it's got?" "Comes right down to business, every time!" said Fulkerson, referring the characteristic to March with a delighted glance.
— from A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete by William Dean Howells