I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think, I could only move and kiss and lick and touch.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

[330] One is crowned for that which another is tormented: Ille crucem sceleris precium tulit, hic diadema ; made a knight, a lord, an earl, a great duke, (as [331] Agrippa notes) for that which another should have hung in gibbets, as a terror to the rest,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“He's a good fellow, my man Monson, and knows a lot about horses.”
— from The Deluge by David Graham Phillips

The President may be, therefore, constituted grand inquisitor, he may also be made a king, and likewise a judge, for the good of the people.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress

Anyway, I've always wanted to meet a king, a lion and a millionaire and here's where I meet one of them.
— from Curlie Carson Listens In by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

And no wonder was that, for not only was the Maiden now grown so beauteous that she was the pearl of all beauty, but also she was merry and kind, and loving as might be.
— from The Sundering Flood by William Morris

“You can lock the doors after me, and know as little as you choose in the morning.
— from To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston

When you get to be my age, Kate, and live alone—and you might, dearie, if Mark should leave you—you will love these twilight hours, too.”
— from The Little Gray Lady 1909 by Francis Hopkinson Smith