Consider yourself as in your own house, and to put yourself still more at your ease, pray accompany me to the apartments of M. de Morcerf, he whom I wrote from Rome an account of the services you rendered me, and to whom I announced your promised visit, and I may say that both the count and countess anxiously desire to thank you in person.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“You are right, sir, but I thought it would make him laugh as well as it made madam and your excellency.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

She tried not to think of it any more, and yet every moment the recollection of the loss struck her painfully.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

"Mother, please tell me about your early life.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

“Well, now tell me about your exploits,” said he.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[This is a confused reference to the Saisunāga dynasty, which took its name from its founder, Sisunāga, and comprised roughly the present Patna and Gaya districts, its capital being Rājagriha; the modern Rājgīr-Sisunāga means ‘a young elephant,’ and has no connexion with Sheshnāg, the serpent king ( Vishnu Purana , 466 f.; Smith, EHI , 31).] 39 .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Like motes and shadows see them move awhile; Your ears unto your eyes I’ll reconcile.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

manifestait aux yeux, environné par l' essaim des Maroutes.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

"Ride to the camp, Goswin! and bring up your men; and you, Erwin, take this troop, and charge the enemy on the flank."
— from Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden

It is not so large as the common wood-louse, but whiter and more slender, having a red mouth and yellow eyes.
— from Insect Architecture by James Rennie

"I have always done so, my lord, since the first hour we met, and you expressed such a kind interest in a poor friendless orphan girl."
— from The World Before Them: A Novel. Volume 2 (of 3) by Susanna Moodie

You must accustom yourselves early, not only to feel for the misfortunes of others, but to do every thing that lies in your power to
— from The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror by M. (Arnaud) Berquin

[519] Thomas Booth, in Eccles Church in Lancashire, leaves [Pg 458] 100 marks to two chaplains for ten years in two chapels—five marks a year each.
— from Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts

"See here, supposing that, instead of sending me all you earn, you keep some of it to play with?
— from The Helpmate by May Sinclair

Your reasons make against you, Ellie."
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

I shall expect your answer with the utmost impatience; being, my dear brother, by friendship, as well as blood, most affectionately yours, E. Thoughtless .'
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

" "But I already love her, Toto!" "Then tell her you love her twice as much as you ever did before.
— from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

How your voices torture me, and your eyes and words and thoughts.
— from The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth by Jakob Wassermann