, complaints are brought me about you every day.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

But what else can such a cantankerous man as you expect? Dr. Stockmann.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

"I suppose, then, Murphy, you do not think I am capable of defending myself, and you either doubt my courage or the strength of my arm?"
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Eugène Sue

"I ought," she said stiffly, "to have thanked you for--for your good opinion of me, and your evident desire to be kind.
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel

"While Mr. Whitney must appreciate your eulogy, doctor," said he, suave yet with a certain iciness, "I think he will insist upon the trial of the only plan that offers.
— from The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips

“Pardon, Reivers,” he said softly, “I never thought of myself as your equal.” “Don’t whine now; it’s too late!
— from The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen

INDIFFERENCE TO CHASTITY Closely connected with modesty, and yet entirely distinct from it, is another and still stronger sentiment—the regard for chastity.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

“Mary dear,” said Fan, bending back her head so as to look into her friend's face, “you were very angry with me yesterday, but to-day—now you love me as much as you ever did.
— from Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

"Now tell me about your evening, Denis.
— from The Young O'Briens: Being an Account of Their Sojourn in London by Margaret Westrup

I believe you love that bank clerk as much as you ever did!”
— from The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright