“And you say that you have made certain conditions on my behalf?”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

In so far as this is absent, the words are mere counters, capable of meaning, but not at the moment possessing it.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

Past the little Gothic church of San Ercolano, and a line of acacias with exquisite yellow-green foliage, the tender greys of the city seemed suddenly galvanised into vivacious colour, for Piazza Sopra Mura was thronged with merry chattering crowds of market buyers and sellers; many of the handsome peasant women standing or sitting behind their wares wore a necklace of coral beads.
— from Pictures in Umbria by Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid

The Reverend Mr. Murley, superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist circuit, called on Mr. Baines every week.
— from The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

Some disgusts, how adopted I know not, seemed to me to have given this peculiar and (as it appeared to me) contradictory cast of mind; but, at heart, I would have termed Byron a patrician on principle.
— from Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

[ms] The damp of the morning Clung chill on my brow .—[MS.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

At all events, she believed that to Miss Harper it was a matter of no very vital concernment whether she married Captain Cox or Mr. Bloxham; but that she was determined to have one or other.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 2, August 1852 by Various

[248] "Osea Island was purchased by a Mr. Charles Coe, of Maldon, but it is not known from whom, and it was still owned by him at the time of his death in 1786, and afterwards was conveyed to the Pigott family, who were evidently related to him, because on the south wall of St. Peter's Church at Maldon there is a mural monument to 'John Coe Pigott,' and dated March, 1802.
— from The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington by Guy Thorne

But could we only have remained together, without death to separate us or disturb our sweet contentment, until ineffable eternity, in such a case I had chosen for my constant companion only my brother.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

She threw the reverend gentleman into a box, gave him a smart shake, and then flung him out again, and lo! to the astonishment of all men, what went in Mr. Clark, came out Mr. Bisset of 341 Bourtie.
— from Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Hugh Miller