My dear fellow, let us go in!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“Go on, go on, my dear fellow!” said d’Artagnan; “for upon my honor, you will kill me with your indifference.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

When I stepped on to Republican soil at Rorschach, I employed the first moments in writing a few lines home to tell of my safe arrival in Switzerland and my deliverance from all danger.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

materie delle forme da giustar intorno alle lettere, ed il modo di formarle di vetro ."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

‘My dear fellow!’ said Traddles.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

This makes it the more difficult for him to see how much his individuality enables him to will and to accomplish.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

One day I took the Mercure de France, and as I walked and read, I came to the following question proposed by the academy of Dijon, for the premium of the ensuing year, ‘Has the progress of sciences and arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals?’
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Slang at Babylon and Nineveh—Old English Slang—Slang in the time of Cromwell; and in the Court of Charles II.—Swift and Arbuthnot fond of Slang—The origin of “ Cabbage ”—“The Real Simon Pure”—Tom Brown and Ned Ward—Did Dr. Johnson compile a Slang Dictionary?—John Bee’s absurd etymology of Slang —The true origin of the term—Derived from the Gipseys—Burns and his fat friend, Grose—Slang used by all classes, High and Low—Slang in Parliament, and amongst our friends—New words not so reprehensible as old words burdened with strange meanings—The poor Foreigner’s perplexity—Long and windy Slang words—Vulgar corruptions 44–55 Fashionable Slang 58 Parliamentary Slang 60 Military and Dandy Slang 62 University Slang 64 Religious Slang 66 Legal Slang , or Slang amongst the Lawyers 70 Literary Slang , Punch on “Slang and Sanscrit” 71 Theatrical Slang , or Slang both before and behind the curtain 75 Civic Slang 77 Slang Terms for Money —Her Majesty’s coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms—Old Slang terms for money—The classical origin of Slang money terms—The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century 78–82 Shopkeepers’ Slang 82 Workmen’s Slang , or Slang in the workshop—Many Slang terms for money derived from operatives 83 Slang Apologies for Oaths , or sham exclamations for passion and temper—Slang swearing 85 Slang Terms for Drunkenness , and the graduated scale of fuddlement and intoxication 86 DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS ; many with their etymologies traced, together with illustrations, and references to authorities 89–249 Some Account of the Back Slang , the secret language of Costermongers—The principle of the Back Slang—Boys and girls soon acquire it—The Back Slang unknown to the Police—Costermongers’ terms for money—Arithmetic amongst the Costermongers 251–255 Glossary of Back Slang 257–262 Some Account of the Rhyming Slang , the secret language of Chaunters and Patterers—The origin of the Rhyming Slang—Spoken principally by Vagabond Poets, Patterers, and Cheap Jacks—Patterers “well up” in Street Slang—Curious Slang Letter from a Chaunter 263–268 Glossary of the Rhyming Slang 269–273 The Bibliography of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language , or a list of the books which have been consulted in the compilation of this work, comprising nearly every known treatise upon the subject 275–290 List of Abbreviations 291 Opinions of the Press upon the First Edition of this work—List of New Publications, &c. 293–300 THE HISTORY OF CANT,
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

As the social group grows more complex, involving a greater number of acquired skills which are dependent, either in fact or in the belief of the group, upon standard ideas deposited from past experience, the content of social life gets more definitely formulated for purposes of instruction.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

My dear Fanny—I shall be with you next Monday at the farthest.
— from Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats

For all the beauty that escaped This foolish brain, unsung, unshaped, {28} For wonder that was slow to move, Forgive me, Death, forgive me, Love.
— from Poems, 1908-1919 by John Drinkwater

Our very kindest love attends yourself, dear Mrs. C., and your family, and I remain, My dear Friend, Yours, ever sincerely, George Mortimer .
— from The Life and Letters of the Rev. George Mortimer, M.A. Rector of Thornhill, in the Diocese of Toronto, Canada West by John Armstrong

CHAPTER XIII BRAVE LITTLE SUNNY BOY Miss Davis, feeding the goldfish in the largest glass bowl, overheard what Oliver said to Helen.
— from Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Ramy Allison White

My dear fellow, the crooks that pick your pocket or break into your house are only amateurs.
— from The Sixty-First Second by Owen Johnson