"Nay, my daughter," said she, "it is no shame, but a virtue, to long for such a thing as that."
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

"Listen, my dear," she said, "it is no use crying.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“My darling,” said she, “it is God’s will.”
— from Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

“My dear Sir,” said I, “I shall be happy to give you any information I can if you will ask one question at a time.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 19, 1920 by Various

“Yet I have my doubts, sir,” says I, “if you can be half as glad to see me as I am to see you.”
— from Doctor Marigold by Charles Dickens

"Lucy, my darling," she said, "is it really and truly as I think—as I wish:—Talbot loves you?"
— from Aurora Floyd, Vol. 2 Fifth Edition by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

"My dear," she said: "it is past six.
— from The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw

“‘No more paint and dyes for me, Davy,’ she struck in, ‘if only you will do what he wants you to do.
— from Within the Tides: Tales by Joseph Conrad

The resemblance to the well-known scene in the German child's book was perfect, and as the children shouted,— "Ein kohlpechrabenschwarzer Mohr, Die Sonne schien ihm ins gehirn,
— from Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley

"Why, Gracie, my dear," she said, "is it possible that you can sew no better than this?
— from Lily Norris' Enemy by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews