“Oh, you may even see her if you like, my dear Mr. O’Reilly.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

The first time of my ever seeing him in Hertfordshire, you must know, was at a ball—and at this ball, what do you think he did?
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The tragic man says yea even to the most excruciating suffering: he is sufficiently strong, rich, and capable of deifying, to be able to do this; the Christian denies even the happy lots on earth: he is weak, poor, and disinherited enough to suffer from life in any form.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Make your mind easy,” said he in abrupt sentences while sealing his letter.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

And just in time thou com'st to have a view Of his great power; for now the Parthian King In Ctesiphon hath gather'd all his Host 300 Against the Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana; to her aid He marches now in hast; see, though from far, His thousands, in what martial equipage They issue forth, Steel Bows, and Shafts their arms Of equal dread in flight, or in pursuit; All Horsemen, in which fight they most excel; See how in warlike muster they appear, In Rhombs and wedges, and half moons, and wings.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

And in like manner she deceived Apollo too who longed to wed her, and besides them the river Halys, and no man ever subdued her in love's embrace.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

On his arrival at the Unicorn Precipice he was much enraptured with the beautiful scenery, the colours, flowers, trees, bridges, birds, deer, apes, blue lions, white elephants, etc., all of which seemed to make earth surpass Heaven in loveliness.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

You may easily suppose how I, who was already overwhelmed with distress, could bear this aggravation of misfortune and disgrace: I, who had always maintained the reputation of loyalty, which was acquired at the hazard of my life, and the expense of my blood.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

In my extreme spiritual hunger, I will feed on thee, the repairer of mankind.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 7. July by Alban Butler

"I've never been so close to an aeroplane before, and I tell you, Hugh, I can mighty easily see how it makes a fellow wild to embark in the business."
— from The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron by Robert Shaler

My Emily, said he, [I do love he should call me his Emily!—But all the world is his Emily, I think,] Let me see what you will do with these two notes; giving me two bank-notes of 25£. each.—Present pin-money and cash may be wanted.
— from The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson

“I know it,” returned Omar impatiently, “but I also know that my enemy, Sidi Hassan, is more than usually on the alert just now; I think it well to delay for a time.
— from The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

I said to myself, “Every system has its insoluble problems, for the finite mind of man is too small to deal with them; these difficulties are therefore no final arguments, against any system.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

'If we were to accept a lamb from a rich neighbour on my estate,' said he, 'I am afraid we should mortify many of our poor tenants, who can have little to offer, though, perhaps, they may bear us thorough good-will notwithstanding.'
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth