I need to see, por mis ojos la verdad with my eyes, the reality, y el monstruo de liviandad this monster of depravity, a quien pude dar el ser.)
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

I tell you once more, you must endeavor to reëstablish your health as it was before—before they locked you up, you know.
— from Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable

“Well, O’Malley, is it a penitential psalm you’re singing, or is my friend Mike endeavoring to raise your spirits with a Galway sonata?” “A little bit of his own muse, Doctor, nothing more; but tell me, how goes it with the major,—is the poor fellow out of danger?” “Except from the excess of his appetite, I know of no risk he runs.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever

‘You’ll find me man enough to respect your wish, and to leave you to yourself—for ever and ever, if that’s all.
— from The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Thomas Hardy

"This conversation has carried us along another knot," said Jack, opening the log, which he had been appointed to keep; "and now, by your leave, I will read over some of my entries to refresh your memories as to our proceedings.
— from Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson Or, Adventures of an Emigrant Family Wrecked on an Unknown Coast of the Pacific Ocean by Adrien Paul

"No commission, sir," says I, "would please me better than leave to fight near your Majesty's person, and to serve you at my own charge till I am qualified by more experience to receive your commands."
— from Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Daniel Defoe

Allow me to dedicate the little volume to you, and believe me, ever to remain, Your obedient and faithful Servant, T. HANLY BALL.
— from Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 by Thomas Hanly Ball

I did so, that I might endeavour to render you and your family some service.
— from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Your natural disposition, my dear son, renders it proper for me earnestly to recommend you to attend to one thing at a time.
— from Ten Boys from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser