Do you suppose now, Ishmael, that the magnanimous God of heaven and earth—pagans and all included—can possibly be jealous of an insignificant bit of black wood?
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Yesterday morning every body rode out, except Mrs. Selwyn and myself; and we two sat for some time together in her room; but, as soon as I could, I quitted her, to saunter in the garden; for she diverts herself so unmercifully with rallying me, either upon my gravity, or concerning Lord
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

"Such things may be," repeats Mr. Guppy, "or they may not be.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

All the particulars of the fatal encounter, were once more gone over in the evidence.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good; Only give order for my funeral.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He strode to the door and said he must get out of this suffocating place for a moment and clear his brain in the fresh air so that he could determine what to do.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

“Tut! Tut!” said McGinty, getting off his barrel.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

He didn’t pretend to understand the logic of it; but the fact that she was his wife gave purpose and continuity to his scattered impulses, and a mysterious glow of consecration to his task.
— from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton

"I must go on and meet her.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

THE “ENTERPRISE” HULLING THE “BOXER” McCall gave orders to cease firing, and then through the smoke came a hoarse voice hailing the American brig.
— from Naval Actions of the War of 1812 by James Barnes

I hastened to pack up my clothes, reported myself ready to the second lieutenant, who went up for permission to man a boat, which was refused by Captain Hawkins, who said I might go on shore in a shore-boat.
— from Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat

The cardinal also takes this occasion to assure Monsieur Garnerin of his highest esteem."
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

[182] Platonic dialectic—the ladder, as Plato thinks, by which alone we can ascend into the entirely reasonable world (noętos topos)+ beginning with the boyish difficulties and crudities of Meno, for instance, is a process which may go on, at least with those gifted by nature and opportunity, as in the Perfect City,—may go on to the close of life, and, as Pythagorean theory suggests, perhaps does not end even then.
— from Plato and Platonism by Walter Pater

After the meal, Nalboon bade them a ceremonious farewell, and they were escorted to a series of five connecting rooms by the royal usher, escorted by an entire company of soldiers, who mounted guard outside the doors.
— from The Skylark of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

Lest reading them they also may guess of thine to me.
— from The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Lost, a Flowered silk Manto (Mantua) Gown of a sable and Gold Coulor, lined with Black, betwixt Arniseed Clere (St. Agnes le Clair) and the White Houses at Hogsden (Hoxton) on Wednesday last, the 19th instant, about 4 or 5 a clock in the Afternoon.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone