I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give; Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

M. Grimm recently said to me, "What am I to write to your father?
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When the engagement was for home, some of the officers always made part of it—of which officers Mr. Wickham was sure to be one; and on these occasions, Mrs. Gardiner, rendered suspicious by Elizabeth's warm commendation, narrowly observed them both.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

But at the same time she knew how easy it is, with the freedom of manners of today, to turn a girl’s head, and how lightly men generally regard such a crime.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Modern Germany represents such an enormous store of inherited and acquired capacity, that for some time it might spend this accumulated treasure even with some prodigality.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The scarab, which is a very small one, Leo had insisted upon having set in a massive gold ring, such as is generally used for signets, and it was this very ring that I now picked up.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

A small museum dealing with popular local natural history subjects is maintained throughout July and August at Many Glacier Ranger Station.
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior

Sophy could see the rector standing by the grave, the mourners gathered round; she could faintly distinguish the solemn words with which ashes were committed to ashes, and dust to dust.
— from The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

There is certainly no more gentle, reposeful scene than this; so secluded from the dust and whirl of cities and thoroughfares, and yet so near to ancient homes, so sweet and life-giving in its service to them, so often and so eagerly sought at all seasons and by men of all conditions.
— from Under the Trees and Elsewhere by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Mr. Morley goes on to tell of a kindly institution dubbed "the Farm House" (strange name in such surroundings!), where, owing to Mr. G. R. Sims and the "Referee," six or seven hundred hungry school-children are, like the sparrows and sea-gulls, fed daily during the long winter: "The Farm House" (he says), "is a strange mansion to find in the heart of the Marshalsea—just over the way is the site of the famous prison.
— from Highways and Byways in London by Emily Constance Baird Cook

"But you might go rather slow, I think.
— from In and Out by Edgar Franklin

Only this we know, all things are possible to him which are impossible to us, and if the Spirit work to sanctify the rod, a more gentle rod shall work more effectually; his word shall do as much as his rod.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

“All o’ thet, Mister Gerald,” replied Stump, motioning Maurice outside the hut, and speaking to him in a whisper, so as not to be overheard by Phelim.
— from The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas by Mayne Reid

She looked at him with a glance of the deepest affection; and the blissfulness of heaven and the most glowing rapture soared jubilantly forth in ins song, as had been the case on the night when he vanquished the Evil Thing.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

"Now they give out that I killed him." "Mighty good riddance!" shouted another voice.
— from The MS. in a Red Box by John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton