A young person can stand it; but an old man gets racked with rheumatism, and bent and withered before his time; yet he must just work on the same, or else go to the workhouse.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

To which Mr. Guppy retorts, "Who says so?"
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

With all this my good reader will doubtless agree; but much of it will probably seem too severe, when applied to the slanderer of books.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

A Viennese 'colorature' singer of the latest style—Madame Spatser Gentiluomo—who came to us from Hanover, and on whose services Marschner greatly relied, was rather taken with her part chiefly because it gave her the chance of showing 'brilliancy.'
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

"Sir," said Mr. Vholes, "to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

I thought it might get rusty with the rain, or catch cold, yer know.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Seeing that his most gracious ruler was calm once more, Michaud also grew calm, but was not immediately ready to reply to the Emperor’s direct and relevant question which required a direct answer.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Going on deck after breakfast, I was amazed to see floating down with the stream, a most gigantic raft, with some thirty or forty wooden houses upon it, and at least as many flag-masts, so that it looked like a nautical street.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Your lady-mother, my good Ronnay, will pour honey and sugar on you, I have no doubt of that.
— from A Sheaf of Bluebells by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

7:5] that is, her meditation glows red with
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther

He made Mrs. Grant remain with the Nurse, but either Miss Trelawny or I, generally both of us, remained with the wounded man.
— from The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

How many shake With all the fiercer tortures of the mind, Unbounded passion, madness, guilt, remorse; Whence tumbled headlong from the height of life.
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Howitt

St. Marc Girardin remarks, with no less piquancy of language than accuracy of observation, that "no country is judged with less favour than Austria; and none troubles herself less about misrepresentation.
— from Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by A. A. (Andrew Archibald) Paton

[103] Many were the pleasant literary households that gave a welcome to us, and in particular those of Mr. and Mrs. Craik, of Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson, whose beautiful daughters Mary, the poetess, and Mabel, the novelist, I already knew; of Mr. and Mrs. Francillon, of Mrs. Augusta Webster, and of Dr. and Mrs. Garnett.
— from William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by His Wife Elizabeth A. Sharp by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Amelia) Sharp

I have also given expression to my great respect, which I think is shared by everyone who knows anything of it, for the United States Supreme Court.
— from The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson

Towards morning George returned, with Dr. Farnsworth and a nurse.
— from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis

I will deprive you of your feofs, and I will strip you of your wealth!--and then you may get rosy wines and rich meats where you can!"
— from Philip Augustus; or, The Brothers in Arms by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James