In this king's reign they told me that, as the circulation of money was very slow, a law was made for the Egyptians that a man might have that money lent to him which he needed, by offering as security the dead body of his father; and there was added moreover to this law another, namely that he who lent the money should have a claim also to the whole of the sepulchral chamber belonging to him who received it, and that the man who offered that security should be subject to this penalty, if he refused to pay back the debt, namely that neither the man himself should be allowed to have burial, when he died, either in that family burial-place or in any other, nor should he be allowed to bury any of his kinsmen whom he lost by death.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

“I should like you always to give me ices, and you must let me have two more lights.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

My honourable lord, I will most humbly take my leave of you.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

By water with Mr. Hill towards my Lord’s lodging and so to my Lord.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

She did commend my yellow stockings of late, she did praise my leg being cross-gartered; and in this she manifests herself to my love, and with a kind of injunction, drives me to these habits of her liking.
— from Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare

Make me understand once for all that you are trifling with my happiness, that my life or death are nothing to you.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

M. de Bernis then told me that he had given a copy of my history to Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, and he promised to take the first opportunity of presenting me to this all-powerful lady.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Since she hath come to marriageable age, I have not yet found an occasion of marrying her to my liking, though I would gladly do it, rather than that another mischance like that of yesternight should betide me on her account.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

My Lord being gone, I took Mr. Hill to my Lord Chancellor’s new house that is building, and went with trouble up to the top of it, and there is there the noblest prospect that ever I saw in my life, Greenwich being nothing to it; and in every thing is a beautiful house, and most strongly built in every respect; and as if, as it hath, it had the Chancellor for its master.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

My Lord being gone, I took Mr. Hill to my Lord Chancellor's new house that is building, and went with trouble up to the top of it, and there is there the noblest prospect that ever I saw in my life, Greenwich being nothing to it; and in every thing is a beautiful house, and most strongly built in every respect; and as if, as it hath, it had the Chancellor for its master.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

By water with Mr. Hill towards my Lord's lodging and so to my Lord.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

I took Mr. Hill to my Lord Chancellor's new house that is building, and went with trouble up to the top of it, and there is the noblest prospect that ever I saw in my life, Greenwich being nothing to it; and in everything is a beautiful house, and most, strongly built in every respect; and as if, as it hath, it had the Chancellor for its master.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

I did not even ask for your hand, yet you might easily have given it to me, and I longed so much to hold it to my heart, to my lips.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

We may have too much light."
— from The Adventures of François Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master during the French Revolution by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

But let me say, first, how much I appreciate your extreme kindness in asking me here, through Miss Lys.
— from The Angel by Guy Thorne

Hilary saw that Major Clumps was going to play a very dangerous part; for many of the men had their muskets loaded, and recked not at whom they fired them.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

You may have thought me light and simple, and unworthy to attend upon the queen.
— from Spanish Papers by Washington Irving

But throughout all the year the children must be amused in some way, and so the toy shops are able to bring much happiness to my little friends.
— from A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum