"O mother Ida, manyfountained Ida, Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

When you were arranging for your projected marriage in Moscow, I did not interfere with you—you know
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It is a crime,” she replied, “for me not to comply with my father’s wishes; but you must pardon me if my ideas differ from yours.” “Tell me what your ideas are,” said the King.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

From a copy in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society He had some ingenious men among his friends, who amus'd themselves by writing little pieces for this paper, which gain'd it credit and made it more in demand, and these gentlemen often visited us.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

The cool contempt of her manner irritated me into directly avowing that the purpose of my visit had not been answered yet.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Sir, we have a maid in Mytilene, I durst wager, Would win some words of him.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

This genealogical flight reminds one of the story of a negro servant, Deemers by name, who, hearing his Yankee master everlastingly talking of his ancestors, cut into the conversation one fine morning when waiting at table with the following: “Massa, an ancestor of mine is mentioned in de Bible; I heard de minister read out last Sunday a chapter about a coloured man—one nigger Deemers!”
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

The sugars (all starches are changed into sugar) are carried in the portal blood stream to the liver, where they are actually stored away in the form of glycogen which, in a most intelligent manner, is dealt out to the body from hour to hour as it is needed for fuel.
— from The Mother and Her Child by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler

"You see, that if my little one died by my fault, it was most unconscious on my part; it was most innocently, most ignorantly done.
— from The Tragedy of the Chain Pier Everyday Life Library No. 3 by Charlotte M. Brame

I didn’t feel much interested, mamma; it didn’t matter to me what Mr. Armadale said or did.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

" "You mean——" "I mean I do not know you.
— from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas

They came with a precipitancy that interfered immensely with any connected idea of the scenery, though momma, in my interest, did her best to form one.
— from A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Sara Jeannette Duncan

He has been of inestimable use to me in my intellectual development.
— from Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott

Changes to text: Chapter 6 - ‘mesoblastis’ to ‘mesoblast is’ ... mesoblast is divided ... Chapter 10 - ‘vescicle’ to ‘vesicle’ ... blastodermic vesicle ...
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

What was life, its meaning, its mystery, its destiny?
— from The Passion for Life by Joseph Hocking

But although it was understood that they must not go to their mother’s room before a certain hour, they peeped in at the door continually; and these morning inroads, made in defiance of the original compact, were delicious moments for all three.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac