Forgive me: I must speak of it.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

A man's first Care should be to avoid the Reproaches of his own Heart; his next, to escape the Censures of the World: If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise, there cannot be a greater Satisfaction to an honest Mind, than to see those Approbations which it gives it self seconded by the Applauses of the Publick: A Man is more sure of his Conduct, when the Verdict which he passes upon his own Behaviour is thus warranted and confirmed by the Opinion of all that know him.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Is a man in my state of nervous wretchedness capable of
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

After the same manner is made Syrups of Grapes, Oranges, Barberries, Cherries, Quinces, Lemons, Woodsorrel, Mulberries, Sorrel, English Currants, and other sour Juices.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

The meal was passed in commonplace talk of what he had been doing during the morning at the Abbey Mill, of the methods of bolting and the old-fashioned machinery, which he feared would not enlighten him greatly on modern improved methods, some of it seeming to have been in use ever since the days it ground for the monks in the adjoining conventual buildings—now a heap of ruins.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

My sister Madeline married Ira Morton, son of Silas Morton.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

Oh, fie, Sir Miles, I must speak one word more.
— from Lucretia — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

* MacCulloch pointed out that the syenite here, as in Raasay, was newer than the secondary rocks, and Mr. Geikie has since shown that there is a strong probability that this Plutonic rock may be of Miocene age, because a similar Syenite having a true granitic character in its crystallisation has modified the Tertiary volcanic rocks of Ben More, in Mull, some of which have undergone considerable metamorphism.
— from The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

It was determined that we should fulfil them, although contrary to the inclination of many, I may say of the greater part; but my condition was different from that of Captain Pedro Fernandez de Queiroz.
— from The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. by George Collingridge

“By-the-bye,” questioned the mandarin, “if you don’t mind increasing my stores of knowledge, who is this fellow Field?”
— from Comedies and Errors by Henry Harland

Nay, come hither, friend, and stand by me, and I will show thee a thing, that thou mayest know what manner of man is Mentor, son of Alcimus, to repay good deeds in the ranks of foemen.'
— from The Odyssey of Homer, Done into English Prose by Homer

Maybe the reason for that is not far to seek, for I could not tell what more I might see of Gerda when it ended.
— from A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler