"Yes, we'll make it nicely," concluded Howell, as we went down the steps.
— from My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer

A man in no case has any liberty to tell lies.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Various

Her arms moved in narrowing circles, higher and higher above the basket lid, and the lid began to rise.
— from King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure by Talbot Mundy

Wherefore cheat Thy son so oft with images and lies? 478 Why may I not clasp hands, and talk without disguise?" LV .
— from The Æneid of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Virgil

"M-mine is Neale Crittenden," he answered.
— from Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Here one man is allowed eight feet long by eight broad, though no party, however many in number, can have a portion larger than sixteen feet long and the same in breadth.
— from Notes of a Gold Digger, and Gold Diggers' Guide by James Bonwick

You have my warrant for saying that money is no consideration; house and income are assured.
— from The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith

It may be difficult to extirpate drunkenness in our climate even with good wages, but it is certainly impossible with bad, for bad wages mean insufficient nourishment, comfortless house accommodation, and a want of that elasticity after work which enables men to find pleasure in any other form of enjoyment.
— from Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

As for me, I never can have anything to do either with free love or with a woman who has had a free lover.
— from The Love Chase by Felix Grendon