“Then in that case, thou and I together, old hunter, might make him see reason.”
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

His mother made him sit between us at table.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but as I do not choose to have generosity dictated to me, I shall not resolve on giving my cabinet to Anna till the first thought of it has been my own.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

"I'll unfasten you in one moment, miss," he said, with new-born gallantry.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Modern medicine has seen the mistake.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

The next morning waking pretty early, after a night's perfect rest and composure, it was not without some dread and uneasiness that I thought of what innovation that tender soft system of mine might have sustained, from the shock of a machine so sized for its destruction.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Besides coming every Saturday or Sunday and remaining with us until Monday morning, he sometimes rode out on horseback unexpectedly and passed the evening with us and rode back again early next day.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

"You're in a great hurry to get rid of your son-in-law, I think, Mr. Maldon," he said, gravely.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Mr. Malahin,” he says, addressing the old man, “what do you say: is this imitation beaver or real?”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

She knew Prince Andrew was in the same yard as themselves and in a part of the hut across the passage; but this dreadful incessant moaning made her sob.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

"Never mind; make haste!" said Maggie, giving a little stamp with her foot.
— from Tom and Maggie Tulliver by George Eliot

at the good places, and making him scratch out every bit of brag about him, and all the hifalutin; and then he made them trot out the choir, so’s he could help them pick out the tunes for the occasion, and he got them to sing ‘Pop Goes the Weasel,’ because he’d always liked that tune when he was downhearted, and solemn music made him sad; and when they sung that with tears in their eyes (because they all loved him), and his relations grieving around, he just laid there as happy as a bug, and trying to beat time and showing all over how much he enjoyed it; and presently he got worked up and excited, and tried to join in, for, mind you, he was pretty proud of his abilities in the singing line; but the first time he opened his mouth and was just going to spread himself his breath took a walk.
— from Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain

O there's music in the name, That, soft'ning me to infant tenderness, Makes my heart spring like the first leaps of life!
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson

In conjunction with Mr. Gzowski, Mr. Macpherson has since engaged in the construction
— from The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4) by John Charles Dent

"Well, y-you 'll excuse me, M-Miss," he stuttered in an excess of embarrassment, yet plunging straight ahead with manly determination to have it out.
— from Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West by Randall Parrish

The rational theory on this occasion was that one of the maids must have stolen out to join in the Christmas entertainment at the Winslow Arms, and been pursued home by some tipsy revellers; but this explanation was not productive of goodwill between the mother and daughter-in-law, since mamma had from the first so entirely suspected Selina’s smart nurse as actually to have gone straight to the nursery on the plea of seeing whether the baby had been frightened.
— from Chantry House by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Their answer was, that they were come to informe him of the treason which Perhennis had deuised to his destruction, that he might make his son emperor.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison