Besides, sir, your refusal wounds my pride; I must believe you think my offer unworthy your acceptance.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

you little know the misery of uniting your fortunes to such a man!’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Sir , I have, you may be sure, heard of your Irregularities without regard to my Observations upon you; but shall not treat you with so much Rigour as you deserve.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

"But mercy on us, young man, it will bite my nose.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

D'ye mind that day when in a bizz Wi' reekit duds, an' reestit gizz, Ye did present your smoutie phiz 'Mang better folk, An' sklented on the man of Uzz Your spitefu' joke? An' how ye gat him i' your thrall, An' brak him out o' house an hal', While scabs and botches did him gall, Wi' bitter claw; An' lows'd his ill-tongu'd wicked scaul', Was warst ava?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

And off they go and take the bridge, cross it, and now with their whole army are on this side of the Danube, marching on us, you, and your lines of communication.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

MAP OF ROUTE IN U. S. MAP OF UPPER YUKON BASIN. INDEX. Abbots, Secular, 242 Agricultural and grazing wealth of Colorado, 305 .
— from In to the Yukon by William Seymour Edwards

But I don't god ony more oats, und you moost dake vheat, eh?"
— from Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce

Then I took to mining, and now I've got a mine of my own, up yonder in the mountains.
— from Joe the Hotel Boy; Or, Winning out by Pluck by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

One of the most original, unexampled years and epochs; in several important respects, totally unlike any other!
— from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

Uncle Geoffrey thinks you ought to offer your services for the night, as that girl is no manner of use; you had better go up now."
— from Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

I have neither lent on usury, nor [31] have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me."
— from Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View by Calvin Elliott

‘Only,’ growled Sophy, in her hoarse boy’s voice, ‘Lucy said mamma said she would not call on Mrs. Osborn unless you ordered her, and when you did, she cried and flew into a tremendous passion.’
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

This will help you to become agile and sure-footed, to cover long distances in a short time, but it will not allow of much observation until your mind has become alert and your eyes trained to see quickly the things of the forests and plains, and to read their signs correctly.
— from On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard

"He may outwit us yet."
— from The Pursuit of the House-Boat by John Kendrick Bangs

There’s so many of them to pull, and they’ve got oars in plenty, they might overhaul us yet.”
— from The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid