‘What did my uncle say?’ ‘He said he would not interfere in the matter; if you liked to accept Mr. Boarham’s obliging offer, you—’ ‘Did he say obliging offer?’ ‘No; he said if you liked to take him you might; and if not, you might please yourself.’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

My uncle said he was very sorry he had forgotten.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

As he handed me up stairs, he scolded his servant aloud, and very angrily, for having gone so much out of the way.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances; Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For suff'rance is the badge of all our tribe; You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I saw in this, wretched though it made me, and bitter the sense of dependence and even of degradation that it awakened,—I saw in this that Estella was set to wreak Miss Havisham's revenge on men, and that she was not to be given to me until she had gratified it for a term.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

O it was a pleasure to see the sable younkers lick in the unctuous meat, with his more unctuous sayings—how he would fit the tit bits to the puny mouths, reserving the lengthier links for the seniors—how he would intercept a morsel even in the jaws of some young desperado, declaring it "must to the pan again to be browned, for it was not fit for a gentleman's eating"—how he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing-crust, to a tender juvenile, advising them all to have a care of cracking their teeth, which were their best patrimony,—how genteelly he would deal about the small ale, as if it were wine, naming the brewer, and protesting, if it were not good, he should lose their custom; with a special recommendation to wipe the lip before drinking.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

It occurs to me, by the way, that when my teacher was training my unreclaimed spirit, her struggle against the powers of darkness, with the stout arm of discipline and the light of the manual alphabet, was in two senses a hand-to-hand conflict.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances; Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For suff'rance is the badge of all our tribe; You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

“Her style was anything but clear, And most unpleasantly severe; Her epithets were very queer.
— from Rhyme? And Reason? by Lewis Carroll

He was n't ill, was he, when he sent off that despatch to me?” “No, sir; he was in court to-day, and he dined at the Castle, and was in excellent spirits before he went out.” “Has anything gone wrong, then, that he wanted me up so hurriedly?” “Well, sir, it ain't so easy to say, his Lordship excites himself so readily; and mayhap he had words with some of the judges,—mayhap with his Excellency, for they 're always at him about resigning, little knowing that if they 'd only let him alone he 'd go of himself, but if they press him he 'll stay on these twenty years.”
— from Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

Then she asked what made us so hoarse?
— from Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

" "Then I defy you," retorts Miss Massereene, who, having manœuvred until she has placed a good distance between herself and the foe, now turns, and flies through the trees, making very successful running for the open beyond.
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess

These make us say 'heavy,' 'sad,' 'pleasant,' 'easy.'
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various