Before leaving this subject, it will be well to remind our more youthful readers that the ear is delicately as well as wonderfully made, and must be treated with respect.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

King Olaf called before him the men who had come from Iceland, Thorod Snorrason, Geller Thorkelson, Stein Skaptason, and Egil Halson, and spoke to them thus:—"Ye have spoken to me much in summer about making yourselves ready to return to Iceland, and I have never given you a distinct answer.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

the fact that apparently dead and even seasoned timber may yet retain the soul which animated it during its lifetime.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

83 In the close of evening, the barons checked their troops, and fortified their stations: They were awed by the extent and populousness of the capital, which might yet require the labor of a month, if the churches and palaces were conscious of their internal strength.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But as this latter conclusion is contrary to evident experience, and as it is possible we may have a like experience in the operations of the mind, and may perceive a constant conjunction of thought and motion; you reason too hastily, when from the mere consideration of the ideas, you conclude that it is impossible motion can ever produce thought, or a different position of parts give rise to a different passion or reflection.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Not one stray word or phrase to make you realize that it was a private conversation?”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The chief yet doubts, or to the shades below To fell the giant at one vengeful blow, Or save his life, and soon his life to save The king resolves, for mercy sways the brave That instant Irus his huge arm extends, Full on his shoulder the rude weight descends; The sage Ulysses, fearful to disclose The hero latent in the man of woes, Check'd half his might; yet rising to the stroke, His jawbone dash'd, the crashing jawbone broke: Down dropp'd he stupid from the stunning wound; His feet extended quivering, beat the ground; His mouth and nostrils spout a purple flood; His teeth, all shatter'd, rush inmix'd with blood.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

"And then you thought of me, you ran to me, you would not fly without me.
— from The Regent's Daughter by Alexandre Dumas

The moment you receive this let me see you;—I shall not stir out; nor shall anybody be let in but yourself.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

A weariness which leads you to no other desire but that of lying quite still with your eyes closed, which makes you regard the simple act of combing out your own hair as tantamount to one of the Herculean labours.
— from Dimbie and I—and Amelia by Mabel Barnes-Grundy

We'll make you regret the day you were born before we are through with you."
— from The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely

I know of several kinds, for instance, there are snow balls, foot balls, rubber balls, rifle balls, base balls, cartridge balls, cannon balls, basket balls, croquet balls, Ping Pong balls, pool balls, fish balls, billiard balls, tennis balls, bowling balls, camphor balls, and some policeman bawls, and if you miss hearing me bawl you will want to eat some raw dough balls to make you remember to go to our ball next year, sir.”
— from Letters of the Motor Girl by Ethellyn Gardner

“Nobody need trouble themselves about your appearance unless they want to ask my permission to marry you,” replied the steward with a growl.
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

“In marrying me, you run the risk of being poor.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

She struck a mine; you remember that?" I affected to try to remember, stared round the room, and then helplessly at him and gestured feebly.
— from The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. Marchmont

[With a change of tactics] And to tell the truth, it would only make you ridiculous to like it.
— from Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by August Strindberg