Maáyu untà ug madala nímu rung hápun, It would be nice if you could bring it this afternoon.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"I suppose," said the pedler, throwing back his whiplash to bring it down like a feather on the mare's flank, "you have not seen anything of old Mr. Higginbotham within a day or two?" "Yes," answered the toll-gatherer; "he passed the gate just before you drove up, and yonder he rides now, if you can see him through the dusk.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Now, if you cared to apply, Mr. Wilson, you would just walk in; but perhaps it would hardly be worth your while to put yourself out of the way for the sake of a few hundred pounds.’
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

The name if you call.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Let any one who, being at heart a lover of nature, is yet chained by duty to the dust and heat of this great metropolis—let any such one attempt, even during the weekdays, to slake his thirst for solitude amid the scenes of natural loveliness which immediately surround us.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

There are impertinent inquiries made: your rule is, to leave the inquirer uninformed on that matter; not, if you can help it, misinformed, but precisely as dark as he was!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

Nay, indeed, you cannot but know that the very Carthaginians have been conquered by us.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Never interlard your conversation with foreign words or phrases when you can possibly translate them into English; and the occasions when our mother tongue will not serve are extremely rare.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

‘Now, if you can unlace my back-plates a little, I’ll see what I can do towards curling up.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

I have seen, however, nothing in your conduct I have ever wished changed, except too little attention to your own interest and affairs.”
— from Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney

But my skilful friendship has found out an expedient to relieve you. Attend to me a moment; hear but the story of my misfortunes, and yours, Philintus , will be nothing, if you compare them with those of the loving and unhappy Abelard .
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

Now in your case, madam——” “Stop, doctor.
— from Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories by Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) Merrick

[Pg 115] I am not sure that Mr. Parlin was always glad to see grandpa Cheever, for they differed entirely in politics, and that was a worse thing then than it is now, if you can believe it.
— from Little Grandfather by Sophie May

Now, if you can fix things up so her father will accept me as a son-in-law, I will give you a dollar.
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

But do not imagine you can judge the city by the approaches.
— from Castilian Days by John Hay

'Nor I; ye can ask her, if ye like,' responded Teen calmly; then quite suddenly she dropped her mask of indifference, and, laying her thin, worn fingers on his arm, lifted her penetrating eyes swiftly to his uneasy face.
— from The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Annie S. Swan

However, before beginning to incorporate newsprint into your composting, reconsider the analyses of various types of compost broken out as a table in the previous chapter.
— from Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon

Well, I have not intercepted your confidence, and yet I know all that as well as you, and I have no conscientious scruples.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“Now, if you could only be as good as you’re purty,” exclaimed Kathleen, wheeling Will suddenly round before his tongue was quite in place again, “you’d do well enough.”
— from Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various