“And neither of them is for you?” finished Poirot.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Still more miserable if you had no one to intercede for you, to beseech God for the mercy you do not deserve.”
— from Leon Roch: A Romance, vol. 1 (of 2) by Benito Pérez Galdós

Barbara, you must take notice of this indigestion, for you are fond of cake."
— from Sister Teresa by George Moore

I don't think you are in need of the information for yourself."
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

From the fact that the number of translations increased from year to year we may infer that they found favor in the eyes of the readers.
— from Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 by Edward Ziegler Davis

I've nigh on trebled it for ye, what wi' good investments and interest accumulating.
— from Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

She has not written many novels, only three in five years, [Pg 104] an enviable record, and they were good novels, with faults that are not those of Mrs Barclay or of Mr Hall Caine.
— from A Novelist on Novels by Walter Lionel George

But when all is done, take care you do not lose the ring, and that no one takes it from you by cunning.’
— from The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Yf you will have this only to wash yor hands put in a little Venice soape but putt none of that in for youre face.”
— from The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

Something has told me, something in my breast here, Which I am sure is true, that if you keep it, If you will let no other take it from you, Terrible things I cannot bear to think of Must fall upon you.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various