And Mrs Roberts had made answer that he was not like a gentleman, nor yet like a common person; if it had not been that he and his wife were such decent, quiet people, she could almost have thought he was a mountebank, or something of that kind, for they had a great box in the cart, full of she did not know what.
— from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

And that God, who has been till now your Leader, and by whose goodwill I have myself been useful to you, will not put a period now to his providence over you, but as long as you desire to have him your Protector in your pursuits after virtue, so long will you enjoy his care over you.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Whereat they alle did laffe, but not ye Lady Alice, yt olde foolish bitche.
— from 1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain

[Pg 132] outlived all strong instincts, being transferred step by step to another environment—that is to say, to a land of young people, who have not yet lived at all.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Sí, por cierto, una novicia Yes, look, a novice nun, there, que esté para profesar.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

But, sweet creature, said he, tell me what is this lesson, which you never yet learnt, and which you are so afraid of learning?
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

She expected, however, she should thus get rid of the tailor, for the bear had never yet left any one alive who had fallen into his clutches.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Yes, a candle, but a candle not yet lighted, a candle which will never be light nor give light, till it is touched by a divine flame.
— from A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong

I have not yet lost all hope; and when I think of the regretful conviction that will force itself upon the mind of good Father Ignacio, that we were, after all, impostors, I cannot bear to reflect that I may die and visit the lost town of San Ildefonso no more.
— from Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner

( Library Journal , April, 1915, p. 227-32) Some Tendencies of American Thought Read before the New York Library Association at Squirrel Inn, Haines Falls, September 28, 1915.
— from A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore) Bostwick

Now you laugh at me!
— from Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest by Herbert Strang

The lady from New York looked amazed for a moment.
— from People of Destiny: Americans as I saw them at Home and Abroad by Philip Gibbs

Now you listen, Abby; all I want, is to do what honest business I can with this young woman.
— from An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

He walked forward to the pilot-house and reported to Dory the state of things, for the first pilot had not yet looked astern.
— from Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House by Oliver Optic

King Mahomet had not yet lost all hope of recovering Malacca, to which he now drew near; and having in vain attempted to succeed by force, had recourse to stratagem.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

“And now you look at me as if you thought that that wasn’t much to swear by.
— from March Hares by Harold Frederic

The New Yorker looked a little staggered and edged his way towards Jacob.
— from Jacob's Ladder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim