And if certain circumstances should arise—you understand—in which you are in the least need, the least difficulty, send me one line, and you shall have by return whatever you require.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

In a carriage always give the back seat to the lady or ladies accompanying you.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Was your father in the same way of life as yourself?"
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

“Indeed I do not know what he is; he has three unlimited credits—one on me, one on Rothschild, one on Lafitte; and, you see,” he added carelessly, “he has given me the preference, by leaving a balance of 100,000 francs.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“But if you smoke, or if you are in the company of smokers, and are to wear your clothes in the presence of ladies afterwards, you must change them to smoke in.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

But at least you must have your own loaf and your own penn'orth.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

So strange to have lived to his time of life, and yet to be beginning like a boy this summer morning!
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

So I bring to the burial my tribute—a year of life, a year of constancy, my friend; symbol of an eternity I could have given you had I been worth it.”
— from The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

The others laughed; and yet they looked appreciation of Ruth Fielding's fantasy.
— from Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box by Alice B. Emerson

It was her own life, and yet seemed another’s, who was herself and yet some one else.
— from The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth by Jakob Wassermann

my dear love, would that I were alone with you in the open air, beneath the broad high arch of heaven, instead of here beneath this artificial one; would that we sat hand in hand in one of those quiet shady spots in your park, where I could pour into your ear the holy secrets of my heart and tell you sweet stories of our love, and you should listen to me with tranquil, reverent heart, and
— from The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Hall or Halle, Edward , English lawyer and historian, born in London; studied law at Gray's Inn; in 1540 he became one of the judges of the Sheriff's Court; his fame rests on his history "The Union of the Two Noble Families of Lancaster and Yorke," a work which sheds a flood of light on contemporary events, and is, moreover, a noble specimen of English prose (1499-1547).
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

It changes to a spinner, very similar to the metamorphosis of the blue dun (No. 2), only lighter and yellower, and should be so tied.
— from Superior Fishing Or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Our little agreement, yours and mine.
— from Thorley Weir by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

I wish, father, that we had taken his hand.” H2 anchor CHAPTER XI Several days after Norman of Torn's visit to the castle of Leicester, a young knight appeared before the Earl's gates demanding admittance to have speech with Simon de Montfort.
— from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Thus, to evade the penalty of law, and yet with malice aforethought to extend their evil intent, is the nice distinction by which [10] they endeavor to get their weighty stuff into the hands of gossip!
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy