"You will find that the place is rough, sir," says Mr. Snagsby, walking deferentially in the road and leaving the narrow pavement to the lawyer; "and the party is very rough.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

“Poetry is rubbish!” said Smerdyakov curtly.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The princess thought everything delightful, and in spite of her established position in Russian society, she tried abroad to be like a European fashionable lady, which she was not—for the simple reason that she was a typical Russian gentlewoman; and so she was affected, which did not altogether suit her.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

"Peggy is right," she said, softly.
— from Peggy by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

In a large cage in this pond, I raised some snowy herons.
— from Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

In Germany, they say—once an army man always an army man; for though the pay is ridiculously small, social prestige and recognition are so great that the army is the most desirable vocation.
— from The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. Laut

Being attacked by Jonas, bishop of Orleans, and others, he defended himself with great ability; and in reply to the charge that he was seeking to establish a new sect, he answers, "I, who remain in the unity of the Church, and proclaim the truth, aim at forming no new sect; but, as far as lies in my power, I repress sects , schisms, superstitions, and heresies; I have combated, overthrown, and crushed them, and, by God's assistance, I shall not cease to do so to the utmost."
— from The Vaudois of Piedmont: A Visit to Their Valleys by J. N. (John Napper) Worsfold

May. — The mange has disappeared, but the palsy is returning; she staggers slightly, and droops behind.
— from The Dog by William Youatt

But when I asked if she were young and remarkably pretty I received so significant a “No sir!”
— from Glasses by Henry James