And then she gave her the golden spinning-wheel, saying: “Perhaps you may find that you have a use for it.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

‘I never shall,’ said the Woman, ‘but if I say two words in your praise, you may sit by the fire in the Cave.’
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

I promise you my soul is very jocund
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Charles Hayter was the eldest of all the cousins, and a very amiable, pleasing young man, between whom and Henrietta there had been a considerable appearance of attachment previous to Captain Wentworth's introduction.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

Please you, madam.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Add to this, all ages, all sorts of faces, small, pale young men, and bronzed longshoremen.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Will’t please your mightiness to wash your hands?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

At present, you may buy your food, and nothing more.”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

,” said Don Pedro, humbly, “I am ready for any penance you may impose.”
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

“Then,” replied the priest, “you must live virtuously and abstain from all thoughts of this kind.”
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

By the same principle, your malice defeats itself; for your censure is too violent.
— from Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Hester Lynch Piozzi

If, for example, my intention is to write an essay, and I have before me ink and pens and several sheets of virgin paper, you may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I feel an overpowering desire for sleep, no matter what time of the day it is.
— from Papers from Lilliput by J. B. (John Boynton) Priestley

"Oh yes, it was, but please, Your Majesty, don't be angry with her.
— from Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy by Martha Trent

Within this fortnight I had been converted Into some pike; you might ha' cheapen'd me In Fish Street; I had made an ordinary, Perchance, at the Mermaid.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13 by Robert Dodsley

The generous crop of nutritious nuts which the Nut Pine yields makes it a favorite with Indians, bears, and squirrels.
— from The Mountains of California by John Muir

“So this,” he said, “is where you produce your masterpieces!
— from The Works of John Galsworthy An Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

"Perhaps you might compare quite favourably with them."
— from Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds by Martha Finley