How I ran about making inquiries for you!
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What cruel maxims are we taught by a knowledge of the world!-But while my own reflections absorb me, I forget you are still in suspense.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

When I tell you that the noise I made is regarded as music in Fairview, you will realize more vividly than I can tell you that the community where I have grown up is not cultured.
— from The Story of a Country Town by E. W. (Edgar Watson) Howe

"Your father has returned, and may inquire for you."
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Then we'll put the letter and biscuit in that little box, tie it up, address it, and Lance Darby will run out to the road and mail it for you.
— from The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna; Or, The Crew That Won by Gertrude W. Morrison

I couldn't remember a meal in five years that tasted as good as that did.
— from One Way Out: A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by William Carleton

Am I not right, Andrew; and will you not forthwith take my receipt, and make it for yourself?
— from The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 19, November 7, 1840 by Various