He replied, "God bless you, Blackwood; I shall never see you again.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

"Who is that?" said Nelson; and being informed, he replied, "God bless you, Hardy."
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

[drawing a little nearer to her.] — You've a power of rings, God bless you, and would there be any offence if I was asking are you single now? PEGEEN.
— from The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

“I did not tell your excellency this to deter you from your project,” replied Gaetano, “but you questioned me, and I have answered; that’s all.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

This quiet old rectory garden becomes you perfectly.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

“Madame,” replied Gondy, bowing, “your majesty is mistaken in qualifying my sincere advice as opposition.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Here, an I O U for a hundred and fifteen roubles, legally attested, and due for payment, has been brought us for recovery, given by you to the widow of the assessor Zarnitsyn, nine months ago, and paid over by the widow Zarnitsyn to one Mr. Tchebarov.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"—"Yes," replied Garrick; "but you forgot, you ungrateful dog, that I offered you more than its value, for you might have had two manuscript farces in its stead.
— from Club Life of London, Vol. 1 (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries by John Timbs

"God bless you, cousin!" said Rose; "God bless you—your object is attained.
— from Turns of Fortune, and Other Tales by Hall, S. C., Mrs.

Roxy, God bless you, give me a hand.
— from Greenacre Girls by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester

“I wouldn’t answer the question,” replied Geoffrey; “but you, being a doctor, ought to know all—so I tell you, yes.
— from The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn

What he wants is not your opinion, however respectfully given, but your facts.
— from Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale

"On the stairs," replied Gatton; "but you must extinguish it when we enter the room above."
— from The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer

While I was reprimanding him for his long absence, he coolly replied— “You are right, governor; but you see, after paying the last duties to poor Adrien, in order to drown the melancholy feeling of human existence, I got boosy enough to make all the wine-sellers, and even old Father Bacchus himself, turn pale.
— from Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions by Alexis Soyer

The words are often explained as a veiled yet severe rebuke, as though Elijah had meant to say with scorn, "Go back; perhaps you are not fit for the high call; you do not understand the significance of what I have done;" or, at any rate, "Go back; yet beware of being softly led away from the path of duty; for consider how deep is the meaning of what I have done to thee."
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar