Therefore, do as thy mind giveth thee—thou art a good damsel, a blessing, and a crown, and a song of rejoicing unto me and unto my house, and unto the people of my fathers.”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

We had almost finished dinner, when taking a step or two towards the table, from the corner where he kept watch upon us, or rather upon me, as I felt, he said to his master: ‘I beg your pardon, sir.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Here staid till 9 o’clock almost, and then took coach with so much love and kindnesse from my Lady Carteret, Lady Jemimah, and Lady Slaving, that it joys my heart, and when I consider the manner of my going hither, with a coach and four horses and servants and a woman with us, and coming hither being so much made of, and used with that state, and then going to Windsor and being shewn all that we were there, and had wherewith to give every body something for their pains, and then going home, and all in fine weather and no fears nor cares upon me, I do thinke myself obliged to thinke myself happy, and do look upon myself at this time in the happiest occasion a man can be, and whereas we take pains in expectation of future comfort and ease, I have taught myself to reflect upon myself at present as happy, and enjoy myself in that consideration, and not only please myself with thoughts of future wealth and forget the pleasure we at present enjoy.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In the mean time my own disease—for I have been told that I should call it by no other appellation—my own disease, then, grew rapidly upon me, and assumed finally a monomaniac character of a novel and extraordinary form—hourly and momently gaining vigor—and at length obtaining over me the most incomprehensible ascendancy.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The pronouns quis and quî , which we have learned in their interrogative and relative uses, may also be indefinite; and nearly all the other indefinite pronouns are compounds of quis or quî and declined almost like them.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

[ Son of Apollonius Dyscolus, lived in Rome under Marcus Aurelius.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Must a ben a raft uv ’m at it right along, all the time, amost.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

But she had never felt so strongly as now, the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable a marriage, nor ever been so fully aware of the evils arising from so ill-judged a direction of talents; talents which rightly used, might at least have preserved the respectability of his daughters, even if incapable of enlarging the mind of his wife.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Je me rappelle m'être réveillé un matin avec plus de 4.000 messages à télécharger.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Rely upon me, and be quiet; let me alone to deal with him.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Peggy and Bobby loathed the little Davenports, who were mild, pale, neat-looking little girls, so alike that each one seemed merely a copy of the next, a size smaller, and who always wore gloves, even in the garden, and never dreamed of tearing their pinafores, or using slang, and went on prim little walks with their governess, instead of scrambling over the fields; and, I grieve to say, that on the few occasions when they met, they had taken such a positive pleasure in leading their inoffensive companions into places which resulted in soiled dresses and dirty boots, that Mrs. Davenport discouraged the acquaintance as much as possible, never feeling easy even for the life and limbs of her progeny when they were in the society of 'those terrible young Vaughans,' and revenging herself by scathing remarks upon manners and deportment, which were extremely trying to the feelings of Aunt Helen, who naturally thought her children superior in every way to 'those mealy-faced little Davenports, who look as if they had not the strength or spirits to enjoy themselves, even if they were allowed to try.'
— from A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

And this equality is not to be understood to be limited to the bestowal of church rites upon men and women alike.
— from The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany

" "Eh?" "Yes; I feel that a public duty rests upon me, and, besides, I must do it for my own safety, unless I choose to allow myself to be hunted by this beast out of the college, and that would be a little too feeble.
— from Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life by Arthur Conan Doyle

That which is intended by ‘Revelation of God’ is the Tree of divine Truth that betokeneth none but Him, and it is this divine Tree that hath raised and will raise up Messengers, and hath revealed and will ever reveal Scriptures.
— from Selections From the Writings of the Báb by `Ali Muhammad Shirazi Bab

"My dear Isabel, reflect upon matrimony, and tell me who you ever saw perfectly free from care in that state?
— from The Manoeuvring Mother (vol. 1 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Practically the whole of the Grand Army—an effective force at the beginning of the campaign of 400,000 troops—crossed the river Niemen at different points, the troops with the Emperor near Kovno, those of Eugène and King Jerome at Pilony and Grodno respectively, the remainder under Macdonald at Tilsit.
— from The Story of Napoleon by Harold Wheeler

In the spring, all through Europe, they rounded up men and women whom they sent to Auschwitz.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various