"I shall not be satisfied until I can manage both oars, and row you and Lucy," she said, looking very bright as she stepped out of the boat.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

"I wish you'd do me the favor to rouse yourself a little," she said sharply.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

"And now I will read you a little sketch of the life of Eli Whitney."
— from Stories of Invention, Told by Inventors and their Friends by Edward Everett Hale

How he goes round and round them with—'Will your worships excuse me if I read you a little sonnet, which I made one night on a certain occasion; for it appears to me, although indeed it be worth nothing, to have yet a certain something—a je ne scai quoi of pretty, and pleasing.'
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“My God, Bob, this will ruin you and Lady Saxondale!”
— from Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon

In sending this to the editor of a famous [Pg 134] magazine his secretary carelessly slipped in the wrong letter: " Dear Mr. Editor ," it ran, "I am trying to rite you a littel story, I do hope you will like my little storey, I want to tell you about my kanary and my pussy cat, it's name is Peggy and it has seven kitens, have you any kitens, I will give you one if you print my story, "Your loving little friend, " Flossie ."
— from Mr. Punch in Bohemia by Various

"Right ye are, lad," said Barringford.
— from Marching on Niagara; Or, The Soldier Boys of the Old Frontier by Edward Stratemeyer

“He hasn’t ruined you, Aunt Louisa,” said Otto.
— from My Lady Nobody: A Novel by Maarten Maartens

"Right ye are, Long," said Brannigan, quite mollified.
— from Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

To which came the quick reply: "You are lost, Sire; I had the presentiment of it when I came: now, in going, I have the certainty.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose