Phileros had his say and Ganymedes exclaimed, “You gabble away about things that don’t concern heaven or earth: and none of you cares how the price of grain pinches.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

“One would think that as an artillery officer you would set a good example, yet here you are without your boots!
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Your tact and delicacy were proof against such indiscretion; but you know you meant it.” “I 'll tell you what I know: I know that I never saw a girl, except yourself, who liked to pain—aye, to torture—those who cared for her; who would infinitely rather indulge her mood of mockery than—than—” “Pray, finish.
— from The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

Here is a specimen which might still serve as a model for such announcements:— G entlemen , you are desired to take notice, That Mr. Theophilus Buckworth doth at his house on Mile-end Green make and expose to sale, for the publick good, those so famous Lozenges or Pectorals approved for the cure of Consumptions, Coughs, Catarrhs, Asthmas, Hoarness, Strongness of Breath, Colds in general, Diseases incident to the Lungs, and a sovoraign Antidote against the Plague, and all other contagious Diseases and obstructions of the Stomach: And for more convenience of the people, constantly leaveth them sealed up with his coat of arms on the papers, with Mr. Rich.
— from Curiosities of Civilization by Andrew Wynter

This young woman was at the agency last year," and he put up his hand, which was small and graceful even yet—the hand of an artist.
— from The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

A person whom you took for Sir Anthony Gyde entered your shop yesterday morning.
— from The Cottage on the Fells by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

[Pl_42] PLATE 42 Duval County, Fla., April 27, 1936 S. A. Grimes Eastern Yellow-Throated Warbler
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

To think that she, a girl eleven years old, should have attempted to teach her aged grandmother politeness, and in such an uncivil way, too!
— from Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way by Walter Aimwell

[Pl_43] PLATE 43 Duval County, Fla., May 1934 S. A. Grimes Duval County, Fla., May 2, 1931 S. A. Grimes Eastern Yellow-Throated Warbler and Nest
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

If we spin a good enough yarn, we can get passage all right.”
— from The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser by John Henry Goldfrap

And to set a good example, you personally ought to be hurled over that rock.
— from The Invasion of France in 1814 by Erckmann-Chatrian

The subject was originally taken up as a series of lectures in the extension course of the Catholic Summer School, as given each year in Lent and Advent at the Catholic Club, New York City.
— from The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh