If the liver be stopped, the face will swell, and you shall be as sure to have a pain in your right side, as though you had it there already.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

A sample: a youth staked out a claim and tried to sell half for L5; no takers; he stuck to it fourteen days, starving, then struck it rich and sold out for L10,000. . .
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

—I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

But if the one thing you are concerned with is that he should feel the pressure of poverty less; then you have gained your object; you have diminished his suffering, and you see exactly how far your gift is requited."
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

“I am surprised at you, sir,” he added, after a pause, dropping his eyes affectedly, setting his right foot forward, and playing with the tip of his polished boot.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

No, no; I shall need all my strength to struggle with myself and support my grief in secret, as you say.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"So are you," said Mary, and they both laughed.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sir, are you sure of that?
— from Venice Preserved: A Tragedy by Thomas Otway

The humble ass, by-the-way, begins to thrust himself meekly upon you as soon as you set foot in the Peninsula, and you must look sharp if you wish to keep out of his way.
— from Spanish Vistas by George Parsons Lathrop

"Then to convince you, Sir, I am not ungrateful, tell me who the Lady is you have chosen for me, and here I give you my word, I will sacrifice all my future prospects of happiness—all, for which I would wish to live—and become her husband as soon as you shall appoint."
— from A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald

And Polly stopped fretting to listen; for she seemed to hear the sound of singing,—so sweet, and yet so very faint she could catch no words, and only make out a cheerful little tune.
— from Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 6 An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. by Louisa May Alcott

All his life he had sought, knowing what he sought; as yet she but felt the conviction that there was something to seek.
— from Arundel by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

And when he told her about her beauty, which was more difficult to do than he had imagined and took a longer time, she said:— "There can be no other man in the world who would speak as you speak."
— from Friendship Village Love Stories by Zona Gale

Inger glanced towards the door and said, "Ay, you see, 'twill come right enough."
— from Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

[167] ‘There is little to be seen as yet,’ said I to her, ‘but we shall be heaving her hull up very soon.
— from An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell