We have done this to enable you to get such complete rest as you may require for the re-establishment of your health; and in doing this we are convinced that we act for the public interest, as well as in accordance with our most earnest desires.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

"You are making a most serious charge, Rush. Are you able to substantiate this?"
— from The Iron Boys in the Mines; or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by James R. Mears

Let us go down to the others," says Cecil, rising and yawning slightly.
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess

Finally, another shield, checkered red and yellow, was that of Tonin, the jester of the late king.
— from Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna by La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles, Comte de

sit hard here, And like a Snail curl round about your Conscience, Biting and stinging: will you not roar too late then?
— from Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by John Fletcher

Thus in some cases R and Y would pass into one germ-cell, in others R and y, in others r [Pg 85] and Y, and in still others r and y, depending entirely upon the chance relations of the respective pairs to the plane of division.
— from Being Well-Born: An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. (Michael Frederic) Guyer

“Why, Sam!” cried Roy; “are you hurt?”
— from The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War by George Manville Fenn

Marbeck, a musician and theologian of the sixteenth century, remarks: "As ye see: after all bargaines there is a signe thereof made, eyther clapping of hands or giving earnest."
— from The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell

From his somewhat garrulous recital of the day's events it was satisfactorily evident to his hearers that wind of the murder had not struck Cow Run as yet.
— from The Luck of the Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. (Ralph Selwood) Kendall