“Mr. Syme,” he said, “this evening you succeeded in doing something rather remarkable.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“You had better order the carriage directly, my love,” said she; “I dare say we shall be able to get along, if we set off directly; and if we do come to any thing very bad, I can get out and walk.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

"Do you remember what you said?" "I do," she replied.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

You have seen, I dare say, how people are let down into the mine.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Here winds away, and in a hundred Divided veins the valley braids: There, in a corner pressed and sundered, Itself detaches, spreads and fades.
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Shee, after whom, what forme so'er we see, Is discord, and rude incongruitie; 325 Shee, shee is dead, shee's dead; when thou knowst this Thou knowst how ugly a monster this world is: And learn'st thus much by our Anatomie, That here is nothing to enamour thee:
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

They specialize in domestic science and we ate a fine Japanese lunch they had prepared.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

Thus kings are often expected to give rain and sunshine in due season, to make the crops grow, and so on.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

“I do that,” said I. “David,” says he, “ye’re a man of small invention and less faith.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Maka jadikan Bumi itu sa-lebar dulang Langit sa-lebar payong, maka ia-itu ʿalam-nya Pawang ada-nya, maka datang-lah ia berahi sedia itu dengan sendiri-nya, maka terpanchar-lah sri manikam-nya itu di hati bumi sa-tapak
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

"I should say I do," said Fernald.
— from The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers by Claude A. Labelle

Government Bermuda Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bermuda former: Somers Islands Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK Government type: parliamentary; self-governing territory Capital: name: Hamilton geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 46 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October Administrative divisions: 9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys, Smith's, Southampton, Warwick Independence:
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I have found twenty-two Bald Cypresses in Trenton; they are all beautiful conical trees, and seem to grow well in almost any soil, as I have found some in very wet places and some in dry, sandy soil.
— from Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar

"I will be very candid, Miss Osborne," said he, "and if I sin in doing so, remember your own accusations are alone to blame for it.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

“I merely expressed a devout wish that I were standing in Drury’s shoes.
— from The Price of Power Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia by William Le Queux

It was all very well for a mere girl to be staring indifferently out of the window, while a great historic party was steering straight for shipwreck; but it really was too much to see this man who ought to be taking the situation with the seriousness it deserved, strolling about the room with that abstracted air, looking superciliously at Mr. Dunbarton's examples of the Glasgow school.
— from The Convert by Elizabeth Robins

The roots of my own life lead back to the gutter, and through these roots shall I draw strength to lift others from the gutter.
— from Friar Tuck Being the Chronicles of the Reverend John Carmichael, of Wyoming, U. S. A. by Robert Alexander Wason

Should I do so, you’ll get a move up and, of course, better pay for a more important job.” Dick, who was touched by this mark of confidence, thanked him awkwardly, and although he felt bound to object that he might be unable to fill the new post, Fuller stopped him.
— from Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss