Stock , “to take STOCK of one,” to scrutinize narrowly one whom you have reason to suspect, or one with whom you are likely to have business transactions; taken from the tradesmen’s term for the annual examination and valuation of their stock of goods.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

He allowed them to do it without resistance, passed through the village again and found himself on the highroad once more; and when the men had accompanied him two hundred yards beyond the village, the brigadier said: “Now off with you and do not let me catch you about here again, for if I do, you will know it.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

I will, therefore, tell you a story not overlong, whereby you may apprehend how diligently it behoveth to observe the conditions imposed by those who do aught by means of enchantment and how slight a default thereof sufficeth to mar everything done by the magician.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

“I fear there is no doubt,” he said, “that I shall die without seeing my family again.” Han Hsiang Tzŭ consoled him, gave him a prescription, and said: “Not only will you return in perfect health to the bosom of your family, but you will be reinstated in your former offices.”
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

You shall not only what you lost regain,
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by John Dryden

"You ought to take care of yourself, my dear Assessor; the sensitive nature of which you so often tell us can never endure what our coarser constitutions brave with impunity.
— from Castle Hohenwald: A Romance by Adolf Streckfuss

You are not to divulge a detail of the errand to any living soul now or when you return."
— from The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Boothby

"I am years younger than you," she said, at last, "and have seen nothing of what you call 'life'; but the instinct of my own heart tells me that he is false in heart, in mind, in soul; he has a false, flattering tongue, false lips, false principles—we will not speak of him."
— from Love Works Wonders: A Novel by Charlotte M. Brame

I see no older woman yonder.
— from The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"To say nothing of when you guyed me, damn
— from Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Say nothing of what you have heard to any one, but come here to-morrow morning at ten, when the Signor will make his appearance, and from a private window, opening from the conservatory, you may, unknown to any one, witness for yourself the truth of what I have said."
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale