“Ah, pardieu!” continued he, “if it were as easy for me to get rid of my enemy as it is easy to get rid of yours, and if it were against such people you require impunity--” “Monseigneur,” replied Milady, “a fair exchange.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

And so, Phaedrus, you really imagine that I am going to improve upon the ingenuity of Lysias? PHAEDRUS:
— from Phaedrus by Plato

This astonishes you, does it not? —While I live, I shall protect your reputation in spite of yourself; but if I die, try to guard it yourself.
— from Gerfaut — Volume 4 by Charles de Bernard

"This is not a pleasant dose, I must warn you," said I, offering her a single teaspoonful of clear brandy , "but I can safely promise you relief, if you will swallow it; this is a nice, clean glass, too," I added, smilingly, for I well knew how much that assurance would encourage my patient.
— from The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Margaret C. (Margaret Cockburn) Conkling

“Here, Telson, old man,” said Parson, “you read it.
— from The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

“There is some reason in that,” said Dame Shoolbred; “though why you should put your reputation in risk for a creature that would find a lodging for a silver twopence and less matter is a mystery to me.”
— from The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day by Walter Scott

"Now, then, Mahletonkwa," said Stephens, "put your rifle in one of those scales, put it on whichever side you choose, and my agreement is to put silver enough in the other to pull it down."
— from Lone Pine: The Story of a Lost Mine by R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend

"If you will kindly wait a moment, I will have the servants put your room in order for you before you go up."
— from The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise by Emerson Hough