His complexion was as swarthy as that of an Italian, and his eyes were of a strange dead black, which, combined with a slight squint, gave them a particularly sinister appearance.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Oh, Marilla,” she said gravely.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

"Husband," said she, "go to the Flounder.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Error never leaves us, yet a higher need 5 always draws the striving spirit gently on to truth.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

I know there are many men who, when a few cases of great hardship occur, and it is evident that there is an evil somewhere, think that some arrangement must be made, some law passed, or some society got up, to set all right at once.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

As our horses trod the soft, spongy ground, a majestic canopy of stately cypress, mangrove and maple trees protected us from the burning sun, and the sweet-scented flowers of the magnolias, azaleas and wild grapes added fragrance and beauty to the scene.
— from The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux

La Fontaine was a most conscientious traveller and said some grand things of the Renaissance chateaux-builders of which literary history has neglected to make mention.
— from Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

From Green Point (sub-net ghosting to Georges Head) a V of gulls speedily hugging the harbour; its surface serried, grey disturbances.
— from Deadly Pollen by Stephen Oliver

You shall wait; you shall see Gordon.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever

"My dear, there have been several such girls at St. Benet's, and none of them has been idle; they have been best and first among our students.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

"You forget what he had been through first," said she, gently.
— from The Crime Doctor by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Tunc quidam de suis militibus quia astabat confortans eum dixit: Esto robustus quia hæc poena non diu tibi durabit, et statim sequetur gaudium sempiternum: post hoc fuit caput eius cultello præcisum.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt