It is, they say, the rule of your sex.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

I see your blood the fields of Phrygia drown, I see the ruins of your smoking town!
— from The Iliad by Homer

We demand that everywhere, throughout the length and breadth of Rájputána, justice and order shall prevail; that every man's property shall be secure; that the traveller shall come and go in safety; that the cultivator shall enjoy the fruits of his labour, and the trader the produce of his commerce; that you shall make roads, and undertake the construction of those works of irrigation which will improve the condition of the people and swell the revenues of your States; that you shall encourage education, and provide for the relief of the sick.
— from Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter

“Supposing the rest of you stay here, while I scout up the road, and see whether they’ve gone along it.”
— from The Death Shot: A Story Retold by Mayne Reid

"Do you want to spend the rest of your short life with this old-fashioned plumbing?"
— from You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did by David E. Fisher

When you enter the palace, as you do in response to a custodian who soon comes with a key and asks if you would like to see it, you find yourself, one flight up, in a long glazed gallery, fronting on the garden, which is so warm with the sun that you wish to spend the rest of your stay in Genoa there.
— from Roman Holidays, and Others by William Dean Howells

Having secured the rooms on York Street, the professor saw Frank comfortably settled, and then, before taking his departure, he attempted to give the boy some wholesome advice.
— from Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman by Burt L. Standish

And—oh, I can't stand the responsibility of your secret!
— from The Come Back by Carolyn Wells

It looks so much better and gives such a satisfactory feeling to instantly see the result of your shot.
— from The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It by Walter Winans