He was aware of her standing there unknown, dread, yet related to him.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

It is as if Shakespeare said to us: 'Did you think weakness and innocence have any chance here?
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

“Stop!” said the “Unknown.” “Do you remember what I told you about the Eastern origin of these people?
— from The Life of George Borrow by Clement King Shorter

They seemed to say to us: ‘Do you not shudder then at thus staining your country’s soil?
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

If you'll let us get into your house, and stay there until daylight, you can play outside all you want to.
— from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

And one woman said, "The angels say to us, 'Did you never think the Father had forsaken you and the Lord forgotten you?'"
— from A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

They said to us "Desert your mates, or we'll desert you."
— from Plays : First Series by John Galsworthy

To some the devil is as real as in the darkey folk-song, where, “Up stepped de debbil Wid his iron wooden shubbil, Tearin’ up de yearth wid his big-toe nail!”
— from The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction by Dorothy Scarborough

One day Marster Buck comes in, an' we sees dat he am worried stiff; atter awhile he gangs us up, an' sez ter us: De Yankees am a-comin' to take my slaves 'way from me an' I don't 'pose dat dey am gwine ter do dat.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

It ought to say to us, 'Do you cast in your lot with that work which is going to be carried on through the ages.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren