Let's see your piece.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

“Remember, Watson, that though we have so homely a thing as a goose at one end of this chain, we have at the other a man who will certainly get seven years’ penal servitude unless we can establish his innocence.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

I hastened to send Sri Yukteswar pictures of these distant American activities.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The gravelled path from the Fort to the Commissariat Stores, as described above, in conjunction with a parallel track for wheels along the cliff all the way to the site of the Parliament Buildings, suggested in 1822 the restoration of a carriage-drive to the Island, which had some years previously existed.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

“Yes,” I say, “and although the chaise is covered, the rain will spoil your pretty dress.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

El montañés vive la vida de sus montañas, es orgulloso como ellas, tiene su gravedad seria y risueña, ama su luz y sus sombras, y por eso es ufano de su hogar.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Your lordship speaks your pleasure.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Thus having filled the Eagle’s pate With consternation very great, Down creeps she to the Sow below; “The Eagle is your deadly foe, And is determined not to spare Your pigs, when you shall take the air.”
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

We have yet scarcely recovered from the habits of extravagant expenditure produced by our overflowing Treasury during several years prior to the commencement of my Administration.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

My unbelieving heart said: ‘Your preaching is for nothing’, and Beelzebub added a lusty amen.
— from The Story of Lutheran Missions by Elsie Singmaster

At length he said: “I will adopt the hypothetical vein, since you prefer it.
— from Dust: A Novel by Julian Hawthorne

Several years passed, during which time the Princess grew accustomed to her lonely life, obeyed the Fairy’s orders, and by degrees forgot all about the court of the King her father.
— from The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

So pray be at ease in this respect: you have written to me, as I to you, more than has passed between myself and my fifty years old Friends for some years past.
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 by Edward FitzGerald

Mainte- nance per Square Yard per Annum.
— from The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook by H. Percy (Henry Percy) Boulnois

An encomienda was required by anyone who wished to exact labour, i.e. the Indians of a district were given to him ``in commendam'' with the power to demand a corvee from them and a small yearly payment per head.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg