It seemed to him that he had sinned against his own life, which he had ruined, against the world of lofty ideas, of learning, and of work, and he conceived that wonderful world as real and possible, not on this sea-front with hungry Turks and lazy mountaineers sauntering upon it, but there in the North, where there were operas, theatres, newspapers, and all kinds of intellectual activity.
— from The Duel and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

They are like that, authors, literary men, students, town-criers....
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Tell us your trouble, and let me see what I can do."
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

MHS is the X.400 family of services and protocols that provides the functions for global email transfer among local mail systems.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Thence to White Hall, and we waited on the Duke, who looks better than he did, methinks, before his voyage; and, I think, a little more stern than he used to do.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

You will believe this and love me still, though I go away and leave you for a little while?" prayed Christie, with a face full of treacherous emotion.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

The Oceanides , or Ocean Nymphs, were the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and, like most sea divinities, were endowed with the gift of prophecy.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

Finish up those old things and let me see how you get on.
— from Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Stanford Eveleth

She sank her voice to a low murmur, so as not to disturb the child.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various

This answer lulled my suspicions, and I no longer believed the story.
— from Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 03 by Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'

In all essential particulars the collection of P. T., a little more sifted, is reproduced in the quarto of 1737.
— from The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Poetry - Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

You can safely admit the truth and let me see to the depths of your heart; we are partners, not lovers.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

For suddenly, from far away, there came a shouting, meaningless at first, but momentarily growing in meaning, till at last men shrieked into their neighbors' ears that the supposed lost and slaughtered of the youth of Florence were not lost nor slaughtered at all, but were alive and well, and were riding in triumph through the city gates, having inflicted innumerable woes upon the devils of Arezzo.
— from The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy