But local authorities are different; they can be turned out, and then perhaps you may get an ignorant lot into office who may do irreparable harm to the householders and everybody else.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

by what wonderful means is the blackest and deepest villany sometimes discovered!—Shall I beg you, madam, to stay till the person you have mentioned comes, for I expect him every minute?
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

During a part of the previous year it had sold at five hundred a ton, in gold, and during the winter before that there was such scarcity of the article that in several instances small quantities had brought eight hundred dollars a ton in coin!
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Guard the prisoner, you two, and shoot him if he tries any games.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

You must give the impression of your own assurance, that you are large enough to play your part and to play it superbly.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

But for their praises you have no ear, therefore I come to praise you.
— from The Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore

You will take care, therefore, to answer with complaisance, when you are spoken to; to place yourself at the lower end of the table, unless bid to go higher; to drink first to the lady of the house, and next to the master; not to eat awkwardly or dirtily; not to sit when others stand; and to do all this with an air of complaisance, and not with a grave, sour look, as if you did it all unwillingly.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

no podía desechar cierto temor al considerar que su marido emprendía tan largo viaje; pero al mismo tiempo sentía orgullosa satisfacción de que fuese él, por todos aquellos contornos, el primer hombre que iba a la rica ciudad, donde el rey y los magnates habitaban, y donde había que ver tantos primores y maravillas.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

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— from The Rival Submarines by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

“I thought perhaps you’d rather not,” he whispered to Nancy, as they slipped into the old, familiar places.
— from Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

I am in a hurry now, tell me what I am to pay you?'
— from Aunt Phillis's Cabin; Or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman

The person or entity that provided you with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a refund.
— from It's like this, cat by Emily Neville

Because of the severity with which the outbreaks in Armenia were quelled during 1890 and the preceding years.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch

"And while you're doing that, perhaps you should ask her if that's her wish as well.
— from Project Daedalus by Thomas Hoover

Pg 277 With this prospect, which he considered nothing less than ruin, before his eyes, the poor young man was, it seems, on the point of committing that fatal act which, two or three years afterwards, he actually did perpetrate.
— from Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

An annual cycle may occur in areas where temperature permits year-round activity.
— from Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Ray D. Burkett

"Being this day become once again a free man in every respect, I mean but that of my obligation to you and the rest of my friends, to whom I stand indebted for my being so, I think it but a reasonable part of my duty to pay you and them my thanks for it in a body; but know not how otherwise to compass it than by begging you, which I hereby do, to take your share with them and me here, to-morrow, of a piece of mutton, which is all I dare promise you, besides that of being ever, "Your most bounden and faithful humble servant, "S. P."
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life by Samuel Pepys

"I'm going to present you with this book," he answered, taking it from under his arm.
— from American Fairy Tales by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum