A play on the words, "Mass," "Massigkeit," and "Massgebend."] On this road alone can you soon attain a conductor's post, and the "esteem" due to you as a music director, both from musicians and people of rank.
— from Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Franz Liszt

Miss Mary's Letter received Last night, gave a great deal of Satisfaction to both your Brother and Me by the account of Your Health, and the Progress You have made in a returning to a Diet of Solid Food, a sort of Sustenance so much more likely to restore and confirm your Strength and Spirits than any other.
— from Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of

"Well, take them to the room and change your shoes.
— from Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Whenever he went into the “Silent Women,” or the “Globe,” or the “Star”, or the “Rose and Crown”, you should have seen the landlord’s face light up.
— from Miriam: A Tale of Pole Moor and the Greenfield Hills by D. F. E. Sykes

If there is anything I have thoroughly at heart it is that you should receive all the respect and consideration you so entirely deserve.”
— from Hathercourt by Mrs. Molesworth

"You know I have only consented to father's making this big sacrifice for me so that we may all be abroad together, and you and Mrs. Ashton have the rest and change you so much need.
— from The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World by Margaret Vandercook