"I wish you'd do me the favor to rouse yourself a little," she said sharply.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Down to recent years at Laviron, in the department of Doubs, it was the young married couples of the year who had charge of the bonfires.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

But as I know that it is a mark of prudence not to do by foul means what may be done by fair, I will ask these gentlemen, the guards and commissary, to be so good as to release you and let you go in peace, as there will be no lack of others to serve the king under more favourable circumstances; for it seems to me a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and nature have made free.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Turn round, youngster, and let me have a look at you."
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

"I came here to read you a lesson, to save you from a life of misery if I can; and you shall hear me," said Valeria passionately.
— from Wyllard's Weird: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Will you permit me to render you a little service?... Sit down here, and draw up, as papa would say, a schedule of your debts.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

When she wakes, I want her brought up here, put in that room yonder, and left entirely to me, until her trial is over.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

Then Hal Macy rose from his chair and said in his clear, direct tones: “I am going to read you a little tribute to a very good friend of ours.
— from Marjorie Dean, College Freshman by Josephine Chase

I came over to read you a letter from him that I got to-night.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various

Tosca's voice is heard, and the artist makes a sign to Angelotti to remain yet a little while in hiding, and on hearing that the fugitive is spent with hunger, he gives him the basket left, for his refreshment, by the Sacristan.
— from Giacomo Puccini by Wakeling Dry

I only meant to render you a little assistance.
— from The Haunted Chamber: A Novel by Duchess

Say, Lung, I'm going to read you a lesson.
— from The Bradys After a Chinese Princess; Or, The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Francis Worcester Doughty