He would certainly be glad to see her, and to hear what a long distance she had come for his sake, and to know how sorry they had been at home because he did not come back.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

“What do I want with a lame donkey?” said the Manager to the stableboy.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Madame Morin was very polite to the three girls, whom she knew well, and Le Duc stood behind her chair all the time, looking after her wants, and dressed as richly as the king’s chamberlain.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"I am glad you appreciate my work at last, Dorian," said the painter coldly when he had recovered from his surprise.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In such cases, in so far as they are capable of being theoretically determined, Utilitarian Ethics seems to blend with Utilitarian Politics in a rather complicated way; since we cannot determine the right conduct for a private individual in any particular case, without first considering what rule (if any) it would be on the whole expedient to maintain, in the society of which he is a member, by legal penalties, as well as by the weaker and less definite sanctions of moral opinion.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

A well-appointed house, good wages, and light duties seemed things to be grateful for, and Christie decided that going out to service was not the hardest fate in life, as she stood at the door of a handsome house in a sunny square waiting to be inspected.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Never was a line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near them....
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

It was very rough at the time, and certainly within a little distance some apparent monster hundreds of feet long was rolling on the top of the waves: but as some por
— from My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper

"And then, dear uncle," continued Lilias, "it seemed as though they feared that time or change should make them less beloved one to another; or since that could never be, that any evil should rise up to separate them even for one day; and so they went and lay down side by side in the green churchyard, where none could seek them out, to trouble the silent love they knew would live beyond the grave.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

Further reference to the nuts is seen in a letter written by President Jackson in the spring of 1831 to his adopted son, who was about to return to Tennessee: “I sent to Mr. Daniel Donelson some hickory nutts with a request that he would hand them to the overseer with a letter directing Steele to plant them around your mother’s tomb.”
— from The Hermitage, Home of Old Hickory by Stanley F. Horn

I have replaced the missing section with a long dash Samuel ——rett, Richard McIntyre—3.
— from The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart

The evening was warm, and large drops stood on his forehead.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans