'That ain't a state of things to make you low, Mr Venus.' 'Mr Wegg, I know it ain't.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

'Mr Wegg, I know it ain't; Mr Wegg, I know it ain't.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Her residence is in a small and humble street which is kept in a perpetual process of repair by the city authorities, and from the black letters painted on the barrier which defends the street from traffic, she has taken the name by which we know her,—Rue Barrée.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Whoever is king, is also the father of his country.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

I took it from the place where I kept it, and repeated its contents by its own clear light of integrity and love, and went to sleep with it on my pillow.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The first money I laid out was to buy two young stone-horses, which I keep in a good stable; and next to them, the groom is my greatest favourite, for I feel my spirits revived by the smell he contracts in the stable.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

It contains a temple of the sun, and the ox Mneyis, which is kept in a sanctuary, and is regarded by the inhabitants as a god, as Apis is regarded by the people of Memphis.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Well, I must say, the vulpine intellect, with its knowingness, its alertness and expertness in "detecting hypocrites," seems to me a rather sorry business.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

Ernest was behind, and by and by called me back to see what proved to be an important discovery; from the several stalks of one of these creepers flowed clear cold water, and I recognized the 'liane rouge', which is known in America, and is so precious to the thirsty hunter or traveller.
— from Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

As she saw him approach, she uttered a cry of mingled joy and fear, which he hushed by making a signal of silence with his hand, and then whispered, “I know it all!”
— from Melmoth the Wanderer, Vol. 3 (of 4) by Charles Robert Maturin

Without exception they all declared that the projectile before them was made only for practice, and that, as it carried no explosive charge, there would be no risks whatever in knocking it apart to prove that fact.
— from Stories of the Ships by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

"The cleverest woman I know is also the most beautiful," he replied.
— from The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed Scott

"What, Sir!" said her royal highness, "would you desire me to appear what I am not , and to meet her majesty as if I believed her to be my sincere friend, when I know I am hated for my dear mother's sake?
— from Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume 1 (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Anne, Lady

When I knew it as a lad it was out of the world altogether.
— from Some of Our East Coast Towns by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

I think it is no mere figure of speech to make reference to the wolf’s head, what is known in Anglo-American law as caput lupinum .
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 3 by Various

“I have a perpetual tan, and I think I can give you a temporary one which I keep in a bottle for the purpose.”
— from Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer