“Yes.” “And what effect does he produce?” “Why,” said Albert, “he was talked about for a week; then the coronation of the queen of England took place, followed by the theft of Mademoiselle Mars’s diamonds; and so people talked of something else.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas
“Ah yes, and what else did he say that’s unpleasant?” thought Prince Andrew, recalling his father’s letter.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
7–9)—a prediction which was fulfilled sixty-five years afterwards, when Esarhaddon desolated the country, and filled it with foreigners.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker
Your wife and the wives of the men you associate with every day usually have all the rights they want, sometimes a few that they do not need at all.
— from What eight million women want by Rheta Childe Dorr
The Volunteer Nurse looked up with a tired smile: “You always were emotional, dear.”
— from Special Messenger by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
If ever you are within easy distance of Scarbro' and get short leave, look me up.
— from A Sub. of the R.N.R.: A Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
If they are of the sullen sort they will meet you coldly, or pass you by without seeing you; and will either drift into a permanent estrangement or come round after a time, according to the degree of acidity in their blood and the amount of tenacity in their character.
— from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
I never expected that you, spoiled child as you are, would ever do me justice; but do you think I could be so unfeeling as to cast you, a poor orphan child, out upon the cold charity of the world?"
— from An Old Man's Darling by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
Get your hat, Desi: you are well enough dressed for a country call: let us go across to Sárvölgyi's."
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai
“They abound in these sandy deserts which form their shelter, and yet are within easy distance of fields where when such vegetation as is here fails them they can go for food.”
— from The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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