Could you ever retire but you drew the eyes and hearts of all after you?
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

I say no more, but commit this to the happy tiles, in the bosom of that earth, where, I hope, my deliverance will take root, and bring forth such fruit, as may turn to my inexpressible joy, and your eternal reward, both here and hereafter:
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

“But, your excellency,” replied Bertuccio hesitatingly, “did not the Abbé Busoni, who heard my confession in the prison at Nîmes, tell you that I had a heavy burden upon my conscience?”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“Oh, your excellency!” returned Bertuccio in deep contempt.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

“No, your excellency,” returned Bertuccio; “it was a vendetta followed by restitution.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"Your eyes rest but on your work; what do you speak of?"
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

“I am awaiting orders to join my new regiment, your excellency,” replied Borís, betraying neither annoyance at the prince’s brusque manner nor a desire to enter into conversation, but speaking so quietly and respectfully that the prince gave him a searching glance.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

After their refreishing & repair to geather for further counsell & directions, they resolved to pursue their victory, and follow y e warr against y e rest, but y e Narigansett Indeans
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

And dost thou think it sorrow, young Edith , rosebud but just breaking into bloom, to clasp the hand of aught and say unto it, “Farewell, Last Time!”
— from Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt

Did you ever row, Beth?" "No, but you can teach me, can't you?" "All right.
— from A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine

Do they ever see your eyes red because of your sin?
— from Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte

Hesitating a moment, she stared up utterly unsmilingly into the Salesman's beaming face, ignored the Youngish Girl's inviting hand, and with a sudden little chuckling sigh of contentment, climbed up clumsily into the empty place beside the Young Electrician, rummaged bustlingly around with its hands and feet for an instant, in a petulant effort to make a comfortable nest for itself, and then snuggled down at last, lolling half-way across the Young Electrician's perfectly strange knees, and drowsed off to sleep with all the delicious, friendly, unconcerned sang-froid of a tired puppy.
— from The Indiscreet Letter by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

for y e ruling & binding y e said book, in all 7 s w ch is more then he received 2 s 10 d .
— from Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 by Geo. A. (George Arthur) Stephen

I asked the natives, in presence of Juan de Varagas (who holds them in encomienda ), whether these edifices were built in the time of the Yncas, and they laughed at the question, affirming that they were made before the Yncas ever reigned, but that they could not say who made them.
— from The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León

Winthrops advise in y e thing, [447] and y e rather, because M r .
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

"Did you ever read Backfischchen's Leiden und Freuden ?"
— from Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.