May the gods continue to drop fatness upon you, and may your next great step be productive of all the felicity which your warmest friends or your own rebellious heart can desire.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley
The cheeks of one colonel were wet with tears as he gave the order, and a corporal was heard to whisper to his musket as he laid it down, "May you never get so good a master!
— from The Boys' Life of Lafayette by Helen Nicolay
Sir, I am sorry; when I look towards heaven, I beg a gracious pardon; when on you, Methinks your native goodness should not be Less pitiful than they; 'gainst both I have err'd; From both I beg atonement.
— from Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618
about one’s ‘gathering rose-buds whilst one may.’” “You naughty girl!” said Miss Pimpernell, trying to look angry and frown at her; but the attempt was such a palpable pretence that we all laughed at her as much as the delinquent.
— from She and I, Volume 1 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
Mag, you naughty girl," she added, turning to the magpie, "hide under the bed.
— from Jimmy, Lucy, and All by Sophie May
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