,” said the squire, shifting his tactics and looking as if he thought Mrs. Poyser had suddenly withdrawn from the proceedings and left the room, “you can turn the Hollows into feeding-land.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

"In the third place, our old tiger would have prosecuted at law that reckless youth who had a share in this fine suicide project of yours.
— from The Poor Plutocrats by Mór Jókai

While Grant had been defeated in his plan to pass around Lee to Richmond, yet he had made a new record for the Army of the Potomac.
— from Battles of the Civil War by Thomas Elbert Vineyard

My dear E. C. S. , Two days ago, on Wednesday’s mail, I posted a letter to reach you, I hope, on the morning of your birthday—and today, to my very real joy, I safely received your long and delightful letter.
— from William Sharp (Fiona Macleod): A Memoir Compiled by His Wife Elizabeth A. Sharp by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Amelia) Sharp

He takes pains at least to receive your majesty with the respect due to a queen.
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach