His two companions were elderly and respectable yeomen who, retaining an ante-Revolutionary reverence for rank and hereditary wealth, kept a little in the squire's rear.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
To both I wish the best of Heaven's blessings, and am, My dear madam, With esteem and regard, Your friend and hble sert, M. WASHINGTON.
— from American Historical and Literary Curiosities: Second Series, Complete by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith
"The Rev. Jason Lee , "Dear Sir: "I do myself the pleasure to hand you the enclosed subscription, which the gentlemen who have signed it request you will do them the favor to accept for the use of the Mission; and they pray our Heavenly Father, without whose assistance we can do nothing, that of his infinite mercy he will vouchsafe to bless and prosper your pious endeavors, and believe me to be, with esteem and regard, your sincere well-wisher and humble servant.
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman
We need a few more optimists, The brave of heart that long resists The force of Hate and Greed and lust And keeps in God and man his trust, Believing, as he makes his fight That everything will end all right— Yet through the dreary days and nights Unfalteringly serves and fights, And helps to gain the joys which he Believes are some day sure to be.
— from Over Here by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest
and when the man had bathed it said again, ‘Now rub yourself well with earth, and rub your teeth well with sand to make them bright and shining.’
— from The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
You can leave La Crosse at 5:45, and arrive at Sparta at 6:20, after a delightful ride of thirty miles, and you will enjoy a race, your train beating the Northwestern train, and running like lightning.
— from Peck's Compendium of Fun Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, Humor, Sarcasm and Pathos of America's Favorite Humorist by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
The State, casually: "Will you be so good as to glance around the court room and state whether you see and recognize the man who entered and robbed your apartment?"
— from Yollop by George Barr McCutcheon
He was extremely agitated, "Remorse! you have no idea what it is; you can form no idea of it, whatever; it has contributed to bring me to my present situation—but I have looked to the Lord Jesus Christ, and hope I have obtained pardon.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II by Various
"No, it doesn't concern you in any way, except as regards your memory.
— from Thorley Weir by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
And she felt herself happy already, penetrated by that sense of well-being which takes possession of the flesh and the heart, makes you breathe with ease, and renders you sprightly and active when you find yourself in a spot which enchants your eyes, charms and cheers you, seems to have been awaiting you, a spot for which you feel that you were born.
— from Mont Oriol; or, A Romance of Auvergne: A Novel by Guy de Maupassant
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