And yet one glance at his face made one forgive him much,—that broad, good-natured smile in which lay no bit of art or artifice, but seemed just bubbling good-nature and genuine satisfaction with the world.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Moreover, the Yavanas or Greeks are mentioned in the Mahābhārata as allies of the Kurus, and even the Çakas (Scythians) and Pahlavas (Parthians) are named along with them; Hindu temples are also referred to as well as Buddhist relic mounds.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

“And I'll write a letter to your old gentleman, and I shall tell him that I didn't approve—oh, of course I shall thank him, too, for his kindness.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

I knew that you could not keep up an acquaintance with your cousin without being brought into contact with him; and I knew he would detest you on my account; so for your own good, and nothing else, I took precautions that you should not see Linton again.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The few hundreds of years of Genoese and Venetian might and splendor were, to grave old Damascus, only a trifling scintillation hardly worth remembering.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

He had naturally an active Hotspur temperament, which did not crave liquid fire to set it aglow; his impetuosity was usually equal to an exciting occasion without any such reinforcements; and his desire for the brandy-and-water implied that the too sudden joy had fallen with a dangerous shock on a frame depressed by four years of gloom and unaccustomed hard fare.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

My dearest Henry, the advantage to you of getting away from the Admiral before your manners are hurt by the contagion of his, before you have contracted any of his foolish opinions, or learned to sit over your dinner as if it were the best blessing of life!
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

But I thought you'd just want me for the trip, and afterward you'd go back to your other girls, and—" He kissed her.
— from Fly By Night by Arthur Dekker Savage

This is a quarrel among the ladies, sirrah, who are mothers, and it is for their young ones—on behalf of their children—they are showing fight; and you, sir, you overgrown glutton, are stuffing yourself, like many another 'foul bird' before you, with the public property.
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

I heard what I'm goin' to mention to you on good autority, and, as I know it's true, I think it's
— from The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

You orter go and git
— from Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

And so went by two years; two years of growth and up-building and varied developement; years of enjoyment and affection and peace.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

[92] [92] I have very little doubt regarding any of these references: I have no means of ascertaining the priority, within the same year, of Gmelin and Bruguière, but have given it to the latter, as perforatus is much the best known specific name.
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. by Charles Darwin

[216] “Ladybird,” said Aunt Dorinda’s gentle voice, “you don’t seem to comprehend what Mr. Humphreys has been saying, and perhaps it is because you are not capable of understanding it; but I want to say this to you: you know that your aunts, who love you very dearly, would not advise you except for your own good and the good of your friend.
— from The Staying Guest by Carolyn Wells

We're glad to have been able to do it all; and if you only go ahead now, and prosper and be happy, why, that will be the only reward we want.”
— from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic