And now because of you I shall have great shame among the deathless gods henceforth, continually.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

“Should I tell you the truth,” he added aloud, “I must beg of you not to repeat it.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

I fear Miss Clewes is not better, or you would [193] have mentioned it.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

It’s too bad of you, Toad!
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

If there's any treachery, it'll be on your side, and the Lord help you.”
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

A band of young men in blouses passed before the regiment singing the "Marseillaise."
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Do you boast of your nobility, as being descended from seven rich successive ancestors?
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

A mite of butter on your bread.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

And he would sing: Archers, be on your guard!
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Grief and privation had changed her appearance, but it had not altogether effaced the bloom and beauty of youth.
— from Adrift in New York: Tom and Florence Braving the World by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

[III-51] The Cuicatecs, Triquis, Chinantecs, Mazatecs, Chatinos, Papabucos, Soltecos, Chontales, and Cohuixcas, in the south-western regions, are regarded by Orozco y Berra as fragments of pre-Toltec nations.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Where's that baby of yours—the doctor?" "There he is," said James; "there he is—picking up the damaged soldiers and trying to bend them straight and set them on their legs again; checking epidemics and diseases arising from the privations and calamities of war, assuaging suffering, and curing and comforting thousands.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 38, February, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

The man who stands behind your chair may acquire, in time, some special knowledge of your mental processes by a diligent study of the back of your head.
— from The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson

“It is impossible to get the better of you.
— from The Erratic Flame by Ysabel De Teresa

Your late and seasonable testimony given to the Truth of the Gospel, and your affection to the Peace of the Kingdoms, manifested in your humble Remonstrance and Petition to the Honorable Houses of Parliament, hath so revived the remembrance of your former Faith and Zeal, and proclaimed you the worthy seed of so noble ancestors in that famous City, As we cannot but acknowledge with all thankfulnesse the grace of God bestowed on you, and stirre you up to take notice, how since you were precious in the Lords sight, you have been ever Honurable, The Lord hath loved you, given men for you, and people for your life: What an honour was it in the dayes of old, when the fire of the Lord was in Zion , and his furnace in your Jerusalem (even in Queen Maries dayes) that there were found in [pg 323]
— from The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

The black or yellow locust is a beautiful tree in its youth, with smooth dark rind and slender trunk, holding up a loose roundish head of dark green foliage.
— from Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers

And now, Sahib," said the native doctor, taking from his kummerbund (the cloth that encircles the waist) a bundle of papers, "I desire to show you some of my certificates, at the same time to beg of you to pardon my apparent want of respect in appearing in your presence in this skull-cap instead of a turban; but the fact is, that when I heard you were in such great pain, I did not think it humane to delay until I had adorned myself."
— from Wanderings in India, and Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan by John Lang

"How did you expect to see or hear from him," asked I, "when he was lying in a loathsome dungeon without one ray of light, condemned to be hanged, drawn and quartered, because of your selfish neglect to save him who, at the cost of half his blood, and almost his life, had saved so much for you?"
— from When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Charles Major

Only be careful—do, I beg of you.
— from The Great God Gold by William Le Queux