"You can't explain a remark like yours," muttered Mr. Furlong over his shoulder, as he turned his back on Bert.
— from Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Or, Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

This English custom of lodgings, of which we had some experience at Rhyl last year, has its advantages; but is rather uncomfortable for strangers, who, in first settling themselves down, find that they must undertake all the responsibility of housekeeping at an instant's warming, and cannot get even a cup of tea till they have made arrangements with the grocer.
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Oh, young man, I see you plain enough, and rather like your looks.
— from Hawk's Nest; or, The Last of the Cahoonshees. A Tale of the Delaware Valley and Historical Romance of 1690. by James M. (James Martin) Allerton

You looked at me, and then turned your eyes away resolutely, lest you should hurt my feelings by seeming to gaze at my scarred features.
— from The Terms of Surrender by Louis Tracy

[Pg 21] SHELF CULTURE A man of education and refinement like you needs books befitting your culture—your place in the world," said my visitor.
— from Bizarre by Lawton Mackall

'Even a Republican like you must think of him as a coward.'
— from Stromboli and the Guns by Francis Henry Gribble

Even a rascal like you must be permitted to live, I suppose, so I risk breaking the law myself by screening you from justice.
— from Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy