The utmost politicians can perform, is, to extend the natural sentiments beyond their original bounds; but still nature must furnish the materials, and give us some notion of moral distinctions.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

“‘Morrel, Morrel,’ cried my father, ‘stop a bit;’ then knitting his brows into a deep frown, he added, ‘surely this cannot be one of the Morrel family who lived at Marseilles, and gave us so much trouble from their violent Bonapartism—I mean about the year 1815.’
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Run, Margaret, and gather us some.'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

We faint, we die; show mercy and give us some tea and some cake.
— from Portia; Or, By Passions Rocked by Duchess

"'Twere fine to get our winter outfit in September month, and get un safe up to Double Up Cove whilst fair weather held.
— from Left on the Labrador: A Tale of Adventure Down North by Dillon Wallace

Most men are grateful under such circumstances—even the cruel Rainiharo was so.
— from The Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Still, in war we must all give up something.
— from Children of the Dear Cotswolds by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

Now, we sent our messengers to the marquess, requiring him to restore our brother’s money, and give us satisfaction for our brother’s death, of which he accused Reginald, Lord of Sidon; but we ascertained the truth, by means of our friends, that it was the marquess himself who caused him to be slain, and his money to be seized.
— from The History of the Assassins, Derived from Oriental Sources by Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von

At any rate you must stay with me, and give up such foolish notions."
— from Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

So a normal market will bring a more normal margin, and give us something worth while to play on!”
— from The Wire Tappers by Arthur Stringer