"Please" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... my own. "The others, if you please," I said, disdaining the number tens. "May I inquire, sir, where you are taking these?" I had the Countess's pumps in my hands. He explained that he was going to drop mine in my room and then take ...
— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon
... to grant his request," said Dr. Mead. "Professor Gales, will you kindly summon the students mentioned. Professor Hall, please see ...
— Jack Ranger's Western Trip - From Boarding School to Ranch and Range • Clarence Young
... ask too much. Joyce is all I have to comfort me. When I am gone you will be the head of the family. You can then advise her as you please." ...
— Raiding with Morgan • Byron A. Dunn
... of over-looking, or of shutting your eyes upon your own guilt: 'He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper.' It is incident to some men, when they find repentance is far from them, to shut their eyes upon their own guilt, and to please themselves with such notions of deliverance from present troubles, as will stand with that course of sin which is got into their families, persons, and professions, and with a state of impenitence: But I advise you to take heed ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... of the Father. Their orators, too, were far below the Hebrew prophets. "Stay in the wilderness, then," thundered Satan, wroth at this failure. "Since neither riches nor arms, nor power, nor yet the contemplative life please thee, it is for thee the fittest place! But the time will yet come when violence, stripes, and a cruel death will make thee long for me and my proffered power. Truly the stars promise thee a kingdom, but of what kind ...
— National Epics • Kate Milner Rabb
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