“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Is he married or single?”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— that male one who is neither speaker nor hearer
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Macmillan
— used for referring to a man, boy, or male animal when they have already been mentioned or when it is obvious which one you are referring to
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Usage
854 uses of ‘he’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
919 uses of ‘he’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle