In case you were wondering, here are the books that go with the first lines I posted last week:
1. In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
2. An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money. Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
3. At the time when this story begins, the Stanhope press and inking-rollers were not yet in use in small provincial printing-offices. Honor