[458] that it seemeth to me well nigh a miracle, and were it my office to reprove you thereof, I know well that which I should say to you thereanent, having in regard that you are yet with your harness on your back in a kingdom newly gained, amidst a people unknown and full of wiles and treasons, and are all occupied with very grave cares and matters of high moment, nor have you yet availed to seat yourself
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

He moved a chair with his foot near to mine, ordered the woman away, and said in a subdued voice, “'Doctor, finding my brother in this difficulty with these hinds, I recommended that your aid should be invited.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

This have I sworn to myself: and this have I repeated to you.
— from Secresy; or, Ruin on the Rock by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

“But I told him I really thought you would.
— from The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett

It is your privilege to have it revealed to you whether I am a servant of God or a servant of men; whether I am in the discharge of my duty or not; whether I, as a {43} presiding officer in the Church, am acting in the discharge of my duty acceptable to you and the Lord.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

When once you grasp the idea that all Nature lives—that everything, even to the chairs and tables, have immaterial representatives, then you will begin to understand the principle of the concentration we practise.
— from Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter by Elliott O'Donnell

If he is asked about his opinions, the child is to reply that he is rather too young to have opinions yet, but not too young to know what opinions he will have when he is free to have them.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic

He cannot remember the Englishman's name, but from some of the circumstances Norbury seems to think that he is referring to your Uncle John.
— from The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

One might, as the lady said to Professor Wilson in regard to the Noctes , say to him, "I really think you eat too many oysters, and drink too much
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

I also soon became acquainted with the vast extent of his wealth, with the fact that, upon the event of his death, it would fall into your hands, and from that hour I resolved that you should marry my son.
— from Blackbeard; Or, The Pirate of Roanoke. by B. (Benjamin) Barker

[104] "I am rejoiced to hear it," returned the young man, grimly; "you will then have no difficulty in getting me so small a matter as a rifle and about forty or fifty rounds of ammunition."
— from Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White

"I have already given directions, your highness, and the Greek slave is now employed about it, improving the language to render it more pleasing to the ears of your sublime highness, should it be your pleasure to have it read to you on some future day."
— from The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat