"I must entreat your pardon, madame," said the prince, after a pause, "for having permitted myself to use so much warmth in the presence of a lady; but, in truth, I could not restrain my indignation when I reflected on all the horrible dangers which may overwhelm your future protégées.
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Eugène Sue

"Thank you," said Aunt Louisa, "but I think I can manage."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 by Various

Lord Auckland started from the principle—and in that doubtless he was right—that the security sought for Western India could be found only in a regular treaty of alliance with an Affghan government—firm at least by its tenure, if circumstances forbade it to be strong by its action.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

This last cause [170] is, I am aware, by many persons, regarded as the chief source of all their distresses and losses; but I think I can shew that those parties are wrong in this opinion, which springs from their anxiety to frame an excuse for their very imprudent speculations.
— from Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by G. F. Davidson