I dare not praise you; and the only means I know of to avoid it, when you are in my thoughts, are either to be entirely silent, or to turn my thoughts to some other subject.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

2dly, To such as study Astrology, (who are the only men I know that are fit to study physic, physic without astrology being like a lamp without oil) you are the men I exceedingly respect, and such documents as my brain can give you at present (being absent from my study)
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

"Link is out too and the old man is kind of worried about him.
— from Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret by Edward Stratemeyer

"So they are gone?" he said almost interrupting the first greetings, and the old man instantly knew that all his fancies had been a mistake, and that Maurice had come back to find Lucia.
— from A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel by Coghill, Harry, Mrs.

"There's Doctor Billy Atwater, the only man I know of Jack Witherspoon's college fraternity, and of my own Chapter here.
— from The Midnight Passenger : A Novel by Richard Savage

If you mistrust what I am telling you, you can ask Chingachgook there, for I did it in the heart of the Delaware country, and the old man is knowing to the truth of every word I say.”
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper

"You are the one man I know who never asks to sweeten my coffee," she observed.
— from Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath

I've never in my life seen anything so irresponsible as this girl, or so uncompromising as the old man; I keep thinking of the way he wiped that violin.
— from Villa Rubein, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy

At ten o'clock at night the redoubt was reached, and here it was found that a mixed party of fugitives from the battle-field, numbering about eighty Europeans besides the Kupapas , had already arrived, and had reported all the officers, McDonnell included, killed or wounded and left on the field.
— from The adventures of Kimble Bent: A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush by James Cowan

You are the only man I know in the country who I am sure ought to be in town."
— from The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling

As to our movements, I know nothing of them as yet, nor do I think that much has as yet been settled, but I fear we shall not be fit to move for some time; the difficulty of transport is very great, our Artillery only partly arrived, and no Cavalry.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria