(* Though quoting his exact language only in certain instances, the account of this and other Alpine ascensions described above has been based upon M. E. Desor's "Sejours dans les Glaciers".
— from Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz

"No, lad, he ain't; but unless my ears deceived me, it was him give the party their orders.
— from In the Days of Washington: A Story of the American Revolution by William Murray Graydon

It is new moon again, and we may therefore expect pressure; the ice is, in fact, already moving; it began to split on Saturday, and has broken up more each day.
— from Farthest North, Vol. I Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen

I learned that a marriage was to take place, and, to my surprise, the bride proved to be Budhany, the little child who brought us milk each day from the only cow south of the Mazaruni.
— from Jungle Peace by William Beebe

Dear Jones : You cannot expect much tact from two fifes and a bass drum, but unless my ears deceive me they have greeted the bride with a well-meant attempt at “Home, Sweet Home.”
— from In Partnership: Studies in story-telling by Brander Matthews

And I have four boys here, but they’ve been under my eye day and night,” he continued anxiously; “so, in God’s name, what are ye after them for, sir?
— from Killykinick by Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman

I have been here, as I have already informed you, six weeks, and some new wonder bursts upon me every day.
— from Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

But Uncle Majesty either did not see, or knew less than his talented son, and Auntie escaped a scolding that time."
— from The Secret Memoirs of Bertha Krupp From the Papers and Diaries of Chief Gouvernante Baroness D'Alteville by Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer