As he was certain of returning to Paris, he only took linen sufficient for a very short absence; but as I knew that once at Abbeville he could not escape me, I sent his trunk on to Calais, where we found it on our arrival.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I told him that I could not embroil myself in such quarrels, but that I had only one object, which was the lake.
— from In the Heart of Africa by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

This announcement silenced even Mr. Rigby, and the conversation now entirely merged in speculations on what would occur.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I lay all night upon the rocks—sleep I could not; every moment I saw your father's body sinking, as I had seen it in the morning.
— from The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat

They were all very merry, but I had been so lowered by pain that I could not enjoy myself in spite of the success.’
— from Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin by Robert Louis Stevenson