You laugh at me because I think Paul is a genius but I am sure his letter will convince you that he is a very uncommon child.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

But if you try this method on the antlered antelope, His departure will convince you that he is a mis-an-thrope.
— from How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners by Robert Williams Wood

These are the ghosts by whom you will henceforth be haunted, until, finally, they make you one of themselves and carry you to heaven in a whirlwind of fire.
— from All Men are Ghosts by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks

Vagret [ after a pause ] Are you quite certain, yourself, that he is a murderer?
— from Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Eugène Brieux

At last Clark yielded to her importunities, and decided to visit the cabins at Donner Lake, and see if there was any news from beyond the Sierra.
— from History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan

“My dear,” he said, gently and paternally, “did he not tell you at the Sacro Speco that he would call you to him in a solemn hour?
— from The Saint by Antonio Fogazzaro

Now, then, get aboard and I'll carry you to him in a jiffy.
— from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

“Tell her we cannot yet turn her into an English girl, for Cicely has left none of her clothes on board, and they would not fit her slim figure if she had,” said Captain Layton, “but in the mean time she must learn English, and when we get back to James Town we will rig her out properly, and she will soon be able to talk her native tongue—though I don’t suppose she ever spoke much of it in early life.”
— from The Settlers: A Tale of Virginia by William Henry Giles Kingston

Seeing he alone is the absolute Sovereign Lord of all things,—seeing he has passed a determination upon all things, and accordingly they must be,—and seeing none can turn him from his way,—O then, Christians, learn to commit yourselves to him in all things, both for this life and the life to come!
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

A moment of horrible uncertainty, and then Crawley yielded to his instinct and ran.
— from It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade

Because he looks like a steel engraving of Henry Clay you think he is a Henry Clay, I suppose—anyhow, a lot of other people do; but I'm telling you his resemblance to Henry Clay is all on the outside—it doesn't strike in any farther than the hair roots.
— from The Thunders of Silence by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb