'Jerrie, Jerrie,' she sobbed, 'you think I am going to die, I know you do, and so does everybody, but I am not; I cannot die when there is so much to live for, and my home is so beautiful, and I love everybody so much, and
— from Tracy Park: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

I mean, that such is the purpose served in this dialogue: I know perfectly that Plato deals with the 107 case differently elsewhere: but I am not bound (as I have said more than once) to force upon all the dialogues one and the same point of view.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote

"Jerrie, Jerrie," she sobbed, "you think I am going [Pg 287] to die, I know you do, and so does everybody, but I am not; I cannot die when there is so much to live for, and my home is so beautiful, and I love everybody so much, and—" Terrified beyond measure, Jerrie put her hand over Maude's mouth and said, almost sharply:
— from Gretchen: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

Spite of the other’s invitation, the smith remained standing and with downcast eyes, began: “I am not good at talking.
— from A Word, Only a Word — Complete by Georg Ebers

Excepting the business of his profession, Herr Grosse did everything by impulse, and nothing by rule.
— from Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins