"I never do; you are the one for that."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

No, he is not dead yet.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

And, if the footpath is narrow, do you think one woman would make room for another, or would beg pardon as she sweeps by?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Nay literally, the very Ground is new divided; your old party-coloured Provinces become new uniform Departments, Eighty-three in number;—whereby, as in some sudden shifting of the Earth's axis, no mortal knows his new latitude at once.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

" "But I cannot intrude—" "You do not intrude, nor do you in the least embarrass my project.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

“You know, sir,” says Blifil, “I never disobeyed you; but I am sorry I mentioned it, since
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

As the environments of the mother influence the child in prenatal life, and you were with me so much, there is no doubt you have had a part in making them what they are.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

I never doubted your gaining every soul you approach.
— from The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters by Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount

I wonder why it was—that I never doubted you'd come?"
— from Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel by Will Levington Comfort

"It is Winter, the old man of last year; he is not dead yet, as the calendar says, but acts as guardian to little Prince Spring who is coming.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

"I neither doubt your taste nor your skill; but I cannot help thinking that, for the price of this picture of a family party, you might have had—" "What then?"
— from An Attic Philosopher in Paris — Volume 1 by Émile Souvestre

"I have no objection to the flagon," said Doveton, as Harvey left them to obtain the peculiar sort of liquid cheerfulness to which men engaged in not the most legitimate callings generally have recourse; "I have no objection to the flagon; but you know we must have done the job before morning, Hardie, and the grave is not dug yet."
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Sure, I never deny you anything!
— from North, South and Over the Sea by M. E. Francis

Conditions supersede laws; those which I have prescribed you know; if you choose to keep them, I may be yours, and you mine; if not, the mule is not dead, your clothes are whole, and not a doit of your money is spent.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I have serv'd you ever since I was a child; But better service have I never done you Than now to bid you hold.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

I never dreamed you'd be tempted to do such a thing.
— from The Crimson Patch by Augusta Huiell Seaman

“You believe I’m innocent now, do you?”
— from Within the Capes by Howard Pyle