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"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
"No, no, my dear," answered the young man, quietly; "I never doubted your affection, I only doubted your discretion.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
"Sir," said I, "no doubt you are ignorant of the discussions which have taken place concerning you in America and Europe.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
"There is no disputing," he said to me at supper, "there is no disputing; you are all nice and charming people, but for some reason, as soon as you take to manual labour, or go in for saving the peasants, in the long run it all comes to no more than being a dissenter.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
I don't think I need detain you any longer, Mrs. Jones.
— from The Silver Box: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Galsworthy
"I never do; you are the one for that."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
Walk if you can, if not drag yourself along—slide, if nothing else is possible.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Though I could wish You were conducted to a gentle bath And balms applied to you, yet dare I never Deny your asking: take your choice of those That best can aid your action.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
He said to her once: 'I never dispute your abilities to make a goose pie, and I beg you'll leave argument to me'; which she might have thought rude, but perhaps she was not a lady, as ladies do not make goose pies.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand
I’m goin’ to take ’em over here in this field an’ stick a knife into—” “No, Duncan, you are not going to do anything of the kind!”
— from The Brighton Boys at Chateau-Thierry by James R. Driscoll
But in the end, seeing him threaten him with his sword in his hand, calling him base coward, runagate, and many other insupportable insolences, he drew his sword to slay his enemies and with a point nimbly running upon him, overthrew him to the ground, if not dead, yet at least so near dead that he seemed so.
— from The Pilgrim of Castile; or, El Pelegrino in Su Patria by Lope de Vega
"I don't think I need detain you any longer, sir," he said coldly.
— from The de Bercy Affair by Louis Tracy
"There is no doubt you are genuine.
— from Thurston of Orchard Valley by Harold Bindloss
This feeling, we cannot help believing, is not dead yet, according to the astounding anecdotes brought forth and widely copied in a great many of our American newspapers.
— from All about Ferrets and Rats A Complete History of Ferrets, Rats, and Rat Extermination from Personal Experiences and Study. Also a Practical Hand-Book on the Ferret. by Adolph Isaacsen
"I never doubted your ability—to drink champagne."
— from The Flower Girl of The Château d'Eau, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVI) by Paul de Kock
I never did you any harm as yet '—words afterwards recollected.
— from The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams
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