I see what it means.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

“No not exactly, but I feel as if something was in my throat.”
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

, I say what I must say, and no more."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Thus it follows that motion must have its source in something which is moved by itself, and which can neither have a beginning nor an end.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

‘If I find it necessary to carry you away, pick-a-back, o’ course I shall leave it the least bit o’ time possible afore you; but allow me to express a hope as you won’t reduce me to extremities; in saying wich, I merely quote wot the nobleman said to the fractious pennywinkle, ven he vouldn’t come out of his shell by means of a pin, and he conseqvently began to be afeered that he should be obliged to crack him in the parlour door.’
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Then he got on his horse and rode south into Scania, where immediately many people crowded to him.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

If his nervous complaint proceeded from a suppression of something that ought to be thrown out, which does not seem unlikely, the first of these disorders may really be a remedy, and I sincerely wish it may, for I know no one more deserving of happiness without alloy than Edward is....
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

It is built of layers of well-seasoned pine, securely fastened together to form one solid mass; which, after having been laid up of the general outline required, is carefully worked off, until its surface, which is made perfectly smooth, exactly conforms to the selected lines, and its beam, depth, and length are those of the given boat.
— from Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, During the Years 1874-5 by Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop

This is my last night here, and this is the last time I shall write in my old-age book.
— from In the Mountains by Elizabeth Von Arnim

The Arabs, we know, used firearms early in the fourteenth century, and we may conjecture that they introduced such weapons into Malacca and other parts of Malaysia as they moved east.
— from The History of Sulu by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

It is with real regret that I accept your resignation, for I speak what is merely a self-evident truth when I say that we shall have to look with some apprehension to what your successor does, whoever that successor may be, lest he fall short of the standard you have set.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

most vociferously, as if now, at length, in this foolish and idly garrulous world, had come the long-expected moment when one golden word was to be spoken; and in that imminent crisis, I caught a glimpse of a little bit of an effusion of international sentiment, which it might, and must, and should do to utter.
— from Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Perhaps he hoped that in some way I might be able to successfully defend myself.
— from Mistress Nancy Molesworth: A Tale of Adventure by Joseph Hocking

There is also a peculiar kind of soft, fine earth in Syria, which is much sought after by mothers; this, when collected, is brought and warmed near the fire; it is then placed in the cradle, and, being covered with a fine counterpane, the infant, wrapped in its swaddling clothes, is laid on this, the warm earth retaining dryness and heat for many hours.
— from The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Habeeb Risk Allah

[Pg 83] CHAPTER IX STORMY WEATHER IN MISSOURI Hannibal is a nice, clean, respectable place; were I an American tourist I would call it a "cute little city."
— from Across America by Motor-cycle by C. K. Shepherd

"In some ways, it must have been ... rather terrible.
— from The Sailor by J. C. (John Collis) Snaith

They indicate varying degrees of intensity, beginning from the least intense shock which is marked as two and ending with the severest shock marked as ten.
— from The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Edwin J. (Edwin James) Houston