I talk’d with no man at that hour, my lord.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

That's what he is staying here for,” he added maliciously, and, twisting his mouth, looked at Alyosha.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Montalais, observing this, stood listening for a moment, and then heard Madame lock and bolt her door.
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas

Can rightly measure or display The mighty army thou hast made Loyal to guard thy more than royal sway.
— from The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Henry Van Dyke

But his lightness of heart was exceeded by mine; and, with the exception of one other yet to come, that evening now shines in memory as the happiest my life has known.
— from Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

I talk'd with no man at that hour, my lord.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Our surface mine-layers laid their mines further seaward; while still further west our large [135] mine-laying ships, one of which can carry as many as three hundred mines, laid their mines just inside Piccadilly Circus.
— from The Harwich Naval Forces: Their Part in the Great War by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight

Here there came to M. Paul an urging of mysterious guidance, as if an inward voice had spoken to him and said that God was trying to save them, that He had put wisdom in this girl's mouth and that he must listen.
— from Through the Wall by Cleveland Moffett

And that he was worthy of help; that some great future was in store for him; that he was a chosen vessel marked out for glory, she had persuaded herself utterly; and the persuasion grew in her day by day, as she heard more and more of his cleverness, honesty, and kindliness, mysterious and, to her, miraculous learning.
— from Two Years Ago, Volume I by Charles Kingsley

Let Cesar, therefore, call on you every morning at the hour Mr. Leshlie ought to come.
— from Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Aaron Burr

When he pointed out Sadu less than a spear's cast outside the fires, the others readied their weapons for the attack they expected at any moment; while Sadu, seeing the flurry of motion among the hated manthings, lifted his mighty head and gave voice to a thunderous roar.
— from The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne