It was a jolly expedition, and the yacht, which belonged to Dr. Chalmers the head of the missionaries in New Guinea, was captained by a Raratongan chief who was noted for his enormous strength.
— from The Savage South Seas by E. Way (Ernest Way) Elkington
‘Oh! may I not go with thee?’
— from The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
And if there is this repugnance in him now, may it not grow with the enforced intimacy?
— from Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
"Mary is not going with you.
— from Yesterday House by Fritz Leiber
"O father," Miles broke out before he thought, "may I not go with you when we begin our farm?
— from Soldier Rigdale: How He Sailed in the Mayflower and How He Served Miles Standish by Beulah Marie Dix
And at Port Moresby, in New Guinea, when the church bell was first used, the natives thanked the missionaries for having driven off numerous bands of ghosts.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck
A gain was made, if no goal were reached.
— from My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Frederick Palmer
May I not go with you?
— from Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
“When I make up my mind I never give way,” he said slowly.
— from The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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