The list they made and to which they affixed their signatures, as I have previously mentioned, is now in my possession and is one of the most treasured souvenirs of my adventure.
— from Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp by Pat O'Brien

Besides the particulars which may be thence gleaned for this Highland feast (the splendour of which induced the Pope's legate to dissent from an opinion which he had hitherto held, that Scotland, namely, was the—the—the latter end of the world)—besides these, might I not illuminate my pages with Taylor the Water Poet's hunting in the braes of Mar, where, Through heather, mosse, 'mong frogs, and bogs, and fogs, 'Mongst craggy cliffs and thunder-battered hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours' hunting fourscore fat deer kills.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

I told you that the best a man can bring the woman he marries is not in my power to give you.
— from The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie

I cried, "let us have no sniveling or humbug: mercy is not in my power, as you ought to know.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

[1140] The original MS. is now in my possession.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by James Boswell

Through these hills the Negro has either found, or forced a passage, which on either side is bounded by steep, rocky escarpments, rising 500 or 600 feet above it; and here the stream ran with such violence, that it was with the greatest difficulty the launches were dragged on, one by one; a difficulty further increased by the shallowness of the water, which made it necessary in many places to deepen the [Pg 86] channel with spades and pick-axes, and to unload the boats and carry their cargoes considerable distances, before they could proceed [25] .
— from Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata Their Present State, Trade, and Debt by Parish, Woodbine, Sir

In this extremity Francis I. took an honorable and noble resolution; in October, 1525, he wrote to Charles V., “Sir, my brother, I have heard from the Archbishop of Embrun and my premier-president at Paris of the decision you have expressed to them as to my liberation, and I am sorry that what you demand of me is not in my power.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by François Guizot

articulars which may be thence gleaned for this Highland feast (the splendour of which induced the Pope's legate to dissent from an opinion which he had hitherto held, that Scotland, namely, was the—the—the latter end of the world)—besides these, might I not illuminate my pages with Taylor the Water Poet's hunting in the Braes of Mar, where,— Through heather, mosse, 'mong frogs, and bogs, and fogs, 'Mongst craggy cliffs and thunder-batter'd hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours' hunting fourscore fat deer kills.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

It is the great error of our country manufacturers, in many, if not in most, parts of England at this time, that as soon as they can finish their goods, they hurry them up to London to their factor, and as soon as the goods are gone, immediately follow them with their bills for the money, without waiting to hear whether the goods are come to a market, are sold, or in demand, and whether they are likely to sell quickly or not; thus they load the factor's warehouse with their goods before they are wanted, and load the factor with their bills, before it is possible that he can have gotten cash in his hand to pay them.
— from The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Daniel Defoe

"Don't you see dat de monish is not in my pockets.
— from The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams