And, to show that I was able to do it, I pulled out my bill for £94 from the gentleman of the custom-house, and who, to my infinite satisfaction, he knew as soon as he saw the bill.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe

At many parties I got to know what a delightful thing a Philadelphia party was, and if I had gone to one instead of many I should have known as well.
— from Our Philadelphia by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

He's my cousin, an' as good a fighter as ever carried a gun over ther mountain, I seed him kill a feller onct after the other feller had him kivered.
— from The Nightriders' Feud by Walter Caruth McConnell

He gave me a peculiar look, and in a minute I saw he knew all.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various

"Oh! that I had a nurse to so fondle me; indeed, she has kept all looks of illness from thee; thy face is as clear as if thou hadst been fed on wild honey all thy days;—and such hair!
— from Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne

I know if you or Lily had been always at me I should have kicked as hard as he does.”
— from The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

“I spent evening after evening there, when, if I had not thought only of myself, I should have kept away.
— from Villa Rubein, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy

“If Touchett had never opened his mouth I should have known all the same.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James