We'd just love to take our wedding-trip to the Old Country—I mean to go abroad, nobody in Cheemaun ever says the Old Country now—but we can't.
— from 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

‘No, I cannot eat,’ said the boy, as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever

Now I cannot even say that my appetite has fallen off, but I am smoking IMG more than ever, and it is notorious that I experience sudden chills and thrills.
— from My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

As the warrant could be granted only by Mr. Newcome, I could easily see that the messenger would be detained a considerable time, since the magistrate would require a large portion of the present day to enable him to reach his house.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Now I challenge every state--turn those welfare checks into private sector paychecks.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Bill Clinton