But no; I must be silent—I am poor.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

If the feast were less magnificent than those same panelled walls had witnessed in a bygone century; if mine host presided with somewhat less of state than might have befitted a successor of the royal governors; if the guests made a less imposing show than the bewigged and powdered and embroidered dignitaries who erst banqueted at the gubernatorial table and now sleep within their armorial tombs on Copp's Hill or round King's Chapel,—yet never, I may boldly say, did a more comfortable little party assemble in the province-house from Queen Anne's days to the Revolution.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

No, it must be sought within the confines of domestic bliss.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Finally, if by his vices or follies a person does no direct harm to others, he is nevertheless (it may be said) injurious by his example; and ought to be compelled to control himself, for the sake of those whom the sight or knowledge of his conduct might corrupt or mislead.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

"But, if not now (it may be said), at least hereafter, when all are fit to have votes, and when all men and women are admitted to vote in virtue of their fitness, then there can no longer be danger of class legislation; then the electors, being the nation, can have no interest apart from the general interest: even if individuals still vote according to private or class inducements, the majority will have no such inducement; and as there will then be no non-electors to whom they ought to be responsible, the effect of the ballot, excluding none but the sinister influences, will be wholly beneficial.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

In proportion to our increase in strength, it is probable, nay, it may be said certain, that Britain and Spain would augment their military establishments in our neighborhood.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Thus narrowed, it might be suggested that the manifestation of is only important as a manifestation of intent.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

In this region, in the month of June, American travelers are extremely numerous; it may be said, indeed, that Vevey assumes at this period some of the characteristics of an American watering place.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

'It is not in my Bible,' she said.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

If, on the contrary, it is necessary, it must be so to all men; how then is it that all men possess not what is absolutely necessary to them?
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 09 by Voltaire

When a singular noun is modified by several adjectives, only one of the articles an or a must be used if the noun denotes but one object; but if the noun denotes more than one object the article must be repeated before each noun.
— from Plain English by Marian Wharton

If by this term of superstition nothing is meant but some exaggeration or other, some over-excitement of the moral and religious feelings in individuals, then such a purely-personal case admits not of being raised to a general rule, nor elevated into a universal principle.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

But that which is not and yet seems to be; if it be the cause why it seems to be what it is not, it may be said to be and not to be.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

Not itself, maybe, but she!
— from Gideon's Band: A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable

The communication made was on the presumable authority of General Hunter, as his name is mentioned; but so sure am I that he was no more capable of communicating such a report for publication than he is of turning his back in the face of an enemy, that I have not so much as written to him asking his denial.
— from A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years Captivity at Omdurman by Charles Neufeld

It may be objected that it is useless to bring up these old theological conceptions, as the world has happily gone beyond them, and only in an atavistic manner do we find a few still holding them; nevertheless it may be safely asserted that fifty years hence we shall look back upon the attitude of certain astronomers to-day with much the same pity and amusement which excites us when we regard the attitude of a similar class in the middle of the last century.
— from Mars and Its Mystery by Edward Sylvester Morse

"The narrative, it may be said, has been fully corroborated since from other sources, with the addition that Donovan was also pursued and killed.
— from Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection Up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force by Frederick Courteney Selous

It is not implausibly maintained by some [114] that in the "shopping" letter which André had addressed to Mrs Arnold in August 1779 he had used a disguised handwriting with the object of making clear to her husband—reasonably certain to see the letter—the identity of John Anderson.
— from Spies and Secret Service The story of espionage, its main systems and chief exponents by Hamil Grant

In their old village life of hunting and fishing, it was an unwritten law that if one man had food and another had none, it must be shared.
— from The Purple Flame A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell