No, I shall have quite enough difficulty in driving you out of her mind as it is.
— from The City of Beautiful Nonsense by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston

Perhaps, if you were to drop, as we sit together here, what Mrs Enderby said—” “No, no; not I,” said Hope, quickly.
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

The great advantage of the Confederate—an advantage which he had in a less degree as against the hardier and country-bred Federal of the west—was that he was a hunter and rider born and bred, an excellent shot, and still not infrequently settled his quarrels by the duel.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

So now I sit here quite alone Blinded with tears; nor grieve for that, For naught is left worth looking at Since my delightful land is gone.
— from Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti

“You’re a notary, I suppose?” he questioned.
— from In the Shadow of the Hills by George C. (George Clifford) Shedd

So now I sit here quite alone Blinded with tears; nor grieve for that, For nought is left worth looking at Since my delightful land is gone.
— from Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti