I know no remedy, master Stephen. Dow.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson
Braid can sometimes hit prodigious distances out of them, but then he has been round the course in a score under 70—a thing that no respectable man should do.
— from The Golf Courses of the British Isles by Bernard Darwin
Oh, Heavens; that I should have ever indulged a hope of happiness while that terrible man lives!” “Compose yourself, Joan,” said Wood; “all will yet be well.” “Oh, no,—no,” replied Mrs. Sheppard, distractedly.
— from Jack Sheppard: A Romance, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Harrison Ainsworth
At the beginning of the Mexican War the Scotts were living in New York but, for a reason I do not now recall, Mrs. Scott decided to spend a winter during the General's absence in Philadelphia.
— from As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
"I see Your Highness does not remember me," said Dan, good-humouredly.
— from The Destroyer: A Tale of International Intrigue by Burton Egbert Stevenson
As a mere visitor, I have been back in Europe on several occasions since 1898, but I have never regretted my stubborn decision in that year to return to my country and make it my abiding place.
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt
“She seems to have become accustomed to you, and at times does not remember me,” said Doctor Harmon.
— from The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
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