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not understand myself and since that

I know that there was no excuse for me; I do not understand myself, and since that day I feel as if I were mad.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

not Ulysses made a sign to

He was trying for the fourth time, and would have strung it had not Ulysses made a sign to check him in spite of all his eagerness.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Not upon my account says the

“Not upon my account,” says the lady; “I will have no person disturbed for me.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

needful unto me a steed tall

But a horse is needful unto me, a steed tall and strong of power to bear me, for it beseemeth me not to go on foot before mine enemies."
— from Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie

not understand much about scientific things

"Well?" asked Jack, who did not understand much about scientific things.
— from Through the Air to the North Pole Or, The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch by Roy Rockwood

not understand me as saying that

Let us see what my clients did. Do not understand me as saying that because my clients have done nothing the other defendants have.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

not understand me as saying this

But do not understand me as saying this in a spirit of anger; for, if I understand my own heart, the reverse is the case; and, while I say that the penalties of the law, in a stern and inflexible manner, should be executed upon conscious, intelligent, and influential traitors,—the leaders who have deceived thousands upon thousands of laboring men, who have been drawn into the rebellion; and while I say, as to leaders, punishment, I also say leniency, conciliation, and amnesty, to the thousands whom they have misled and deceived, and, in relation to this, as I have remarked, I might have adopted your speech as my own.
— from The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details by I. Windslow Ayer

not understand me and shook their

I tried to make these people understand me by saying a few words in Hindostani, but they could not understand me and shook their heads.
— from The White Chief of the Caffres by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

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