But here it puts me into thoughts how I shall own my receiving of L200 a year from him, but it is his gift, I never asked of him, and which he did to Mr. Povy, and so there is no great matter in it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

People always say there is nothing going on in London before the season, but we dine out every night and often have (I at least) something in the afternoon—a tea, or music.
— from Letters of a Diplomat's Wife, 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington

So he took a holy picture and said, 'There is no God, and I will prove it immediately.
— from The War and Democracy by John Dover Wilson