281 “I thought you might like her, even though you and she are less intimate than you once were.
— from Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe: A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

“I thank you, Polycles,” he said at last, “I thank you from my heart!
— from Pictures of Hellas: Five Tales of Ancient Greece by Peder Mariager

Since then it has stood stern and lonely in the Yorkshire hills, and nearly three centuries of decay have added to the ruin wrought by the captors.
— from In Unfamiliar England A Record of a Seven Thousand Mile Tour by Motor of the Unfrequented Nooks and Corners, and the Shrines of Especial Interest, in England; With Incursions into Scotland and Ireland. by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

" He thrust his stake a little into the yielding sand and had posted a notice, made out in due form, before the wet old workers by the sluice could conclude that the man had lost his wits.
— from The Furnace of Gold by Philip Verrill Mighels

"Why," the engineer stammered a little, "I thought you'd have lots and lots of friends that you'd want to let in on the ground floor.
— from The Penalty by Gouverneur Morris

The Swede's a liar, I tell ye!" Wheeling the chair around to face the desk, he picked up a pen, dipped it into the ink, laid it back on the desk, picked it up again, opened a drawer on his right, took from it a sheet of official paper, and wrote a letter of five lines.
— from The Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith

A beaver’ll stand a lot, I tell you.
— from The House in the Water: A Book of Animal Stories by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

"My dear young ladies," I said at last, "I think you are splendid and an example to the world; but what you ask is impossible.
— from A Boswell of Baghdad; With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas