but, said Panurge, I shall never by any other means come to have lawful sons and daughters, in whom I may harbour some hope of perpetuating my name and arms, and to whom also I may leave and bequeath my inheritances and purchased goods (of which latter sort you need not doubt but that in some one or other of these mornings I will make a fair and goodly show), that so I may cheer up and make merry
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

but, said Panurge, I shall never by any other means come to have lawful sons and daughters, in whom I may harbour some hope of perpetuating my name and arms, and to whom also I may leave and bequeath my inheritances and purchased goods (of which latter sort you need not doubt but that in some one or other of these mornings I will make a fair and goodly show), that so I may cheer up and make merry when otherwise I should be plunged into a peevish sullen mood of pensive sullenness, as I do perceive daily by the gentle and loving carriage of your kind and gracious father towards you; as all honest folks use to do at their own homes and private dwelling-houses.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by François Rabelais

She smiled and sat forward, resting one hand upon the rocks, and the puppy, with a lamentable slump in manners, crawled up from behind and gently relieved her of the bone which still had luscious scraps of white flesh adhering to it, and a dream of a shining gristly knob at the end.
— from Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest

Most of this day was spent in making camp, unpacking, and attending to the many necessary little details that make for comfort in the open.
— from Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey

[224] Too poetical often in another Sense, when they give Characters absolutely false; from whence the French have a witty Saying, Il ment comme une Epitaphe , He lies like an Epitaph.
— from Lectures on Poetry Read in the Schools of Natural Philosophy at Oxford by Joseph Trapp

"I suppose I must clear up this mess," said the Warden, as articulately as a man can who is holding a cigar between his teeth.
— from The New Warden by Ritchie, David G. (David George), Mrs.

They declared I should thereafter be known as Keen Knife, and that, needing a service, I might call upon them freely.
— from Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

"Mrs. Brenton said I might come up.
— from Capricious Caroline by Effie Adelaide Rowlands

The longing to go would come upon me without any warning in the dead of night sometimes, stealing into my consciousness under varying disguises as the years went by and the passion required fresh incentives to become active and alert.
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt

" "Is there anything suspicious in my calling upon my cousin—as usual?
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum