And so away to Stevenage, and staid till a showre was over, and so rode easily to Welling, where we supped well, and had two beds in the room and so lay single, and still remember it that of all the nights that ever I slept in my life I never did pass a night with more epicurism of sleep; there being now and then a noise of people stirring that waked me, and then it was a very rainy night, and then I was a little weary, that what between waking and then sleeping again, one after another, I never had so much content in all my life, and so my wife says it was with her.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Count Wolfeck went round the room saying, "In my life I never heard anything like this."
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

And so away to Stevenage, and staid till a showre was over, and so rode easily to Welling, where we supped well, and had two beds in the room and so lay single, and still remember it that of all the nights that ever I slept in my life I never did pass a night with more epicurism of sleep; there being now and then a noise of people stirring that waked me, and then it was a very rainy night, and then I was a little weary, that what between waking and then sleeping again, one after another, I never had so much content in all my life, and so my wife says it was with her. 24th.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1661 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

In this poorhouse, with no book, no ready light, I fain must lie in silence, hence an hour such as has been told in perfection in a simple yet finished piece of descriptive English; let me give the classic prose of Sam Pepys—the words are his—but the happy hour was mine as well as his:— “Rode easily to Welling, where we supped well, and had two beds in the room, and so lay single, and still remember it that of all the nights that I ever slept in my life I never did pass a night with more epicurism of sleep; there being now and then a noise of people stirring that wakened me, and then it was a very rainy night, and then I was a little weary, that what between waking, and then sleeping again one after another, I never had so much content in all my life.”
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

For their sakes I must live, if not for my own.
— from History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan

And I as free as any; As careless of my flesh, of that we call life, So I may lose it nobly; as indifferent As if it were my diet.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10 by John Fletcher

FAG Sir, in my life I never saw an elderly gentleman more astonished!
— from The Rivals: A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"Well," said Corkam, in his rancorous voice, "of all the tomfoolery I ever seed in my life, I never seed anything to ekal this!
— from The Water-Finders by Judith Vandeleur

“You will forgive me, Signor, if my language is not altogether good.
— from Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah

But now I am far away, And lonely and sad is my lot, I never can rest till my journey is past,
— from Beadle's Dime Song Book No. 1 A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs. by Various