Sir, ye shall not so, said Merlin, for the knight is weary of fighting and chasing, so that ye shall have no worship to have ado with him; also, he will not lightly be matched of one knight living; and therefore it is my counsel, let him pass, for he shall do you good service in short time, and his sons, after his days. — from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
service in short time and his sons
Sir, you shall not so, said Merlin, for the knight is weary of fighting and chasing, so that ye shall have no worship to have ado with him; also he will not be lightly matched of one knight living, and therefore it is my counsel, let him pass, for he shall do you good service in short time, and his sons after his days. — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
sit ignorant so that as he said
They can square circles, but understand not the state of their own souls, describe right lines and crooked, &c. but know not what is right in this life, quid in vita rectum sit, ignorant ; so that as he said, Nescio an Anticyram ratio illis destinet omnem. — from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
And she, the basilisk, she loves him too, though she pretends to be so very coy and particular: she loves him: she cannot deceive me: I saw it at once, and I see it still through all her silly transparent pretences. — from Babylon, Volume 3 by Grant Allen
sentence I say this after having seen
Then Burke adds this emphatic sentence: "I say this after having seen, and with some care examined, the original documents concerning certain important transactions of those times; they perfectly satisfied me of the extreme injustice of that war, and of the falsehood of the colors which, to his own ruin, and guided by a mistaken policy, he suffered to be daubed over that measure." To his own ruin? — from A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy
serious in such trifles as he says
But I mean to do the Doctor no wrong or harm, because (besides there being nothing serious in such trifles, as he says) I hope to rescue his child, my Marion, from what I see—I know —she dreads, and contemplates with misery: that is, the return of this old lover. — from The Battle of Life: A Love Story by Charles Dickens
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