‘And the cream of the jest,’ continued Mr. Huntingdon, laughing, ‘is, that the artful minx loves nothing about him but his title and pedigree, and “that delightful old family seat.”’ ‘How do you know?’ said I. ‘She told me so herself; she said, “As for the man himself, I thoroughly despise him; but then, I suppose, it is time to be making my choice, and if I waited for some one capable of eliciting my esteem and affection, I should have to pass my life in single blessedness, for I detest you all!”
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

“I had not ceased speaking when a terrible shove threw me on my back, and in a second I saw the man seized by the furious soldiers, thrown down, struck, dragged along the side of the road, and flung against a tree.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Sometimes it seems to me, somehow, that there must be a difference between Parisian French and Quaker City French.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Don Quixote did so, reining in Rocinante until his weary squire came up, who on reaching him said, "It seems to me, senor, it would be prudent in us to go and take refuge in some church, for, seeing how mauled he with whom you fought has been left, it will be no wonder if they give information of the affair to the Holy Brotherhood and arrest us, and, faith, if they do, before we come out of gaol we shall have to sweat for it."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote did so, reining in Rocinante until his weary squire came up, who on reaching him said, “It seems to me, senor, it would be prudent in us to go and take refuge in some church, for, seeing how mauled he with whom you fought has been left, it will be no wonder if they give information of the affair to the Holy Brotherhood and arrest us, and, faith, if they do, before we come out of gaol we shall have to sweat for it.” “Peace,” said Don Quixote; “where hast thou ever seen or heard that a knight-errant has been arraigned before a court of justice,
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

He changed his manner; became very cold, and suddenly began to talk about a hippopotamus; wondered whether sleeping on board the steamer (I stuck to my salvage night and day)
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

She is so indubitably sister to Mr. Smallweed the younger that the two kneaded into one would hardly make a young person of average proportions, while she so happily exemplifies the before-mentioned family likeness to the monkey tribe that attired in a spangled robe and cap she might walk about the table-land on the top of a barrel-organ without exciting much remark as an unusual specimen.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

By night the same muteness of humanity before the shrieks of the ocean prevailed; still in silence the men swung in the bowlines; still wordless Ahab stood up to the blast.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

The nervous system, however, possesses the power of modifiability to a marked degree, even a single impression sufficing to make striking modification.
— from How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study by Harry Dexter Kitson

And thus the three great nature-philosophers of the old world, Thales, Anaximenes, and Heracleitus, have been our guides, so to speak, in surveying the most striking phenomena of water, air, and fire.
— from Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer

That is to say, I sustain towards my students an attitude of helpfulness, a predisposition to react towards them in such a way that their interests may be furthered.
— from Increasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of Business by Walter Dill Scott

"'That sounds probable enough, as the present fashions go,'" said I. "Seems to me," said Frederick, "that this is a case to refer to higher authority.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 by Various

“You were quite safe, it seems to me,” said Montague.
— from The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair

He said: “It seems to me, sir, that you think Flora has not done very well for herself.
— from Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

Only suddenly it seemed to me so absurdly melodramatic.
— from Round the Corner Being the Life and Death of Francis Christopher Folyat, Bachelor of Divinity, and Father of a Large Family by Gilbert Cannan