Still standing before him, she bent her head a little, and with a graceful gesture of the hands, as if offering something, she delivered with heartfelt emphasis the first part of Portia's pretty speech to her fortunate suitor: "You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand, Such as I am: though, for myself alone, I would not be ambitious in my wish, To wish myself much better; yet for you, I would be trebled twenty times myself; A thousand times more fair, ten thousand times more rich; That, only to stand high in your account, I might in virtues, beauties, livings, friends, Exceed account: but the full sum of me Is sum of something; which, to term in gross, Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractis'd:-- Happy in this, she is not yet so old
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

So you see, my lad, it is a good thing if a man has three brains.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

So, you see, my lord, since I am hungry, I would, with your highness’s leave----”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

When we were at Montefiascone she said,— “You see my lover is only without money by chance; he has a bill of exchange for a large amount.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

O! grief hath chang'd me since you saw me last;
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Why should you sigh, my lord?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

So your sweet Majesty, Looking awry upon your lord's departure, Find shapes of grief more than himself to wail; Which, look'd on as it is, is nought but shadows Of what it is not.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

as for the rest, everything about her is freshness, suavity, youth, sweet morning light.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

"Well, sir," returns Mr. Snagsby, "you see, my little woman is—not to put too fine a point upon it—inquisitive.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

By a vessel lately sailed from Havre to New York, I have sent you some more livraisons of the Encyclopédie , down to the 22nd inclusive.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson

And since you saved my life, and cried over me in this very room, you have been in my head and in my heart; but I wouldn't show it; for I had vowed I never would let any man know my heart till he showed me his.”
— from Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade

de Setiembre de mill y seyscientos y seys, mandando librar á Francisco Guillamas Velasquez de el señoraje y monedage de las casas de Moneda de este año venidero dos quentos de maravedis, para que los dé á D a .
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

"Oh," answered Winifred, smiling, "I owe you a decent civility, since you saved my life last night."
— from Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin

"I am sorry you saw me like this, Bessie.
— from Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The next letter was written in July of the same year, six months later.
— from The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Walter Besant

'And so you shall, my love,' I said.
— from Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Mrs. Molesworth

As M. Desmalions was about to go down the steps, he turned and said simply: "You saved my life this morning.
— from The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc

"Say you so, my leetle fire-eater?"
— from The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois by St. George Rathborne