He had never so much as thought of making one, so far as his papers afforded any evidence; for there was no kind of hint, sketch, or memorandum, of any testamentary intention whatever.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

So I, but your Recorder am in this, Or mouth, or Speaker of the universe, A ministeriall Notary, for'tis Not I, but you and fame, that make this verse; I was your Prophet in your yonger dayes, 70
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

For being drawn up by squadrons as it were, the foreigners wheeled round and falling on Alexander’s men face to face, they no longer relied 169 on the hurling of javelins or the dexterous deploying of horses, as is the common practice in cavalry battles, but every one on his own account strove eagerly to break through what stood in his way, as if this were their only means of safety.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

'I think, Sir, it is right to tell one man of such a handsome thing, which has been said of him by another.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

I have also been much affected with the thoughts of mine own state and yours, which I verily believe is by nature miserable.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

In just that way it seemed to me that a ghostly set of new sensations was struggling with those of my ordinary self.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

These unfortunate beings, however, never durst leave our side, and this was the only means of saving them from being butchered.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

My doctrine of the ideality of space and of time, therefore, far from reducing the whole sensible world to mere illusion, is the only means of securing the application of one of the most important cognitions (that which mathematics propounds a priori ) to actual objects, and of preventing its being regarded as mere illusion.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

During this campaign hundreds if not thousands of miles of similar intrenchments were built by both armies, and, as a rule, whichever party attacked got the worst of it.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

At last, losing patience, I smote her; for, although we Amazulu do not beat our wives overmuch, as you white people say, yet there are times when hard wood is the only means of staying a woman’s tongue.
— from The White Shield by Bertram Mitford

I understood that the only means of suppressing the pamphlet would be by an injunction from the Lord Chancellor; and this I imagined the influence of the Earl might essentially promote: for which reason I immediately wrote, in reply to these agents, and appointed an interview early the next morning.
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft

"Is it possible that after all these months and years, and all these hopes and all these dreams, I am doomed to see him love another, and that other my own sister?
— from A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War by L. T. Meade

If you can get one of the many forms of wire supports used by commercial florists, so much the better; but if these are not obtainable the old method of stakes and strings (or preferably raffia) will do very well.
— from Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

I almost resented the inflexible tyranny of my own spirit which had turned him against me.
— from In the Days of Poor Richard by Irving Bacheller

About this same time those of Besse, of the Old Market, of St. James' Bourg, of the Draggage, of Parille, of the Rivers, of the rocks St. Pol, of the Vaubreton, of Pautille, of the Brehemont, of Clainbridge, of Cravant, of Grammont, of the town at the Badgerholes, of Huymes, of Segre, of Husse, of St. Lovant, of Panzoust, of the Coldraux, of Verron, of Coulaines, of Chose, of Varenes, of Bourgueil, of the Bouchard Island, of the Croullay, of Narsay, of Cande, of Montsoreau, and other bordering places, sent ambassadors unto Grangousier, to tell him that they were advised of the great wrongs which Picrochole had done him, and, in regard of their ancient confederacy, offered him what assistance they could afford, both in men, money, victuals, and ammunition, and other necessaries for war.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by François Rabelais

The other mode of solving the problem, over the head of the President, is to pass an Amendment of the Constitution prescribing universal suffrage.…
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Wharton James) Moen Copie Woolen Mill Grand Falls on the Little Colorado Old Fort Moroni with its Stockade Fort Moroni in Later Years Erastus Snow, Who Had Charge of Arizona Colonization Anthony W. Ivins Joseph W. McMurrin Joseph Fish, an Arizona Historian Joseph H. Richards of St. Joseph St. Joseph Pioneers and Historian Andrew Jenson Shumway and the Old Mill on Silver Creek First Mormon School, Church and Bowery at St. Johns David K. Udall and His First Residence at St. Johns St. Johns in 1887 Stake Academy at St. Johns Founders of Northern Arizona Settlements Group of Pioneers Presidents of Five Arizona Stakes Old Academy at Snowflake New Academy at Snowflake The Desolate Road to the Colorado Ferry Leaders of Unsuccessful Expeditions First Party to Southern Arizona and Mexico Second Party to Southern Arizona and Mexico Original Lehi Locators Founders of Mesa Maricopa Stake Presidents Maricopa Delegation at Pinetop Conference
— from Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock