The poor child no more conceived at present the idea that the young squire could ever be her lover than a baker's pretty daughter in the crowd, whom a young emperor distinguishes by an imperial but admiring smile, conceives that she shall be made empress.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

I mean to write at you every day during this odious voyage.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Roberts looked up from his task, with a queer expression of blended admiration and anger on his face, and answered: "You'll look the part all right, just as well as you ever did, but—what's the use of trying to deceive yourself, for you wouldn't condescend to try to deceive me surely.
— from A Pasteboard Crown: A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris

Who among you, Englishmen, dreams of denying, above all, this last truth?
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

Allertons arivall in England, he aquainted them with his comission and full power to conclude y e forementioned bargan & purchas; upon [154] the veiw wherof, and y e delivery of y e bonds for y e paymente of y e money yearly, (as is before mentioned,) it was fully concluded, and a deede [CF] fairly ingrossed in partchmente was delivered him, under their hands & seals confirming the same.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

The Executive Committee, relying upon the case as presented to you last week and your earnest declaration to endeavor to bring about a conference for the honorable and peaceful adjustment of the matters in controversy, have thus far been enabled to prevail upon the men not to engage in a general strike.
— from The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

R106441, 26Jan53, I. A. R. Wylie (A) YALE, ELSIE DUNCAN, comp.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1953 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

“Indeed he is,” replied Dr. Tourniquet, with emphasis: “I don’t wonder at your enthusiasm, don’t you see.
— from Lady Eureka; or, The Mystery: A Prophecy of the Future. Volume 2 by Robert Folkestone Williams

It is windy weather, the snow whirling about your ears, directly you put your head out of the passage.
— from Farthest North, Vol. II Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen