"As" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Yes," he said; "as I had begun to fear. I owe you an apology, Sir Thomas," he went on with manly dignity, producing the briar, "I am entirely to blame. How the mistake arose I cannot imagine, but I find it isn't a ...
— The Intrusion of Jimmy • P. G. Wodehouse
... Dorado, when John made a significant motion, which, being translated, meant that he would like to take another glass of hot punch. To this proposition I readily consented; after which we lighted two real Havanas, and rolled on as resolute as a flying Dutchman. It was with some effort that John curbed his natural feelings. The punch, being placed in the right place, seemed to create new thoughts. 'Queer fellows you are!' says he, to talk of freedom and ...
— The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth • Timothy Templeton
... scenes came to his mind—the women, children and old men, whose poverty and exhaustion he had noticed as if for the first time, especially that oldish child which twisted its little calfless legs—and he involuntarily compared them with the city folks. Passing by the butcher, fish and clothing shops, he was struck, as if it was the first time he looked upon them—by the physical evidences ...
— The Awakening - The Resurrection • Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy
... afraid I'm a—a worry to you as well as Lorna," he said, gently, with a hand going to her worn cheek. She said nothing, although her glance rested ...
— The Day of the Beast • Zane Grey
... "we were thinking how much your expression was sometimes like that of your sweet mother. If you could but have seen her, so as to ...
— Elsie Venner • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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