"Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy." (Spoken to her husband of 9 months, Rev. Arthur Nicholls.) ~~ Charlotte Bronte, writer, d. March 31, 1855
Related:
- I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct.
~~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702... - Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness,
feel the slippery finish.
Caresses it, experience it. Quite smooth, isn't it?... - To Willie's widow, Lily, and her new husband, Teixeira de Mattos,
Wilde said, "I am dying beyond my means.
I will never outlive the century. The English people would not stand for it.... - So this is it," said Arthur, "we are going to die."
"Yes," said Ford, "except.
..no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision.... - You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a
fool as that.
But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.... - I am about to--or I am going to--die; either expression is used.
--Dominique Bouhours, grammarian, 1628-1702... - I am about to---or I am going to---die; either expression is used.
-- Last words of Dominique Bouhours, French grammaria... - I am the check writer in the cash only line.
- I am not, nor have ever been, a lawyer.
