"You'll be the death of me yet, old fellow," asserted Tom.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
"I won't cry any more," she asserted stoutly.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
At first my imagination evoked a more glowing wonder than in reality existed; as the hours wore on, and as the wants of my body asserted themselves, I began to see the vacant spaces with a disillusionizing eye.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook