I didn't mean to be a conversational monopolizer, hogging a rare chance to talk to the company founder; I just found him the only interesting person in the room to talk to.

1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America

But at last his heart changed,—and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before the sun, and spake thus unto it: Thou great star! What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest!

You have been told how easy it is to write useful programs on your new $200 Goshwow personal computer. Being a good person who always brushes after every meal, you dutifully worked your way through the Basic instruction book—maybe two of them.