In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep school for me, and finally said, “Why—ye-es,” with very grave, hesitant faces.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an examination of it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor’s stick?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— objective case of I
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Macmillan
— used for referring to yourself when you are the person who is speaking or writing
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Usage
327 uses of ‘me’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
326 uses of ‘me’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle