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"I suppose I am a fool, but all the time I am fancying things."

From Jeanne of the Marshes by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"It is not I who am fancying that these burglars came after the will," Eleanor answered in an aggrieved voice.

From One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

And I am fancying, too, that Milverton and Ellesmere are the boys they were to me; but I am now the child to them. 

From Friends in Council — First Series by Helps, Arthur, Sir