She came home dirty, draggled, and shoeless; she had walked for a whole week without shoes; she had slept in the fields, and caught a terrible cold; her feet were swollen and sore, and her hands torn and scratched all over.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It was not very light, but Nicholas found himself close to the first entrance on the prompt side, among bare walls, dusty scenes, mildewed clouds, heavily daubed draperies, and dirty floors.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Looking out, as she must, from the front of her house towards the activity of man in the world at large, whilst her husband looked out to the back at sky and harvest and beast and land, she strained her eyes to see what man had done in fighting outwards to knowledge, she strained to hear how he uttered himself in his conquest, her deepest desire hung on the battle that she heard, far off, being waged on the edge of the unknown.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Just as in the land troubles Retana held that legally Governor-General Weyler was justified in disregarding an appeal pending in the courts, so in this connection he declares: ”(Despujol) unquestionably had been deceived by Rizal when, from Hongkong, he offered to Despujol not to meddle in politics.”
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

When the companion came, his domestic duties became very light.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

But put case she be equal in years, birth, fortunes, and other qualities correspondent, he doth desire to be coupled in marriage, which is an honourable estate, but for what respects?
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund|, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

If you could hear Dan Dyce speak to his dog, you would know at once he was a bachelor: only bachelors and bairnless men know dogs.
— from The Daft Days by Neil Munro

The lines purport to be the Hebrew hymn with which Rebecca closed her daily devotions while in prison under sentence of death.
— from The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Hezekiah Butterworth

It was only one of the thousand useful offices which a proper boy could fill around that place, thought he; but his wives had conspired in barrenness against him; no son ever would come to cheer his declining days.
— from The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

“Something in me makes it hard for me to think it important enough to give up everything else for it—and I—” “Why ‘ must ’ you?” asked the doctor bluntly, crumpling his damp dishcloth into a ball.
— from The Squirrel-Cage by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“Why, what can he do?” “Do?
— from The Boys of Grand Pré School Illustrated by James De Mille

Accusations, quick pleadings, angry retorts, attempts at explanation, all formed a dreadful muttering background out of which shot, like sharp streaks of lightning, occasional clearly-caught phrases: “Charlie White came home dead drunk, I tell you—” “—You know I'm mad about you, Helen, or I wouldn't—” “—Oh, don't you touch me!”
— from Missy by Dana Gatlin

Geography Saudi Arabia Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen Geographic coordinates: 25 00 N, 45 00 E Map references: Middle East Area: total: 1,960,582 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 1,960,582 sq km Area - comparative: slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US Land boundaries: total: 4,431 km border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km Coastline: 2,640 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 18 NM continental shelf: not specified territorial sea: 12 NM Climate: harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes Terrain: mostly uninhabited, sandy desert Elevation extremes: lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper Land use: arable land: 1.72% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 98.22% (1998 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency