The life of my father is in the greatest danger, owing to the dreadful circumstance that I have related.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

wn those bits of inn and wayside life and character that abound in the pages of “Don Quixote:” the Benedictine monks with spectacles and sunshades, mounted on their tall mules; the strollers in costume bound for the next village; the barber with his basin on his head, on his way to bleed a patient; the recruit with his breeches in his bundle, tramping along the road singing; the reapers gathered in the venta gateway listening to “Felixmarte of Hircania” read out to them; and those little Hogarthian touches that he so well knew how to bring in, the ox-tail hanging up with the landlord’s comb stuck in it, the wine-skins at the bed-head, and those notable examples of hostelry art, Helen going off in high spirits on Paris’s arm, and Dido on the tower dropping tears as big as walnuts.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

As colonies went abroad under the influence and direction of their tutelary Deities; those Deities were styled Ἡγεμονες , and Αρχηγεται : and the colony was denominated from some sacred title of the God.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

I make this discovery over to the doctors, it is possible that some learned man may make use of it to solace the ills of humanity.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

With the distinction of the two doctrines kept well in mind, and a reverent belief in both, one may hope to escape perdition if spared.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

[A; c] set a date or time to do s.t., or for s.t. to happen.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

So it is with all heretics and schismatics whatsoever: and none so passionate, violent in their tenets, opinions, obstinate, wilful, refractory, peevish, factious, singular and stiff in defence of them; they do not only persecute and hate, but pity all other religions, account them damned, blind, as if they alone were the true church, they are the true heirs, have the fee-simple of heaven by a peculiar donation, 'tis entailed on them and their posterities, their doctrine sound, per funem aureum de coelo delapsa doctrinci , let down from, heaven by a golden rope, they alone are to be saved, The Jews at this day are so incomprehensibly proud and churlish, saith [6490]
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Sabini quod volunt somniant , as the saying is, they dream of that they desire.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Just as I laid down I heard a noise on the deck; and, not knowing what it meant, I went directly on the the deck again, when what should I see but a fine large fish about seven or eight pounds, which had jumped aboard!
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

I made my own camp in a vacant lot, near Mr. Moon's house, and gave my chief attention to the construction of Fort Pickering, then in charge of Major Prime, United States Engineers; to perfecting the drill and discipline of the two divisions under my command; and to the administration of civil affairs.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Malaysia Geography Location: Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam Geographic coordinates: 2 30 N, 112 30 E Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total: 329,750 sq km land: 328,550 sq km water: 1,200 sq km Area - comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico Land boundaries: total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km Coastline: 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km) Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM Climate: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons Terrain: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m Natural resources: tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 12% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 68% other: 17% (1993 est.)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

It is remarkable that, as soon as the poor fellow was satisfied of this, he became also convinced that the instigator had acted without authority from Edward, saying, 'If it was dishonourable and against Old England, the squire could know nought about it; he never did, or thought to do, anything dishonourable, no more didn't Sir Everard, nor none of them afore him, and in that belief he would live and die that Ruffin had done it all of his own head.'
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2 by Walter Scott

Geography Latvia Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania Geographic coordinates: 57 00 N, 25 00 E Map references: Europe Area: total: 64,589 sq km water: 1,000 sq km land: 63,589 sq km Area - comparative: slightly larger than West Virginia Land boundaries: total: 1,150 km border countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217 km Coastline: 531 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM Climate:
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The Duchess of Trajetto THE DUCHESS OF TRAJETTO.
— from The Duchess of Trajetto by Anne Manning

For upon this hypothesis it would be arguable that a cube is a succession of planes piled one upon the other and limited only [Pg 149] by the length of the cube which would be extending in the, to him, unknown direction of the third dimension.
— from The Mystery of Space A Study of the Hyperspace Movement in the Light of the Evolution of New Psychic Faculties and an Inquiry into the Genesis and Essential Nature of Space by Robert T. Browne

200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation Mozambique territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Namibia territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Nauru territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Navassa Island territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Nepal none (landlocked) Netherlands territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Netherlands Antilles territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm New Caledonia territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm New Zealand territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin Nicaragua territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: natural prolongation
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The work of the junior naval lord places under his direction the director of transports, the director-general of the medical department, the director of victualling, and, in regard to particular matters, the director of stores, the accountant- general, the chaplain of the fleet, and the Intelligence Department, so far as the junior lord's department is concerned.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

They declare also that Solyman said, it was better for him to die once than to die a thousand times, as would be the case, if he survived to be perpetually tormented with vain regret for the power that had been snatched from his hands and given to another.
— from The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

Geography ::Egypt Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula Geographic coordinates: 27 00 N, 30 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 1,001,450 sq km country comparison to the world: 30 land: 995,450 sq km water: 6,000 sq km Area - comparative: slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico Land boundaries: total: 2,665 km border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km Coastline: 2,450 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation Climate: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters Terrain: vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta Elevation extremes: lowest point:
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The river traverses the plain in zigzag fashion, and, unless we wanted to follow its banks, and so lengthen the journey by double or treble the distance, this was the only course open to us.
— from In the Forbidden Land An account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release by Arnold Henry Savage Landor