All to whom I confided my plan perceived at once, on the mere mention of my subject, that I was preparing to break away from my present position, in which there could be no possibility of producing my work, and I was looked upon as light-headed and fit only for an asylum.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

“What is it?” cried many persons present.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

I landed with several others to take a stroll through the wretched place where I had spent three days nine months before, a recollection which caused me a pleasant sensation when I compared my present position to what it was at that time.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

This invitation bespoke the courteous gentleman, and I charmed my pretty pupil by singing his praises after he had gone.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I shall only add, respecting myself, that, having experienced the Goodness of that Being in conducting me prosperously [Pg 92] thro' a long life, I have no doubt of its Continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such Goodness.
— from Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

When the spines are simply forked, their two terminal branches lie in certain meridional planes (Pl.
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel

Imports - commodities: manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat (1995) Imports - partners: Djibouti 27%, Kenya 12%, India 9% (2000)
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Imports - commodities: manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat Imports - partners: Djibouti 29.7%, Kenya 14.4%, India 7.9%, Brazil 7.4%, Oman 5.2%, UAE 4.9%, Yemen 4.8% (2005)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Imports - commodities: manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials (1995) Imports - partners: Djibouti 24%, Kenya 14%, Brazil 13%, Saudi Arabia 10%, India 9% (1999)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

This subject ended, he made some kind and cordial inquiries concerning my present pursuits, and these furnished the opportunity of unburthening my heart.
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft

Perhaps because it is so surrounded, so haunted by life and familiar things, because the pigeons fly about it, the buffalo stares into it, the goats stir up the dust beside its columns, the twittering voices of women make a music near its courts, many people pay little heed to this great temple, gain but a small impression from it.
— from The Spell of Egypt by Robert Hichens

Imports: $798 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 177 Imports - commodities: manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat Imports - partners: Djibouti 29.2%, India 11.9%, Kenya 7.6%, US 6%, Oman 5.6%, UAE 5.5%, Yemen 4.7% (2008) Debt - external: $3 billion (2001 est.) country comparison to the world: 127 Exchange rates: Somali shillings (SOS) per US dollar - NA (2007-08), 1,438.3 (2006) official rate; the unofficial black market rate was about 23,000 shillings per dollar as of February 2007 note: the Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent country not recognized by any foreign government, issues its own currency, the Somaliland shilling Communications ::Somalia Telephones - main lines in use: 100,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 144 Telephones - mobile cellular: 627,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 150 Telephone system: general assessment: the public telecommunications system was almost completely destroyed or dismantled during the civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line service and private wireless companies offer service in most major cities while charging the lowest international rates on the continent domestic: local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers international: country code - 252; international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite (2001) Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 11 (also 1 station each in Puntland and Somaliland), shortwave 1 (in Mogadishu) (2001) Television broadcast stations: 4 (2 in Mogadishu and 2 in Hargeisa) (2001) Internet country code: .so
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The elements plants build with include calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, sulfur, iron, zinc, cobalt, boron, manganese, molybdenum, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen.
— from Organic Gardener's Composting by Steve Solomon