After that we shall have to depend for many days upon the water we may find in the holes, which, as the season is now coming on, may probably be filled by the rain.”
— from The Mission; or Scenes in Africa by Frederick Marryat

[262] There is no corroboration of Mrs. Palliser's statement above that lace was ever made in Malta; if so, it would have been of the Genoese geometrical kind, of which Lady Hamilton Chichester adapted the designs and evolved what is now known as Maltese lace by the aid of workers imported from Genoa.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

Moral excellence is no creature of mere power, which he has created; for he is, and ever was, excellent himself, rendered venerable by intrinsic and unoriginated perfections; by holy sentiments, whose outward action, indeed, must be dated from the beginning of created things, but whose consciousness has been from everlasting.
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

Let England be rich and prosperous; it is no concern of mine, provided France and her allies enjoy the same advantages.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de

I NFORMATION Classes of mail — parcel post — wrapping of mail matter — forwarding mail matter — what cannot be mailed — concealed matter — domestic rates — foreign rates — exceptions — foreign parcels post — money order fees — registered mail — special delivery system — postal distances and time from New York City 129 A PPENDIX Standard time — values of foreign coins — comparative thermometers — weights and measures — British weights and measures 142 I NDEX 163 dcontents chapter {1} THE WRITER’S DESK BOOK {2} PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC. , Comma ¨ Dieresis ; Semicolon ç Cedilla : Colon Caret .
— from The Writer's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc. by William Dana Orcutt

Why should I not carry out my plan? “Ah, why?
— from Within an Inch of His Life by Emile Gaboriau

The lotus-eyed dame is not cognizant of my prowess or strength.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume Two. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam by Valmiki

There is no church of my people here, so my son tells me, and no French women among the emigrants."
— from The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

Lord Ellenborough .—There is no contradiction of Mr. Patrick in this.
— from The Trial and Conviction of John Church The Preacher of the Surrey Tabernacle, Borough Road, at the Surrey Assizes, at Croydon, on Saturday, the 16th of August, 1817, for an Assault With Intent to Commit an Unnatural Crime. by Anonymous

Sometimes—very rarely, however—the idea takes a more definite form.—It will be some lovely woman whom I don't know and who doesn't know me, whom I have met at church or at the theatre and who has not taken the slightest notice of me.—I rush all over the house, and until I have opened the door of the last room—I hardly dare confess it, it is so utterly absurd—I hope that she has come and is there.—It is not conceit on my part.—I am so far from being conceited that several women have taken a most affectionate interest in me—at least so others have told me—when I had supposed them to be entirely indifferent to me and never to have thought much about me.—That comes from another source.
— from Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) by Théophile Gautier