Good God, thou knowest my courage, for nothing can be hidden from thee.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

‘The better I know it to be so believed there, my dear,’ said Rachael, ‘and the kinder I feel it that you come away from there, purposely to comfort me, and keep me company, and be seen wi’ me when I am not yet free from all suspicion myself, the more grieved I am that I should ever have spoken those mistrusting words to the young lady.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

“It is only old Kaa making circles on the dust,” said Mowgli.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

I know my child.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Refresh the hungry suppliant, kindle my coldness with the fire of Thy love, illuminate my blindness with the brightness of Thy presence.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

She gently chid me for being rude; and, keeping me close to her shawl, turned to thank the gentleman for ta
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

But as my paying for the horse was known all over the town, Monsignor Cornaro was confirmed in his belief that I had killed my captain in a duel.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

" "I suppose you have known Mrs. Catherick for some years?
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

That is to hold the everlasting kingdom mighty cheap.
— from The Infidel: A Story of the Great Revival by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Her neighbor observed the act, and putting up his monocle, looked across the table; then glanced at Mrs. Lancaster, and then looked again at Keith more carefully.
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

Geography Finland Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia Geographic coordinates: 64 00 N, 26 00 E Map references: Europe Area: total: 338,145 sq km land: 304,473 sq km water: 33,672 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Montana Land boundaries: total: 2,654 km border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,313 km Coastline: 1,250 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm (in the Gulf of Finland - 3 nm) contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm; extends to continental shelf boundary with Sweden continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation Climate: cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills Elevation extremes: lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m Natural resources: timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone Land use: arable land: 6.54% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 93.44% (2005) Irrigated land: 640 sq km (2003)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Weyler had no 20,000 men to spare, but he did not dare tell the truth lest the facts of his knavery might come out.
— from The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various

Upon which the chancellor, presuming until the last upon our imaginary relationship, kissed my cheek, and having put into my hands the paper in question, retired with a profound bow.
— from Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry With Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV by Lamothe-Langon, Etienne-Léon, baron de

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $42.8 billion (1995) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (1995) Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian heroin and hashish, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs ______________________________________________________________________ GHANA @Ghana:Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 2 00 W Map references: Africa Area: total: 238,540 sq km land : 230,020 sq km water: 8,520 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Oregon Land boundaries: total: 2,093 km border countries: Burkina Faso 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km Coastline: 539 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf : 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north Terrain: mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Keimani min, &c. = us.
— from The Lushei Kuki Clans by John Shakespear

"I don't want you to think, young man," he said to Rhodes, "that I'm goin' to agree to your dod-rotted road comin' through any land of mine, killin' my cattle; but I'll give you a bed and somethin' to eat."
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

[Pg 282] When the men were out of the kitchen, Mrs. Carruthers and her sister-in-law came in to see the mad woman and her boy.
— from Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell