He looked about the room, and noticed the cage with his white mice in it.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

I mean the lovely Gladiolus , which grows abundantly under the ferns near Lyndhurst, certainly wild, but it does not approach England elsewhere nearer than the Loire and the Rhine; and next, that delicate orchid, the Spiranthes æstivalis , which is known only in a bog near Lyndhurst and in the Channel Islands, while on the Continent it extends from Southern Europe all through France.
— from Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley

He looks about the room and notices the various objects in it, simple enough in themselves, but strangely significant by their relation to such a time and place—a vase of flowers, a little clock ticking, a bird in a cage.
— from Pre-Raphaelite and other Poets by Lafcadio Hearn

I mean the lovely Gladiolus , which grows abundantly under the ferns near Lyndhurst, certainly wild but it does not approach England elsewhere nearer than the Loire and the Rhine; and next, that delicate orchid, the Spiranthes æstivalis , which is known only in a bog near Lyndhurst and in the Channel Islands, while on the Continent it extends from southern Europe all through France.
— from Health and Education by Charles Kingsley

Hidden deep in the earth they lie, all those riches, and now they will lie there for ever, for nobody knows of them but myself.
— from Beasts & Men Folk Tales Collected in Flanders and Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère by Jean de Boschère

And her mother, looking around the room, and noting the scarcity of chairs, and remembering that there were none to spare from any other portion of the scantily-furnished house, said, “Sure enough!”
— from Ruth Erskine's Crosses by Pansy

As time went on, and the tracts to be estimated and plotted became more distant, they no longer attempted to return at night to Headquarters.
— from The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White

One thing alone is clearly shown, even in Ford’s dim history, that he regarded literature as the relaxation, and not the labour of his life; that he steadily pursued the profession in which untiring work, honourable conduct, and fair talents generally find an ultimate reward; that he was independent of patronage; that he could treat those to whom he addressed his dedications as men whom he was complimenting, not benefactors whom he was suing; and lastly, that he was able to leave the world of law and letters before that world’s enjoyments had been exhausted, or its disappointments had soured and wearied his spirit.
— from The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3) From original and authentic sources by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.

Bob thought little about the rumors, and not thinking of them it did not occur to him that they might affect Cynthia.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

In a country, where pillage and murder, anarchy and lawlessness, are the rule, and not the exception, a sovereign has to maintain his authority by inspiring his subjects [91] with the utmost dread and almost superstitious terror for his person; never with affection.
— from Sketches of Central Asia (1868) Additional chapters on my travels, adventures, and on the ethnology of Central Asia by Ármin Vámbéry