Wasting not another moment in conjecture, she hurried to the chateau, and, having reached it, retired to her chamber, where, as she closed her window she looked upon the garden, and then again thought she distinguished a figure, gliding between the almond trees she had just left.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Before me I could see nothing but the vast and apparently limitless sea—upon which we floated—the only living objects in sight.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

monly in chronic scurvy than in the usual acute case.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

When a rackety party takes place, the visitors, or “out college men,” are generally supplied with a list of the names of the quietest men in college, so that the whereabouts of the party may not be betrayed.—
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

It has overpowered me, I can say nothing about it.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But in the book of Job, Milton’s Messiah is called Satan.
— from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake

I finally chose a front room on the third floor, because this brought me nearer to Dejah Thoris, whose apartment was on the second floor of the adjoining building, and it flashed upon me that I could rig up some means of communication whereby she might signal me in case she needed either my services or my protection.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

When I observed this last, plain evidence of my friend’s aberration of mind, I could scarcely refrain from tears.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Of Montreal I can say but little.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

If you feel really, truly happy, if you can enter on this life without any misgivings—’ ‘I can,’ said Mary, firmly.
— from The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe

When I wasn’t riding to the hounds myself I could see them crossing to or from the meet.
— from The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete by Gilbert Parker

“You are going to be the sensation of the season,” continued Lady Wyndover, “and,” with a little rueful laugh, “I have got a nice time before me, I can see!
— from Just a Girl by Charles Garvice

Then, “Surely you have made a mistake,” I cried still louder.
— from The Messenger of the Black Prince by Thomas A. H. Mawhinney

They did so very abruptly, and we were marched into camp surrounded by thousands of savage looking beings, many of whom were dressed and painted like Indian warriors.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

Dumping Wastes and Other Matter Marine Life Conservation: Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas MARPOL: see Ship Pollution Medarabtel: Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International Telecommunications Union Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market MHz: megahertz MICAH: International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency MINUSTAH: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo NA: not available NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement NAM: Nonaligned Movement NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization NC: Nordic Council NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency NEGL: negligible NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NIB: Nordic Investment Bank NIC: newly industrializing country NIE: newly industrializing economy NIS: new independent states nm: nautical mile NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group Nuclear Test Ban: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water NZ: New Zealand OAPEC: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries OAS: Organization of American States OAU: Organization of African Unity; see African Union ODA: official development assistance OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference OIF: International Organization of the French-speaking World ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi OOF: other official flows OPANAL: Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In no other was the party of the Calvinists so powerful, and the spirit of rebellion for which the province of Hainault had always made itself conspicuous, seemed to dwell here as in its native place.
— from History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 04 by Friedrich Schiller

I began to waver in my own opinion, and yet the intuition which has served me in cases seemingly as impenetrable as this bade me beware of following the general judgment.
— from The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green

For that objects of sensuous perception must conform to the formal conditions of the sensibility which lie a priori in the mind is clear, since otherwise they would not be objects for us; but that they must also conform to the conditions which the understanding requires for the synthetical unity of thought is a conclusion the cogency of which it is not so easy to see.
— from Kant's Theory of Knowledge by H. A. (Harold Arthur) Prichard