Don Quixote asked the same question of the second, who made no reply, so downcast and melancholy was he; but the first answered for him, and said, "He, sir, goes as a canary, I mean as a musician and a singer."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote asked the same question of the second, who made no reply, so downcast and melancholy was he; but the first answered for him, and said, “He, sir, goes as a canary, I mean as a musician and a singer.” “What!” said Don Quixote, “for being musicians and singers are people sent to the galleys too?” “Yes, sir,” answered the galley slave, “for there is nothing worse than singing under suffering.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

he exclaimed; “what ails you, Fantine?” She made no reply; she did not remove her eyes from the object which she seemed to see.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Zeena made no reply: she did not seem to hear what he had said.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

She made no reply; she did not say: 'If you have a headache, why stay; it is only a childish wish of mine.'
— from A Sister's Love: A Novel by W. Heimburg

“Not while I've a ha'p'orth o' brains in my noddle,” replied Sedgett, drawling an imitation of his enemy's courteous tone.
— from Rhoda Fleming — Complete by George Meredith

TAIWAN @Taiwan:Geography Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China Geographic coordinates: 23 30 N, 121 00 E Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total: 35,980 sq km land: 32,260 sq km water: 3,720 sq km note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy Area-comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,448 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west Elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m Natural resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos Land use: arable land: 24% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: 55% other: 15% Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: earthquakes and typhoons Environment-current issues: air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal Environment-international agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements @Taiwan:People Population: 21,908,135 (July 1998 est.)
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

If he could not follow them, if he remained stubborn within his Vatican, bound on every side by dogma and tradition, might not rupture some day become unavoidable?
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete by Émile Zola

Mary made no reply, so Dora continued, “Dick and Jerry are the sort of boy friends I like.
— from The Phantom Town Mystery by Carol Norton

Debed River 400 m highest point: Aragats Lerr 4,095 m Natural resources: small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina Land use: arable land : 17% permanent crops: 3% permanent pastures: 24% forests and woodland: 15% other: 41% (1993 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

She made no resistance; she did not even tell her parents that she was twenty-one and that she refused to be ordered about.
— from Lady Lilith by Stephen McKenna

flat to gently rolling plains in west Elevation extremes: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m Natural resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos Land use: arable land: 24% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: 55% other: 15% Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: earthquakes and typhoons Environment - current issues: air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal Environment - international agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements @Taiwan:People Population: 22,191,087 (July 2000 est.)
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

TAIWAN @Taiwan:Geography Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China Geographic coordinates: 23 30 N, 121 00 E Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total: 35,980 sq km land : 32,260 sq km water: 3,720 sq km note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,448 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west Elevation extremes: lowest point : South China Sea 0 m highest point: Yu Shan 3,997 m Natural resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos Land use: arable land : 24% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: 55% other : 15% Irrigated land: NA sq km Natural hazards: earthquakes and typhoons Environment - current issues: water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; air pollution; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal Environment - international agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation @Taiwan:People Population: 21,699,776 (July 1997 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency