"oinks" hidden in books

only iron now know steel

Towns that knew only iron, now know steel: from their new dungeons at Chantilly, Aristocrats may hear the rustle of our new steel furnace there.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

other I never knew such

They were all wonderfully fond of each other; I never knew such a happy, merry family before or since.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

of its noble King standing

The embattled farmers who stood on [Pg xii] the bridge at Concord and fired “the shot heard round the world” have thrilled the imagination and stimulated the patriotism of every American schoolboy, but no less heroic is the spectacle of the little Belgian army under the personal leadership of its noble King standing like a rock on the last tiny strip of Belgian soil and stopping the onrush of the most powerful fighting organisation in the world.
— from The Spell of Flanders An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium's Famous Northern Provinces by Edward Neville Vose

oldest inhabitant never knew such

Bells were rung, and all kinds of music played, and the people shouted, so that the oldest inhabitant never knew such a noise and excitement before.
— from Ting-a-ling by Frank Richard Stockton

on inclement nights Keith still

Keith had been elected marshal, but had appointed Dave Dennison his deputy, and on inclement nights Keith still occasionally relieved Tim Gilsey, for in such weather the old man was sometimes too stiff to climb up to his box.
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

of India named Kaid satiated

In this, the first Indian tradition referred to the time of Alexander the Great, it is related in the Shahnama that a very powerful King of India named Kaid, satiated with war, and having no enemies without, or rebellious subjects within his kingdom, thus addressed his minister Sassa.
— from Chess History and Reminiscences by H. E. (Henry Edward) Bird

of inquiries nobody knew such

I sent to Oxford; I made all sorts of inquiries; nobody knew such an Odyssey with a Greek title; but still this was negative evidence, until I begged the favor of Mr. Collier to show me the book itself from which he drew up his title.
— from On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and Their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles With Rules and Examples by Charles C. (Charles Coffin) Jewett

Oh I never kent she

“Oh, I never kent she was that weel aff,” cried Mrs Duffy.
— from Erchie, My Droll Friend by Neil Munro

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

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