She made such a bustle that M. Paul at last looked up, and of course perceived why, and at whom she barked.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

This evening being moonshine I played a little late upon my flageolette in the garden.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Went to chapel and heard a little musique, and there met with Creed, and with him a little while walking, and to Wilkinson’s for me to drink, being troubled with winde, and at noon to Sir Philip Warwicke’s to dinner, where abundance of company come in unexpectedly; and here I saw one pretty piece of household stuff, as the company increaseth, to put a larger leaf upon an oval table.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Also, in case either of us should fall, let each of us previously place in his pocket a letter laying upon himself the entire blame for his demise."
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

And the vast gardens and vineyards of the convent, where behind high secluding walls Alessandra and her companions took the air and played and laughed, let us hope, and where, doubtless, the stately Ippolita came to visit her daughter, bringing a breath of the joyous world outside, have given place to modern streets and houses, and the great Monastero Maggiore has utterly disappeared, except for this one rich relic, the church.
— from The Story of Milan by Ella Noyes

Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land Land use: arable land: 33.04% other: 59.35% (1998 est.)
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The ground floor was occupied by waiting-rooms, dining-saloons, conservatories, and winter-gardens, for the convenience and enjoyment of travellers; and from these lifts rose to the upper storey, where the platforms and lines lay under an immense crystal arch.
— from Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith

Let us then, my brothers, refrain from possessing anything as our property; at least let us refrain from loving it.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

“And ye must wait the riving of the chain That gives surcease of pain, And linger lone upon the evening shore
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 2, August 1852 by Various

The hand that overturns our doors and temples, is the hand of Death unbarring the gate of pandemonium, and letting loose upon our land the crimes and miseries of hell.
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick

“Then we need have no further apprehension,” exclaimed the Premier at last, looking up at his colleague.
— from Whoso Findeth a Wife by William Le Queux

m highest point: Cerro El Pital 2,730 m Natural resources: hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land Land use: arable land: 31.37% permanent crops: 11.88% other: 56.75% (2005) Irrigated land: 450 sq km (2003)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

My pioneer at length lifted up the corner of a piece of dirty canvas, that screened off a space of about six feet square from the rest of the ship’s company.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

In strange places, I even, out of prudence, avoid looking long up at any jail-window; because some losel, sitting behind the bars, may in a moment call down out of mere malice: "How goes it, comrade Schmelzle?" or, further, because any lurking catchpole may fancy I am planning a rescue for some confederate above.
— from The Campaner Thal, and Other Writings by Jean Paul