It was yet night when she awoke, nor did she know how long, or for how short a time, she had slept.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

“Come, he’s amusing, anyway, your skeleton , and not depressing,” said Dolly, smiling.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

a sweet and nourishing drink, S2.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

And, besides, I am watched in all my steps; and no doubt shall be, till my hard fate may ripen his wicked projects for my ruin.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

“She would make the Balm of Life, of which she possesses the secret, and no doubt she would make her fortune, too.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Lad-ang ang túbig sa atábay nga duul sa dágat, Water from a well near the sea tends to taste a bit salty.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But the Romans, though they had met with partial misfortunes before, had never suffered a naval disaster so complete and final.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

"But no to shoot a neighbour dead," said Margaret, with a shiver, holding the soft arm with two caressing hands, smoothing down the sleeve over it with a tender touch.
— from A Widow's Tale, and Other Stories by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In Lithuania he had contrived matters so well as to have gained over that important province for the archduke; and was passing through Prussia to hasten to communicate with the emperor, but “some honest men,” quelques bons personnages , says the French secretary, and no doubt some good friends of his master, “took him by surprise, and laid him up safely in the castle of Marienburgh, where truly he was a little uncivilly used by the soldiers, who rifled his portmanteau and sent us his papers, when we discovered all his foul practices.”
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

Adjoining these transitional cells, or partly enclosed in the corner formed between them and the epiblast, are a few unaltered lower layer cells ( m ), which at this stage are not distinctly separated from the transitional cells.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

When the collops were cooked, Owain divided them into two parts, between himself and the maiden, and then Owain laid himself down to sleep; and never did sentinel keep stricter watch over his lord than the lion that night over Owain.
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Then suddenly a new difficulty struck him with stunning force.
— from The Carleton Case by Ellery H. (Ellery Harding) Clark

These aim at the cure of specific disorders, such as nervous debility, sleeplessness, etc.
— from Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett

Hence the British counties are almost all named by compounds ending with the word shire ; as, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, &c.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

My uncle, Sir Paget himself, came down the steps, took off his tall hat, and put his head in at the carriage window for a moment; then he signed, and no doubt spoke, to the footman, who had not even jumped down from [12] the box or taken off his hat.
— from Lucinda by Anthony Hope