You know I always tell the truth, and that I never go off the plantation without a pass.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

hat's all silly twaddle, and there is no God,” he said, horrifying my mother, the servants, and me too.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

They could not travel about the Islands, nor go two leagues from the city without a written license, nor remain over night within the city after the gates were closed, on penalty of their lives.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

But does it follow that a thing is not good and true because you do not see it?
— from The Lost Faith, and Difficulties of the Bible, as Tested by the Laws of Evidence by Thomas S. (Thomas Spencer) Childs

[966] (1) 488-7360 consulate(s) general: Dhahran, Jiddah (Jeddah) Flag description: green, a traditional color in Islamic flags, with the Shahada or Muslim creed in large white Arabic script (translated as "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God") above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); design dates to the early twentieth century and is closely associated with the Al Saud family which established the kingdom in 1932 Economy Saudi Arabia Economy - overview: Saudi Arabia has an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities.
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“His father was the saving of me,” muttered Lomaque; “that is truth, and there is no getting over it; his father was the saving of me; and yet here am I—no!
— from After Dark by Wilkie Collins

[966] (1) 488-7360 consulate(s) general: Dhahran, Jiddah (Jeddah) Flag description: green with large white Arabic script (that may be translated as There is no God but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God) above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); green is the traditional color of Islam Economy Economy - overview: This is a well-to-do oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities.
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Sao Tome and Principe three horizontal bands of green (top), yellow (double width), and green with two black five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia Saudi Arabia green, a traditional color in Islamic flags, with the Shahada or Muslim creed in large white Arabic script (translated as "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God") above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); design dates to the early twentieth century and is closely associated with the Al Saud family which established the kingdom in 1932
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He was adopted into the tribe, and the Indian name given him, in no spirit of taunt or contempt, but simply as a descriptive appellation, meant The-White-Fool.
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

And yet you are to observe, that as there is no general rule without an exception, so there is some few Rivers in this Nation that have Trouts and Salmon in season in winter.
— from The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton

However, they are safe, as no one impeaches them; and there is no ground of charge against them, except in their own unfounded theories.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke