1 I remained for several years their only child.
2 I remained two days at Lausanne, in this painful state of mind.
3 There was always scope for fear so long as anything I loved remained behind.
4 I remained in a recess of the rock, gazing on this wonderful and stupendous scene.
5 I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight.
6 Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel.
7 The moon had disappeared from the night, and again, with a lessened form, showed itself, while I still remained in the forest.
8 I was unwilling to quit the sight of those that remained to me, and above all, I desired to see my sweet Elizabeth in some degree consoled.
9 I knew that every minute was precious to me, yet I remained irresolute in what manner to commence the interview, when the old man addressed me.
10 Here I paused, I knew not why; but I remained some minutes with my eyes fixed on a coach that was coming towards me from the other end of the street.
11 There only remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent.
12 They remained confined for five months before the trial took place, the result of which deprived them of their fortune and condemned them to a perpetual exile from their native country.
13 For a short space of time I remained at the window watching the pallid lightnings that played above Mont Blanc and listening to the rushing of the Arve, which pursued its noisy way beneath.
14 Although I possessed the capacity of bestowing animation, yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it, with all its intricacies of fibres, muscles, and veins, still remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labour.
15 As I stood at the door, on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump.
16 I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life.
17 Safie resolved to remain with her father until the moment of his departure, before which time the Turk renewed his promise that she should be united to his deliverer; and Felix remained with them in expectation of that event; and in the meantime he enjoyed the society of the Arabian, who exhibited towards him the simplest and tenderest affection.
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