And not only this, but to that ever-contracting, dropping circle ashore, who, for any reason, possessed the privilege of a less banned approach to him; to that timid circle the above hinted casualty --remaining, as it did, moodily
unaccounted for by Ahab --invested itself with terrors, not entirely underived from the land of spirits and of wails.
He had come to the conclusion that it was somewhere indoors: so he worked out all the cubic space of the house, and made measurements everywhere, so that not one inch should be
unaccounted for. Among other things, he found that the height of the building was seventy-four feet, but on adding together the heights of all the separate rooms, and making every allowance for the space between, which he ascertained by borings, he could not bring the total to more than seventy feet.
Of the four who had scaled the palisade, one only remained
unaccounted for, and he, having left his cutlass on the field, was now clambering out again with the fear of death upon him.
A few years later this would have been impossible, because the passport system was to become so perfect that no man, woman, nor child in all the land was unregistered and
unaccounted for in his or her movements.
She looked at him with a certain amount of still surprise, a look which he returned just as steadfastly, because even in those few seconds he was conscious of that strange selective interest, certainly
unaccounted for by his own impressions of her appearance.
When I related to him the circumstances under which Toby and I had entered it, he listened with evident interest; but as soon as I alluded to the absence, yet
unaccounted for, of my comrade, he endeavoured to change the subject, as if it were something he desired not to agitate.
You'll find nothing in the bank, and about L13,000
unaccounted for. I'm not sure that the best thing you can do is not to realize what you can, and imitate your senior's example.
It left Rosanna's secret journey to Frizinghall, and Rosanna's proceedings in the matter of the nightgown entirely
unaccounted for. There was no use in pointing this out to Penelope; the objection made about as much impression on her as a shower of rain on a waterproof coat.
DUBAI: Two cabin crew of the national airline Saudia remain
unaccounted for in Sri Lanka, according to a spokesman.
The prime minister was informed that the Rs 50 billion stolen gas was being put in the category of
unaccounted for gas and the burden of stolen or wasted gas was passed on to the consumers.
Nineteen people remain
unaccounted for two days after the Dusit attack which claimed 21 lives, the Red Cross said on Thursday, raising the possibility of a considerably higher death toll.