The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing-fleet. "That Cheyne boy's the biggest nuisance aboard," said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang.
From "Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling

The sun set between a grayish mass of clouds that had been swelled by the western winds and had extended over the Atlantic, little by little. The waves, which reflected the light, were rumbling as they speedily ran over the immense stretch between the American coastline and the four hundred Bermuda islands placed, like so many foyers, around Grand Bermuda - the only island that was inhabited.
From "The Pirates of the Bermudas" by Emilio Salgari

It was one of those bleak and chilly mornings that remind you winter is coming. Cherry-Tree Lane was quiet and still. The mist hung over the Park like a shadow. All the houses looked exactly alike as the grey fog wrapped them round.

From "Mary Poppins Opens the Door" by Pamela Lyndon Travers

On the 24th of May, 1863, my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, rushed into his little house, No. 19 Königstrasse, one of the oldest streets in the oldest portion of the city of Hamburg. Martha must have concluded that she was very much behindhand, for the dinner had only just been put into the oven.
From "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne

In a dark starry night, a group of Indians was huddling around a bonfire. Suddenly, the oldest warrior got to his feet. His face was as old and brown as the soil, and he carried a cover with lively colors on his shoulders. He began to tell the story of the beginning of the world...
From "The Creation of Man" - a Cherokee fable

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, - and what is the use of a book, thought Alice, - without pictures or conversation?"
From "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

During the final decades of the Twentieth Century, a scientific "gold fever" of daunting proportions took place: a furious, reckless rush to market genetic engineering. This undertaking was carried on with great haste.
From "Jurassic Park" by John Michael Crichton

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbor that
I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! (...) and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes…
From "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte