1 Strength comes of prayer, and of prayer alone.
2 And the next moment Chichikov found himself alone.
3 "Yes, he even went out bear hunting alone," replied Sobakevitch.
4 What thereafter was done by Selifan and Petrushka God alone knows.
5 She wished him good-night, and removed the wet trappings; after which he found himself alone.
6 I know for a fact that all serf business, no matter to what value, is transacted at one desk alone.
7 Her canaries alone number four hundred, and, in addition, there is an army of pug-dogs, hangers-on, and servants.
8 Its name is known to God alone, but at least it was to be procured only in the immediate neighbourhood of the frontier.
9 And though God alone knows whether my efforts will be successful, at all events I hope to bring about a mitigation of your sentence.
10 Even though to your lot there should fall but the cleaning of a floor, clean that floor as though it were being cleaned for Him alone.
11 Unfortunately, such a list had never been compiled, let alone any copies of it, and the only way in which she knew the peasants' names was by heart.
12 In short, he did all that a man is apt to do when he is not only alone, but also certain that he is handsome and that no one is regarding him through a chink.
13 Far better and nobler were it for you to be travelling with a wallet, and asking alms on behalf of God, then to be remaining here and asking alms for yourself alone.
14 Presently a visitor arrived in the shape of a chattering, gossiping woman; whereupon the hostess carried her off to her own portion of the house, and, the children following them, the men found themselves alone.
15 As soon as the two friends had entered the hall of the Presence they perceived that the President was NOT alone, but, on the contrary, had seated by his side Sobakevitch, whose form had hitherto been concealed by the intervening mirror.
16 And, the further to complete the resemblance, some of them were engaged in reading trashy translated novels, which they kept hurriedly thrusting between the sheets of their apportioned work whenever the Director appeared, as though to convey the impression that it was to that work alone that they were applying themselves.