During the time that elapsed before her execution she was partly buoyed up by the hope of a reprieve, and protested her innocence almost to the very last.
— from My Experiences as an Executioner by James Berry

He talks to the customer, gets him interested in a car, takes him out for a ride and puts him in a booth to see if he can sell him a car, and that's the routine he followed.
— from Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Even the rain, which falls in such abundance, falls often out of a clear sky as if not to interrupt the sunshine, and a rainbow almost perpetually hangs its arch over the island.
— from The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude

But Albuquerque did not feel safe as long as Rais Ahmad preserved his influence at Court; he therefore had the young man assassinated before the King's eyes.
— from Rulers of India: Albuquerque by H. Morse (Henry Morse) Stephens