Nothing less than to go and dance each night in one of the farm-houses in the neighborhood.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

I gathered and cured my grapes, and did every necessary thing as before.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For God does not require at our hands great and difficult enterprises, no high performances that exceed our capacities; but he has changed the yoke of the Old Testament service, and its many commandments and ordinances into faith and love, and has given us for this end the Holy Ghost, who, “shedding abroad in our hearts the love of God” (Rom. 5:5), renders everything sweet and easy, and proves the original spring of this heavenly virtue. 6. Love, therefore, is not a hard work, a labor attended with toil and difficulty; on the contrary, it makes everything easy to a good man.
— from True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by Johann Arndt

I go and dance every night, and then we play—usually "bac" or roulette.
— from A Rainy June, and Other Stories by Ouida

Their guns are directed elsewhere now."
— from The Khaki Boys over the Top; Or, Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam by Gordon Bates

I go and dance every night, and then we play,—usually "bac," or roulette.
— from A House-Party, Don Gesualdo, and A Rainy June by Ouida

—It is possible to have windings that give any desired even number of circuits in machines having any number of poles.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 02 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

Grünwald, A. Die Eheschliessung ... nebst einem Anhange: Die Ehehindernisse und ihre rechtliche Eintheilung.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

The grapes are delightful, even now when almost out of season, and the wine made from them is very fine.
— from Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Patrick Fraser Tytler

"The art of Mrs. Humphry Ward," Miss Hamilton was again speaking (he had missed a connecting link through the shock of discovering Margaret's presence), "has been a steady, upward growth and development: every novel produced by her is more artistic than its predecessor.
— from Her Husband's Purse by Helen Reimensnyder Martin