“No, I never can,” replied Ellen, with a long, sobbing breath of renunciation.
— from The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

I don't know how it is, but I never can remember 'em.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various

Experience is consulted afresh, without preoccupation as to the results of reflection; and if these results are religious, it is because any reasoned appreciation of life is bound to be a religion, even if no conventionally religious elements are imported into the problem.
— from Interpretations of Poetry and Religion by George Santayana

'Lady Torquilin has been coaching you,' he said: but he still looked uncomfortable, and thinking he felt, perhaps, like an intruder upon my plans, and wishing to put him at his ease, I said: 'It would really be very kind of you to come, Mr. Mafferton, for even at school I never could remember English history, and now I've probably got your dynasties worse mixed up than ever.
— from An American Girl in London by Sara Jeannette Duncan

"The discharge, whatever may be its nature, is not correctly represented (employing for simplicity the theory of Franklin) by the single transfer of an imponderable fluid from one side of the jar to the other; the phenomenon requires us to admit the existence of a principal discharge in one direction and then several reflex actions backward and forward, each more feeble than the preceding, until equilibrium is attained. "
— from Makers of Electricity by Brother Potamian

Bermuda: parliamentary British overseas territory with internal self-government Bhutan: monarchy; special treaty relationship with India Bolivia: republic Bosnia and Herzegovina: emerging democracy Botswana: parliamentary republic Brazil: federative republic British Virgin Islands: NA Brunei: constitutional sultanate Bulgaria: parliamentary democracy Burkina Faso: parliamentary Burma: military regime Burundi: republic Cambodia: multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993 Cameroon: unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990) note: preponderance of power remains with the president Canada: confederation with parliamentary democracy Cape Verde: republic Cayman Islands: British crown colony Central African Republic: republic Chad: republic Chile: republic China: Communist state Christmas Island: NA Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA Colombia: republic; executive branch dominates government structure Comoros: independent republic Congo, Democratic Republic of the: dictatorship; presumably undergoing a transition to representative government Congo, Republic of the: republic Cook Islands: self-governing parliamentary democrac
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Perceiving the entrance of Edward, he again took his seat at the table, and after a pause said, "Edward Armitage, that you have been brought up very superior to your station in life is certain; and that you are loyal, bold, and resolute is equally so; you have put me under an obligation which I never can repay, even if you allowed me to exert myself in your behalf.
— from The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat

Liechtenstein general assessment: automatic telephone system domestic: NA international: country code - 423; linked to Swiss networks by cable and microwave radio relay Lithuania general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized to provide an improved international capability and better residential access domestic: a national, fiber-optic cable, interurban, trunk system is nearing completion; rural exchanges are being improved and expanded; mobile cellular systems are being installed; access to the Internet is available; still many unsatisfied telephone subscriber applications international: country code - 370; landline connections to Latvia and Poland; major international connections to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by submarine cable for further transmission by satellite Luxembourg general assessment: highly developed, completely automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable international: country code - 352; 3 channels leased on TAT-6 coaxial submarine cable (Europe to North America)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

federative republic British Virgin Islands NA Brunei constitutional sultanate Bulgaria parliamentary democracy Burkina Faso parliamentary republic Burma military junta Burundi republic Cambodia multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy Cameroon republic; multiparty presidential regime Canada constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation Cape Verde republic Cayman Islands British crown colony Central African Republic republic Chad republic Chile republic China Communist state Christmas Island NA Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA Colombia republic; executive branch dominates government structure Comoros republic Congo, Democratic Republic of the transitional government Congo, Republic of the republic Cook Islands self-governing parliamentary democracy Costa Rica democratic republic Cote d'Ivoire republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960 note: the government is currently operating under a power-sharing agreement mandated by international mediators Croatia presidential/parliamentary democracy Cuba Communist state Cyprus republic note: a separation of the two ethnic communities inhabiting the island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified after the Turkish intervention in July 1974 that followed a Greek junta-supported coup attempt gave the Turkish Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the only internationally recognized government; on 15 November 1983 Turkish Cypriot "President" Rauf DENKTASH declared independence and the formation of a "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC), which is recognized only by Turkey Czech Republic parliamentary democracy Denmark constitutional monarchy Djibouti republic Dominica parliamentary democracy Dominican Republic representative democracy East Timor republic Ecuador republic Egypt republic El Salvador republic Equatorial Guinea republic Eritrea transitional government note: following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea on 23-25 April 1993, a National Assembly, composed entirely of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, was established as a transitional legislature; a Constitutional Commission was also established to draft a constitution; ISAIAS Afworki was elected president by the transitional legislature; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections had been scheduled in December 2001, but were postponed indefinitely; currently the sole legal party is the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency