So the years pass, and repeat each other; so the same events revolve in the cycles of time.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

T HE volume here produced for the eye of friends is the memorial of one whose life presented a rare example of simplicity, of thoroughness in working up to a high standard in all that he undertook, and fidelity in his responsible stewardship as a man of wealth and a captain of industry.
— from William Nelson: A Memoir by Wilson, Daniel, Sir

During the night, only patrol and reconnoitering engagements of small consequence are reported."
— from Action Front by Boyd Cable

Since then the two parties had passed and repassed each other several times.
— from The Caves of Fear: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

These legends are, it must be admitted, shadowy enough, but are so persistent and resemble each other so closely as to give some grounds for the supposition that at some period in the history of Mexico or Peru a member or members of the 'Caucasian' race may have stumbled into these civilisations through the accidents of shipwreck.
— from The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru by Lewis Spence

The "Notes on the Parables" are remarkable examples of Scripture interpreting Scripture; the "Treatise on Atonement" is a piece of mental reasoning intelligible to
— from Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou

Two knights, Guy of Lusignan and Conrad of Montferrat, claimed this title, and Philip and Richard espoused opposite sides, Philip agreeing to help Conrad’s claims, and Richard taking part with Guy.
— from The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Every day, observations were made from neighboring elevations to ascertain the condition of the straits separating them from the Greenland coast which was distinctly visible in clear weather, hoping without hope to see it frozen over from shore to shore; but the lateness of the season precluded all reasonable expectation of such a result, and the daily reports of open water were depressing in the extreme.
— from Farthest North The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition by Charles Lanman

They are frequently mentioned in the mediæval records; under Louis XIII, they and their resort were considered worthy of the following description: "You will see at the Halles a multitude of rascals who amuse themselves only by pillaging and robbing each other, sellers as well as buyers, by cutting their purses, searching in their hottes and baskets; others, in order to better secure their prey, will sing dishonest songs and dirty ones, sometimes one and sometimes the other, without any regard for either Sundays or fête days,—things deplorable in a city of Paris!
— from Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by William Walton