Above all, the rain is capricious; there are long periods during which it seems to have disappeared for ever.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

In this way, then, it was unanimously resolved in council, that a letter should be despatched by Indian couriers to Narvaez, written in the most affectionate tone, with offers of our services to him, and begging of him not to excite a rebellion in the country, which would certainly be the case if the Indians observed we were at enmity with each other.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

My ordinary reading at night was the Bible, and I have read it continuously through at least five or six times in this way.
— from Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) by John Morley

Some years ago, driving along a remote road, I came to a little brown house, so old and moss-covered that it seemed almost a part of the wood that surrounded it.
— from Abigail Adams and Her Times by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Napravnik’s fourth opera, Francesca da Rimini , is composed to a libretto by E. Ponomariev founded on Stephen Phillip’s “Francesca and Paolo.”
— from The Russian Opera by Rosa Newmarch

"Artilleryman," I replied, "I cannot tell a lie.
— from The War of the Wenuses by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves

It is said that George Washington, when a boy, destroyed his father's favorite cherry-tree, and, being asked about it, replied: "I cannot tell a lie; I did it with my little hatchet."
— from St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 by Various

Besides, they assist, by respiration, in contaminating the air, like all other animals.
— from The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

The rod R is connected to a lever, M, on a shaft, N, placed under the loom.
— from Cotton Weaving and Designing 6th Edition by John T. Taylor

The cylinder at one end of the row is connected to a line wire and the cylinder at the other end to the earth, when a 2,000 or 2,500-volt circuit is to be protected.
— from Electric Transmission of Water Power by Alton D. Adams