Sentence Examples

1. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary planet exactly three of the diameters, and the outermost, five the former revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twenty-one and a half so that the squares of their periodical times are very near in the same proportion with the cubes of their distance from the center of Mars which evidently shows them to be governed by the same law of gravitation that influences the other heavenly bodies.
2. The water-clock was punctual in its duty, and I slept until next morning soundly, with the exception of the periodical interruption.
3. With a prospect of taking the lead in another periodical, he, at last, voluntarily gave up his employment with us, and, through all this considerable period, we had seen but one presentment of the man-a quiet, patient, industrious, and most gentlemanly person, commanding the utmost respect and good feeling by his unvarying deportment and ability.
4. A beaten path, such as those made by the periodical passage of the deer, wound through a little glen at no great distance, and struck the river at the point where the white man and his red companions had posted themselves.
5. It is remarkable that this fluctuation, whether periodical or not, appears thus to require many years for its accomplishment.