...He had even threatened, but his threats had procured him nothing but a shower of blows from the gentleman’s cane, which fell upon his shoulders sharp and long...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...The streets were lined with raised seats on each side, and I passed along, bowing this way and that, under a shower of cheers, blessings, and waving handkerchiefs...
Anthony Hope 「The Prisoner of Zenda」
... A shower of spears followed him, but theironly harvest was a taunting laugh flung back from out the darkness ofthe jungle...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「The Son of Tarzan」
... Once in a minute or so he would see a spark, or a shower of them, where the mare took a turn in a hurry...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...The ricocheting bullet brought down a shower of splintered stone and stalactite, and he grinned as he watched the crowd dodge to avoid it...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...Indeed, a shower of rain seldom or never falls during winter, and hence the healthiness of the Bechuana climate...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
..."Only wait," said he, "for the first shower, and then I will let you go...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...The vapour which rushes up from this cauldron to the height of two or three hundred feet, being condensed, changes its hue to that of dark smoke, and then comes down in a constant shower...
W.H.G. Kingston 「Great African Travellers」
...We had intended to stop and replenish their canteens from our water-drums; but they told us they had encountered a stray and astonishing shower, and did not need more...
Stewart Edward White 「African Camp Fires」
...We talked of stopping, when an unexpected thunder shower rolled out from behind the mountains, and speedily overcast the entire heavens...
Stewart Edward White 「African Camp Fires」
...But the sky had soon clouded, and by nine o'clock there was alight shower, followed by others at brief intervals...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The Conjure Woman」
...A light shower flew up from the south, lingered a while and fled, leaving a fragrance in the air...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
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