For in that case, this form of the inward intuition can be represented prior to the objects, and consequently a priori. (b) Time is nothing else than the form of the internal sense, that is, of the intuitions of self and of our internal state.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

“I think it was very nice of him to give it me at all—let alone cups and plates,” she added.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

CHAPTER XI The Adventures of Sir Tristram of Lyonesse gain King Arthur held high festival at Caerleon, at Pentecost, and gathered round him all the fellowship of the Round Table, and so, according to his custom, sat and waited till some
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure he could judge this for himself.
— from Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

There is no foundation for any conclusion a priori, either concerning the operations or duration of any object, of which it is possible for the human mind to form a conception.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Here is such dressing, and fidling, and dancing, and gadding, and courting and plotting—O gracious!
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Continuing Action Completed Action Primary Present Future Future perfect
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

] Note 129 ( return ) [ Aliae sunt leges Caesarum, aliae Christi; aliud Papinianus, aliud Paulus nocter praecipit, (Jerom.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

While poor Mrs. Churchill lived, I suppose there could not have been a hope, a chance, a possibility;—but scarcely are her remains at rest in the family vault, than her husband is persuaded to act exactly opposite to what she would have required.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Making the best of the circumstances, the young man pressed forward, keeping as close as possible to his conductor.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

"Locke writes a mythology of the history of knowledge, starting from clear and [Pg 116] distinct meanings, each simple, well-defined, sharply and unambiguously just what it is on its face, without concealments and complications, and proceeds by 'natural' compoundings up to the store of complex ideas, and the perception of simple relations of agreement among ideas: a perception always certain if the ideas are simple, and always controllable in the case of the complex ideas if we consider the simple ideas and connections by which they are reached.
— from John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

The biologists consider hysteria as an adult childishness, a primitive mode of dodging difficulties.
— from Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

A skilful bath-attendant has a certain aesthetic pleasure in his occupation.
— from The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

I always carry a pan and a bit of fat and some matches about with me when I take my eels to market," she explained as she whisked these things out of the basket, "and it often happens that I cook myself a bite to eat on my way home, especially if I'm late.
— from The Belgian Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

It contained large tables of costly marble elaborately carved, upon which were piles of parchment sheets and rolls, and also many astrological, chemical, and philosophical instruments and appliances.
— from Victor Serenus: A Story of the Pauline Era by Henry Wood

James II used a crown and palm leaves.
— from Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Lucy Abbot Throop

Lindsay was a man of a kind and liberal heart, easy and passive in his nature, but with a good deal of sarcastic humor, yet neither severe nor prejudiced, and, consequently, a popular magistrate as well as a popular man.
— from The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

A city automobile party in contrast with rural youngsters.
— from Taking the Census: A Farce by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill