And this inconvenience we find it impossible to rid ourselves of, because consciousness in itself is not so much a representation distinguishing a particular object, as a form of representation in general, in so far as it may be termed cognition; for in and by cognition alone do I think anything.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Will you all pray silently for his welfare, here and hereafter, and for our reconciliation, if God in His mercy wills it?
— from Niece Catherine by Mary Hampden

You can’t think what a feeling of relief it gave me when you answered.
— from The Peril Finders by George Manville Fenn

I wanted to know what he looked like, how he spoke, how he compared with me in a thousand ways; but it was plain that she would not willingly be communicative about him; and, with a feeling of resentment, I gave her her way and suppressed my curiosity.
— from The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

It was exactly the same as the one in the front part of the room, but, instead of a cover of pink and white chintz, it displayed only the upholstery with which it had been originally covered by the makers: a kind of white tapestry with grey flowers and flecks of red, in general colouring not unlike the chintz on the other sofas and chairs, but tightly fitting and leaving exposed the bare legs of brown varnished wood, which were of a particularly ugly shape.
— from Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels by Bryce, Charles, Mrs.

"Well," he answered, "for one reason, I generally call here when I'm going to the bluff.
— from A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss

You must remember that Number Seven has had a fair education, that he has been a wide reader in many directions, and that he belongs to a family of remarkable intellectual gifts.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Of the first excellence as an authority, full of romantic incident, graphic in style, this new edition of that which is by universal consent.
— from John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor