These synthetical a priori propositions can never be proved in themselves, but only in reference to things as objects of possible experience.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

The miraculous talisman is a paltry plated coin, not fit to pass in the shops as a common guinea.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

Ahi Pistoia, Pistoia, che' non stanzi d'incenerarti si` che piu` non duri,
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Cos, n. an itching Coygordd, n. a retinue Cosi, v. to assuage itching Cosiad, n. a scratching Cosp, n. chastisement Cospad, n. a chastising Cospadwy, a. punishable Cospedig, a. chastised Cospedigaeth, n. punishment Cospedigol, a. castigatory Cospi, v. to chastise, to punish Cospiad, n. a punishing Cospol, a. castigatory Cospwr, n. a chastiser; a punisher Cost, n. a coast; cost, charge Costio, v. to expend; to cost Costiol, a. relating to cost Costog, a. sluggish; morose Costogi, v. to grow surly Costrel, n. a flaggon; a jar Costrelaid, n. a jar full Costrelan, n. a phial; a jar Costrelig, n. a small jar Costrelu, v. to put in a jar Costrelwr, one that puts in a jar Costus, a. chargeable, dear Coswr, n. a scratcher Cosyn, n. a single cheese Cot, n. a short tail or crop Coten, n. a little dag or tail Cotwm, n. a dag-wool; cotton Cotymog, a. dagged, ermined Cothi, v. to squirt, to eject Cothwr, n. an ejector Cowyllu, v. to envelop Cowyn, n. the plague Cowynog, a. full of biles Crab, n. a crinkle, a shrink Crach, n. scabs; itch; maneg Crachen, n. a scab; a crust Crachenu, v. to form a scab Crachfeddw, a. half drunk Crachfeddyg, n. a quack Crachlyd, a. apt to be scabby Crachog, a. full of scabs Craf, n. cloves; claws; garlic Crafangiad, n. gripe; handful Crafangc, n. a claw, a crab fish Crafangiad, a clawing, a griping Crafangio, v. to claw, to gripe Crafangwr, n. a clawer, a griper Crafell, n. a scraper Crafellu, to use a slice; to scrape Crafen, n. a flake; a crust Crafiad, n. a scraping Crafu, v. to scrape, to scratch Crafwr, n. a scratched Craff, n. a clasp; a cramp: a. securing, sure; keen Craffder, n. keeness; skill Craffiad, n. a securing Craffiniad, n. scarification Craffinio, v. to scarify Craffu, v. to secure hold; to ken Craffus, a. penetrating, piercing Craffwr, n. perceiver Crag, n. a hard crust Cragen, n. a shell Cragenaidd, a. crustaceous Cragenog, a. having a shell Crai, n. heat; potency; the heart; the eye of a needle; a. vivid: fervid; fresh Craid, n. vehemency; force Craidd, n. a centre; the heart Craig, n. a crag; a rock Crair, n. a token; a relic Craith, n. a scar; a cicatrice Cram, n. an incrustration Cramen, n. a scab over a sore Crameniad, n. scabbing Cramenog, a. covered with scab Cranenu, v. to scab over Crammwyth, n. a pancake Crammwythen, n. a fritter Crangc, n. a crab; a cancer Crangen, n. a wen Crangenog, a. full of wens Crap, n. a grapple, a catch Crapiad, n. a grappling Crapio, v. to grapple; to snatch Crapiog, a. grappling, snatching Crapiwr, n. a grappler Crâs, what is parclied; a toast: a. parched, acrid; saucy Crasaidd, a. of a parching nature; acrid Crasair, n. sauciness Crasboeth, a. acrid, pungent Crasboethi, v. to parch with heat Crasboethiad, n. a parching, or a drying with heat Crasdant, n. a sharp note Crasder, n. aridity; sauciness Crasdir, n. parched ground Crasedig, a. parched; toasted Craseiriog, a. malepert Crasgalaf, n. the herb flavin Crasgnoi, v. to scranch Crasiad, n. a parching; a roasting Crasiedydd, n. a roaster Crasol, a. parching, drying Crasu, v. to parch, to roast Craswr, n. a parchet; a dryer Crasyd, n. parched corn Crawen, n. a crust Craweniad, n. incrustation Crawenog, a. crusted, crusty Crawenol, a. incrustating Crawenu, v. to become crusty Crawn, n. a collection; pus Crawni, v. to collect; to form Crawnllyd, a. purulent Crawnol, a. collecting Crëad, n. a creation Crëadol, a. creating, plastic Crëadur, n. a creature Crëaduriaeth, n. creation Crëawd, n. formation, creation Crëawdwr, n. a creator Crebach, n. what is shrunk: a shrunk, withered Crebachiad, a. shrinking Crebachlyd, a. apt to contract, or shrink Crebachu, v. to shrink Crebachwr, n. one that shrinks Crebog, a. shrunk, withered Crebwyll, n. fancy, intention Crebwyllo, v. to imagine Crebwylliad, n. an imagining Creciad, n. a chirping Crecian, v. to chirp, to chatter Creciar, n. the darker hen Crech, n. a shriek, a scream; a rough, rugged, curled Crechiad, n. a shrieking out Crechian, v. to shriek, to crash Crechol, a. screaming Crechwen, n. a shrill laugh Crechwenu, v. to laugh out Cred, n. belief; faith; religion Credad, n. a believing Credadwy, a. credible Credadyn, n. a believer Crededd, n. belief, credibility Credin, a. believing, credulous Crediniaeth, n. a belief Credo, n. a belief, a creed Credol, a. believing, crediting Credu, v. to believe, to credit Credus, a. inducing belief Credwr, n. a believer Creddiad, n. temperament Creddu, v. to dispose Crëedig, a. created, formed Crëadigaeth, n. creation Cref, a cry, a scream: a. strong, powerful Crefiad, n. a craving; a suing Crefiant, n. a craving Crefol, a. craving, imploring Crefu, v. to cry, to crave Crefydd, n. devotion; religion Crefyddol, a. devout, religious Crefyddoldeb, n. religiousness Crefyddu, v. to act religiously Crefyddwr, n. a religionist Crefft, n. a handy-craft; a trade Crefftwr, n. a handy-craftsman, a mechanic; a tradesman Creffyn, n. a brace, a clasper Creffyniad, n. a bracing Creffynu, v. to brace, to plate Creg, a. hoarse, of rough voice Cregen, n. an earthen vessel Cregenu, v. to make pottery Cregenydd, n. a potter Creglais, n. a hoarse voice Creglyd, a. apt to hoarse Cregu, v. to become hoarse Creyna, v. to gather shells Cregynog, a. having shells Cregynol, a. testaceous Cregyr, n. a screamer, heron Creiad, n. a freshening Creider, n. fresness; purity Creiddiad, n. pervasion Creiddiol, a. pervasive Creiddyn, n. what juts into Creifion, n. scrapings Creigiaidd, a. rocky Creigio, v. to grow rocky Creigiog, a. rocky, craggy Creigiogrwydd, n. rockiness Creigiol, a. apt to be rocky Creilwg, n. charred furse Creiniad, n. a wallowing Creinio, v. to wallow Creiniol, a. wallowing, rolling Creiniwr, n. a wallower Creio, v. to freshen, to brisken Creirâu, v. to swear by the relics Creirdŷ, n. a house for relics Creirfa, n. a reliquary Creiries, n. a jewel, a beauty Creisier, n. a calcinatory Creision, n. calcined matter; dross of anything burnt Creisioni, v. to calcine Creithen, n. a cicatrice, a scar Creithiad, n. cicatrization Creithio, v. to cicatrize Creithiog, a. full of scars Creithiol, a. cicatrisive Cremog, n. a pancake Crencyn, n. a small crab Crepa, n. a crabbed dwarf Crepian, v. to creep, to hobble Crepaniog, a. creeping Crepog, a. shrunk; withered Cres, n. a hardening by heat Cresiad, n. inflamation Crest, n. scum, dregs; scurf Cresten, n. a crusted surface Crestenu, v. to gather scurf Crestiad, n. incrustation Crestog, a. being crusted over Crestol, a. apt to incrustate Crestu, v. to incrustate Cresu, v. to parch, to scorch Creth, n. disposition, purpose Crëu, v. to create Creuan, n. the cranium Creuled, a. drenched in gore Creulon, a. bloody, cruel Creulonaeth, n. cruelty Creuloni, v. to wax cruel Creulonrwydd, n. cruelty Creulys, n. groundsel Creuol, a. gory, bloody Crew, n. a shout, an outcry Crëwr, n. a creator, a former Crewt, n. a faint cry Crewtian, v. to whine, to pule Cri, n. a cry, a clamour: a. rough, rude; raw, fresh Criad, n. a crying, a bawling Crib, n. a comb; a crest, a top Cribach, n. a hay-hook Cribarth, n. a ridged hill Cribddail, n. extortion; pillage Cribddeilio, v. to extort Cribddeiliwr, n. an extortioner Cribell, n. a cock’s comb Cribiad, n. a combing Cribin, n. a hay-rake Cribiniad, n. a raking Cribinio, v. to rake Cribiniwr, n. a raker Cribion, n. combings Cribo, v. to comb, to card Cribog, a. indented; crested Cribwr, n. a comber, a carder Cricell, n. a cricket Cricellu, v. to chirp, to chatter Criciad, n. a cricket Criciedydd, n. a creaker Crif, n. a row of notches Crifellu, v. to notch, to grave Crifiad, n. a notching Crig, n. a crick Criglyn, n. a faint trace Crigyll, n. ravine; creek Crimmell, n. a sharp ridge Crimmog, n. a shin, a greave Crimmogiad, n. a shinning; a kick on the shin Crimmogio, v. to shin Crimp, n. a sharp ridge Crimpiad, n. a crimping Crimpio, v. to crimp Crin, a. brittle, fragile; niggard Crinad, n. a growing brittle Crinder, n. brittleness Crinell, n. what is clung Crinelliad, n. crepitation Crinellu, v. to cling; to cracle Crinlys, n. the violet Crino, v. to wax brittle, to clung Crintach, a. niggardly Crintachrwydd, n. niggardliness Crintachu, v. to grow niggardly Crintachwr, n. a niggard Crinwydd, n. dry brushwood Crio, v. to cry, to clamour Crip, n. a scratch; a notch Cripiad, n. a scratching Cripio, v. to scratch, to claw Cripiog, a. having scratches Cripiol, a. scratching, clawing Cripiwr, n. a scratcher Cris, n. a scale, a hard crust Crisb, n. a crisp coating Crisbin, a. crumbling, crisp Crisbinio, v. to crisp, to dry Crisial, n. crystal Crisialad, n. crystalization Crisialaidd, a. crystaline Crisialu, v. to crystalize CRIST, n. Christ, Messiah Cristion, n. a christian Cristionogaeth, n. christianity Cristionogaidd, a. christianly Cristionogol, a. christianly Croca, a. crooked, tortuous Croch, a. rough, forcible; eager Crochan, n. a boiler, a pot Crochanaid, n. a pot-full Crochenu, v. to make pottery Crochenydd, n. a potter Crochenyddiaeth, n. pottery Crochenyn, n. a little pot Crochlais, n. a rough voice Crochlef, n. a shrill shout Crochlefain, n. a scream Crochlefwr, n. a great shouter Crochleisio, v. to vociferate Croen, n. a skin, a hide Croendew, n. thick-skinned Croenog, a. having skin Croenol, a. cutaneous Croenen, n. a cuticle Croengyrchu, v. to wrinkle a skin Croeni, v. to skin, to skin over Croeniad, n. a skinning Croes, n. a cross; a crucifix: a. cross, transverse Croesaw, n. a welcome Croesawgar, a. hospitable Croesawiad, n. a welcoming Croesawl, a. transversial Croesawu, v. to welcome Croesawus, a. hospitable Coesdroi, v. to contort Croesdynu, v. to contend Croesen, n. a coquette; a jilt Croesffon, n. a cross staff Croesffordd, n. a cross road Croesgynghanedd, n. alliterative consonancy Croeshoeliad, n. crucifixion Croeshoelio, v. to crucify Croesi, v. to cross, to put across Croesiad, n. a crossing Croesineb, n. crossness Croeslath, n. a purlin Crog, n. a cross, a crucifix; a. hanging, overhanging Crogadwy, a. that may be hung Crogbren, n. a gallows Crogedyf, n. a dropwort Crogell, n. a place to hang meat Crogen, n. a gill; a jaw Crogi, v. to hang, to suspend Crogiad, n. a hanging Croglath, n. a springe Croglen, n. a hanging; a curtain Croglith, n. the mass of the cross Crogwr, n. a hangman Crom, a. bending, boughed Cromen, n. a dome, a cupola Cromglwyd, n. a thatch hurdle Crombill, n. the craw, crop or gorge of a bird Cromilaid, n. a crop full Cromlech, n. an incumbent flag, a stone of covenant Cron, a. round, circular Cronbleth, n. a bobbin Cronnel, a. a globule; a globe Cronellog, a. globular Cronellu, v. to glomerate Cronen, n. a globe, a sphere Cronfa, n. a receptacle; a dam Cronglwyl, n. a roof hurdle Croni, v. to board, to dam Croniad, n. a damming Cropa, n. a crop, or a craw Cropiad, n. a creeping Cropian, v. to creep, to crawl Cropiedydd, n. a creeper Crotawg, a. plump, round Croten, n. a little plump girl Croth, n. a bulge; a womb Crothawg, gibbous; big-bellied Crothell, n. a bulge; a bansticle Crothi, v. to bulge, to swell Croyw, a. clear; brisk; fresh Croywder, n. freshness Croywi, v. to freshen; to brisk Cru, n. a hollow rotundity Crub, n. a swelling out Crud, n. a cover, a case Crug, n. a heap, a tump Crugo, v. to heap, to swell Crugog, a. having heaps Crugdardd, n. a pustule Crugdarddu, v. to imposthumate Crugiad, n. a heaping up Crugyll, n. a place of tumps Crugyn, n. a small heap Crygynu, v. to pile, to heap Crygynog, a. full of tumps Crwb, n. a round hunch Crwbach, n. a hook, a crook Crwban, n. a tortoise Crwc, n. a bucket, a pail Crwca, a. crooked, bowed, bent Crwcau, v. to bow, to curve Crwcwd, n. a round squat Crwm, a. bending, concave Crwmach, n. convexity Crwn, a. round, circular Crwt, n. a crust; a dumpy one Crwtyn, n. a little dumpy one Crwth, n. a bulge, a trunk; a belly; a violin Crwybr, a. a scum; honeycomb Crwydr, n. a wandering Crwydrai, n. a wanderer Crwydrol, a. wandering Crwydredigaeth, a. vagrancy Crwydriad, n. a vagabond Crwynllys, n. the gentian Crwynwr, n. the skinner Crybwyll, n. a hint; an idea Crybwylliad, n. a hinting Crybwyllo, v. to intimate Crybychawl, a. crinkling Crybychiad, n. a crinkling Crybychu, v. to crinkle Crycydu, v. to squat down Crŷch, n. a wrinkle; a ripple; a. wrinkled; rippling Crychedd, n. roughness Crychiad, n. a wrinkling, crepature; a shake in music Crychiant, n. curliness Crychias, n. a rough boiling Crychlais, n. a broken voice Crychlam, n. a caper Crychlamiad, n. a capering Crychnaid, n. a skip, a frisk Crychneidio, v. to skip Crychni, n. curliness Crychrawn, a. frizzly, haired Crychu, v. to ruffle; to ripple Crychydd, n. a ruffler; a heron; crane Cryd, n. a quake; a fever Crydiad, n. a shivering Crydian, v. to keep shivering Crydio, v. to shiver, to quake Crydiol, a. shivering, quaking Crydu, v. to tremble, to shudder Crydus, a. shivering, trembling Crydwst, n. a shivering fit Crydd, n. a shoemaker Cryddiaeth,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

formerly, before Cyntaf, a. first chief, earliest Cyntafanedig, a first-born Cyntedd, n. entry, porch Cyntefig, a. primary, primitive Cyntefigiad, n. origination Cyntefigiaeth, n. primitive, state Cyntefin, n. the first of May: a. amphibious Cynteig, a. prime, or primal Cyntenid, a. primogenial Cynthun, n. first sleep, a nap Cynwas, n. a chief minister Cynwawl, n. primeval light Cynwawr, n. a first dawn Cynwe, n. end of a web Cynwedd, n. first appearance Cynweled, n. a foresight Cynwelediad, n. foreseeing Cynwyd, n. mischief: a evil Cynwyl, a. bashful, modest Cynwyre, v. to ascend up Cynyd, v. to rise, to arise Cyngan, n. speech, discourse Cynghad, n. a concourse Cynghan, a. consonant Cynghanedd, n. consonancy Cynghaneddol, a. harmonious Cynghaneddu, v. to harmonize Cynghanu, v. to love mutually Cynghas, n. mutual hate Cynghau, v. to close together Cynghawg, n. complicate metre, so called Cynghaws, n. issue at law, a suit; an advocate or council Cynghawsaeth, n. pleadings Cynghawsedd, n. law process Cynghel, n. privacy: ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Besides, the servant-girls, who acted as personal attendants in the apartments of the old as well as of the young, were treated so far unlike the whole body of domestics in the household that the daughters even of an ordinary and penniless parentage could not have been so looked up to.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Our carpets all came from Europe, from England most of them, and poor people could not afford to buy them.
— from Who Spoke Next by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Copyrighted, 1900, by Munn & Co. —— Entered at Stationer’s Hall —— London, England —— ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America by The Manufacturers’ and Publishers’ Printing Company, New York City.
— from The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century. by Edward W. (Edward Wright) Byrn

The present position of the Whigs was the necessary fate of all progressive parties; could not see exactly how it would end; thought sometimes it must end in a fusion of parties; but could not well see how that could be brought about, at least at present.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

In consequence of the proceedings under this recommendation, "on the 7th of October, a congress, consisting of twenty-eight delegates from the assemblies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Delaware counties, Maryland, and South Carolina, convened in the city of New York, and Timothy Ruggles, of Massachusetts, was chosen president.
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

But the habit of dissimulation was inveterate Butchery in the name of Christ was suspended By turns, we all govern and are governed Calling a peace perpetual can never make it so Canker of a long peace Cargo of imaginary gold dust was exported from the James River Casting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be" Certain number of powers, almost exactly equal to each other
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

It was one o’clock in the afternoon when a Philadelphia Press correspondent noticed on the Cambria road the young officer with his long military coat cut open, leaning heavily for support upon two privates.
— from History of the Johnstown Flood Including all the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Over-Throw of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, etc., etc., With Full Accounts also of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The love of a grateful and prosperous people could not protect their great and successful fellow-citizens against the weapons of secret conspirators.
— from Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson

“A perfect person could not, little girl.”
— from Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade

When Burns told Dr. Moore that he was resolved to try by the test of experience the doctrine that good and permanent poetry could not be composed without industry and pains, he had in view other and wider plans of composition than any which he ever realized.
— from Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp