For this reason we cannot, in accordance with the categories, imagine or invent any object or any property of an object not given, or that may not be given in experience, and employ it in a hypothesis; otherwise, we should be basing our chain of reasoning upon mere chimerical fancies, and not upon conceptions of things.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Note 8 ( return ) [ Dr. Hudson takes notice here, that this kind of brass or copper, or rather mixture of gold and brass or copper, was called aurichalcum, and that this was of old esteemed the most precious of all metals.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Buttrick on custom of removing deers’ hamstrings 447 Buzzard , myths concerning 239 , 266 , 284 , 293 , 294 , 430 , 431 , 456 Byhan , Rev. Gottlieb , Cherokee missionary 84 [ Contents ] C Cabot, Sebastian , visit to America by 191 Caddo in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143 Caddo , wanderings of 146 Cairns in Cherokee country 20 – 21 , 491 Caleebee creek , battle of 93 Calendars , Kiowa, publication of paper on xxvi, xxix Calendar systems , Mayan, memoir on xli–xlii Calhoun on Seneca town 485 Calhoun , reply to Cherokee memorial by 115 Calhoun , reply to Georgia’s protest by 116 Cameron , ——, attempt to seize 48 Cameron, —— , encounter between Williamson’s force and 50 Cameron, —— , interception of letter to 47 Cameron, —— , raid led by 48 Campbell , Col. Arthur , defeat of Ferguson by 57 Campbell , Col. Arthur , expedition under (1780–81) 57 – 58 Campbell ,
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Shortly after this there came towards me a pretty young Corinthian wench, who brought me a boxful of conserves, of round Mirabolan plums, called emblicks, and looked upon my poor robin with an eye of great compassion, as it was flea-bitten and pinked with the sparkles of the fire from whence it came, for it reached no farther in length, believe me, than my knees.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Be not discontented, be not disheartened, be not out of hope, if often it succeed not so well with thee punctually and precisely to do all things according to the right dogmata, but being once cast off, return unto them again: and as for those many and more frequent occurrences, either of worldly distractions, or human infirmities, which as a man thou canst not but in some measure be subject unto, be not thou discontented with them; but however, love and affect that only which thou dust return unto: a philosopher's life, and proper occupation after the most exact manner.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

On the sudden emergency of a hasty march, they provide themselves with a sufficient quantity of little balls of cheese, or rather of hard curd, which they occasionally dissolve in water; and this unsubstantial diet will support, for many days, the life, and even the spirits, of the patient warrior.
— 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

Such then was Orpheus whom Aeson's son welcomed to share his toils, in obedience to the behest of Cheiron, Orpheus ruler of Bistonian Pieria. (ll. 35-39) Straightway came Asterion, whom Cometes begat by the waters of eddying Apidanus; he dwelt at Peiresiae near the Phylleian mount, where mighty Apidanus and bright Enipeus join their streams, coming together from afar. (ll. 40-44) Next to them from Larisa came Polyphemus, son of Eilatus, who aforetime among the mighty Lapithae, when they were arming themselves against the Centaurs, fought in his younger days; now his limbs were grown heavy with age, but his martial spirit still remained, even as of old. (ll. 45-48) Nor was Iphiclus long left behind in Phylace, the uncle of Aeson's son; for Aeson had wedded his sister Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus: his kinship with her bade him be numbered in the host. (ll. 49-50) Nor did Admetus, the lord of Pherae rich in sheep, stay behind beneath the peak of the Chalcodonian mount.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

The Mitylenaeans, therefore, being excluded from the land, and being blockaded on the sea by many ships lying at anchor, sent to Pharnabazus and came to the following agreement:—That the auxiliary troops which had come to their aid from Alexander should depart, that the citizens should demolish the pillars on which the treaty made by them with Alexander was inscribed, 202 that they should become allies of Darius on the terms of the peace which was made with King Darius in the time of Antalcidas, 203 and that their exiles should return from banishment on condition of receiving back half the property which they possessed when they were banished.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Here too was its wealth ; for it overflowed all barriers of caste or race.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

4. At the birth of Christ old Rome was the greatest city of the world, and London the greatest at the coronation of King James II., and near six times as great as the present Rome, wherein are 119,000 souls besides Jews.
— from Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic by Petty, William, Sir

In 1879 there was a fight, known as the Battle of Lost Valley, between our company of Rangers and the Comanches, where we were assisted by some friendly Tehuacanas and Tonkaways.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 128, November, 1908 by Various

Mohawk , a tribe of American Indians, gave name to a band or club of ruffians who infested the streets of London in 1711-12.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

Our bridges, our canals, our roads, our modes of communication, fill every stranger with wonder.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

"I thank you, Adolphus," said he, "you have led back our conversation, or rather, my lord treasurer, our conference, to the subject in point, in a manner as tender as diplomatic.
— from The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

The going and coming of such a man in the community in which he lives is tolerated by one class of residents who are familiar with his tactics, because of the fear that some day they may be compelled to ask assistance from him.
— from The House of Cariboo, and Other Tales from Arcadia by A. Paul Gardiner

The master directs his dog by oral commands of “right,” “left” or “forward.”
— from Detectives, Inc.: A Mystery Story for Boys by William Heyliger

To the 9th brigade had been attached this day a small Naval battalion, commanded by Captain Prothero, R.N., consisting of a company of bluejackets, one company of Royal Marine artillery, and two companies of Royal Marine Light Infantry, the total strength of the battalion being about 240 men.
— from History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office

That the poet should be beyond humanity in one way,—by the wings, by the immense flight, by the sudden possible disappearance in the fathomless,—is well; it must be so, but on condition of reappearance.
— from William Shakespeare by Victor Hugo