[*Footnote: By a cosmical conception, I mean one in which all men necessarily take an interest; the aim of a science must accordingly be determined according to scholastic conceptions, if it is regarded merely as a means to certain arbitrarily proposed ends.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

CLAIRE: Can I make life any less mysterious?
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

Capt. Clark is much better today, is perfectly clear of fever but still very languid and complains of a general soarness in all his limbs.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[ cīvis ], civil cīvis, -is , m. and f. citizen ( § 243.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Near the capital coal is mined at Yuen-ming-yuen, and in a variety of isolated deposits among the hills in the direction of the Kalgan road, and in the district round Siuen-hwa-fu.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

"Do you never catch cold?" inquired Mary, gazing at him wonderingly.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“I have often thought that if the happiness of love could continue in marriage, we should find a Paradise upon earth.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

cymbala = cimbala cyme (i) m. coming, arrival, advent, approach , Bo, MtR ; AO, CP.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

However I might have expressed my comprehension of it at that time, if I had been called upon, I nevertheless did clearly comprehend in my own way, that it was another name for tyranny; and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil’s humour, that was in them both.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The money of any particular country is, at any particular time and place, more or less an accurate measure or value, according as the current coin is more or less exactly agreeable to its standard, or contains more or less exactly the precise quantity of pure gold or pure silver which it ought to contain.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Judge Clarke was one of the earliest members of the Franklin-street Congregational church in Manchester, and one of the original officers of the society, to both of which he rendered valuable service.
— from Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men by Various

This opened to the enemy not only the means of converting cotton into money, which had a value all over the world and which they so much needed, but it afforded them means of obtaining accurate and intelligent information in regard to our position and strength.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

I hope by common consent it may be removed from the statute book and such guarantees as individual freedom demands be sought in new legislation."
— from Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession by Beverley B. (Beverley Bland) Munford

The growth of deposit-banking in Great Britain, therefore, advances with enormous strides, while in Continental countries it makes very little headway.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

I reckon some time between now an' sunrise, onless the crowd changes its mind.
— from To Alaska for Gold; Or, The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Edward Stratemeyer

I wonder what he'd take to come over to America, and give the boys points,” continued Custer, in meditative admiration.
— from A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories by Bret Harte

[28] In 1916 in Allen County along Cedar Creek, I measured a specimen that was 15.6 dm.
— from Trees of Indiana First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana) by Charles Clemon Deam

Clergyman, attendants and intimate friends were notified, and on Friday evening, in the midst of a small circle of friends, with the elements doing their worst in the way of rain, this singular courtship culminated in marriage.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 by Various

As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 27: Daniel by Anonymous

You must excuse the confusion which the difference between your political ideals and your economic ideals constantly creates in me.
— from A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by William Dean Howells