My procedure is, therefore, strictly according to conceptions; I cannot in a case of this kind employ the construction of conceptions, because the conception is merely a rule for the synthesis of perceptions, which are not pure intuitions, and which, therefore, cannot be given a priori.]
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

It may, probably, be urged in opposition to this proof that, after all, I am only conscious immediately of that which is in me, that is, of my representation of external things, and that, consequently, it must always remain uncertain whether anything corresponding to this representation does or does not exist externally to me.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

we also sent a party of three hunters over the river to hunt a large bottom of woodland and prarie above the entrance of the Quicksand river; the ballance of the hunters we sent out in different directions on this side of the Columbia and employed those about camp in making a rope of Elkskin.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Twelve generations have elapsed since his ancestor conducted this little colony into Mewar, and received the highest honours and a large estate on the plateau of its border, in a most interesting country.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Hence the need of great moderation and breadth in the conception of the music; first, in order that according to my principle it might prove helpful rather than the reverse to the understanding of the poetical lines, and secondly, in order that the increasing rhythmic character of the melody which marks the ardent growth of passion may not be interrupted too arbitrarily by unnecessary changes in modulation and rhythm.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at an alehouse or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle; and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous man GOOD WOMAN.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

I then cast my eyes on the roof and walls of the temple, that were all pargetted with porphyry and mosaic work, which from the left side at the coming in most admirably represented the battle in which the good Bacchus overthrew the Indians; as followeth.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

I struggled to my feet at last, and, crouching and making use of every chance of cover, I made a run for this.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The direction of the cut dividing A and C in the first diagram is very obvious, and the second cut is made at right angles to it.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

The country is mostly a rolling prairie, where a road may be constructed as easily as through the State of Iowa.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

When the hay is well cured, it makes a ration in even balance for cattle and sheep, and for horses it is equally good.
— from Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw

They differ only in the number of Chinese works admitted and similarly the twelfth collection is merely a revision of the tenth with the addition of fifty-four Chinese works.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Every man is then the arbiter of his own fortune and within his own limits can indulge moderately (a relative term after all) without fear of doing himself harm.
— from Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension, with Chapters on Blood Pressure 3rd Edition. by Louis M. (Louis Marshall) Warfield

Meanwhile, the rebel force continued its march, and reports soon came that Wyatt was on the opposite bank of the Thames; then, that he had crossed the river.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

He and I have been companions in many a revel in London and Vienna; and 'tis sad to think that fiery comet should have plunged so fast into space and darkness, a burnt-out shell."
— from Mohawks: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The compliment of course I must admire; Retaliation is what I desire, And I've a thought:—your children all have got The nose a little short, which is a blot;
— from Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by Jean de La Fontaine

It is in sooth a lovely tress, Still curled in many a ring, As glossy as the plumes that dress The raven's jetty wing.
— from Mazelli, and Other Poems by George W. Sands