The fact is that the impossibility referred to is merely subjective, that is, our reason finds it impossible for it to render conceivable in the way of a mere course of nature a connection so exactly proportioned and so thoroughly adapted to an end, between two sets of events happening according to such distinct laws; although, as with everything else in nature that is adapted to an end, it cannot prove, that is, show by sufficient objective reason, that it is not possible by universal laws of nature.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

Everywhere has this class of nobles and chieftains sought to ally itself with that of the priests or sacerdotal order; and everywhere has the priestly order sought to bring under its control those chiefs and rulers under whose protection it lives.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Ship tavern, erected in 1650, at the corner of North and Clark Streets, then on the waterfront, was a haunt of British government officials.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

“And if I've ceased to be a Christian, then I told no lie to the enemy when they asked whether I was a Christian or not a Christian, seeing I had already been relieved by God Himself of my Christianity by reason of the thought alone, before I had time to utter a word to the enemy.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The abode on Maiden Lane, his first New York house, was destroyed, and the larger mansion at the corner of Nassau and Cedar Streets was also gone.
— from Through the Gates of Old Romance by Weymer Jay Mills

The title of her father is also lost; but it is certain she came of noble and courtly stock.
— from The End of the Middle Ages: Essays and Questions in History by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

There was not a white sailor to be engaged in the port, so I shipped a crew of coolies, as the lower class of natives are called, stowed my cargo, and set sail; but as this class of Chinamen are very dirty in the way of their clothes and habits, I took care to lock the door of the forecastle-house, in which the sailors sleep, and to make the natives take up sleeping quarters on a lot of mats thrown on top of the cargo in the hold.
— from Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 by Various

The Queen's Head Tavern stood at the north-west corner of North and Clark streets.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 by Various

The Second Advent Chapel is on the corner of North and Cherry streets; no pastor is at present settled.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

Meanwhile, two men arrived, the most celebrated for deeds of arms and the wealthiest counts, whom we have already mentioned, accompanied by many knights, whose arrival filled the whole army of the Lord with joy: Robert, Count of Normandy, and Count Stephen of Chartres.
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert

—On the N.W. coast of Norfolk are certain sandbanks so called.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

C o ntralésina, a counter sparing, a lauish spender, or expence.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

But their desires were few--a pan and kettle, a case of needles and cord, some rum or brandy from cider or wild grapes, tobacco, lead, and powder--chiefly the last three.
— from In the Valley by Harold Frederic