My view downward was also considerably impeded by the dense atmosphere in the vicinity of the surface being loaded with clouds, between whose masses I could only now and then obtain a glimpse of the earth itself.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

The Judgement presupposes this a priori and without reference to the practical; and thus furnishes the mediating concept between the concepts of nature and that of freedom.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

‘Oh, dear no, sir, I could on no account think of that!’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

But if we would willingly know what judgement should be formed of such irregular and extraordinary actions, we may consider the sentiments commonly entertained with regard to those irregular events which appear in the course of nature, and the operations of external objects.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Norns and Fates The close resemblance between the Northern Orlog and the Greek Destiny, goddesses whose decrees the gods themselves were obliged to respect, and the equally powerful Norns and Mœræ, is too obvious to need pointing out, while the Vanas are counterparts of Neptune and the other ocean divinities.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

They were both daughters; one a beautiful creature of nineteen, and the other a mere child of two or three years old.' 'What's this to me?' asked Monks.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

So we called one Nux, and the other Bryonia, accordin’ to the medicine that had saved their lives, an’ they’ve answered to those names ever since.”
— from Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

We witnessed from the camp, one night about twelve o'clock, a fight at sea, between an English brig and a French corvette, which was leaving the Adour with provisions and ammunition.
— from Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by R. H. (Rees Howell) Gronow

; for example, Israel is a type of the Christian church; outside nations are types of the hostile world; Jonah and David are types of Christ.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

This, he illustrates by the case of Noah and the old world.
— from A Bible History of Baptism by Samuel J. (Samuel John) Baird

The consumption of nearly all the other stores will vary greatly according as the ship is more or less at sea, and it is safe to say that for [Pg 141] a given number of ships the consumption will be much greater in time of war, especially in coal, engineers' stores, and ordnance stores, than it is in time of peace.
— from Naval Warfare by James R. (James Richard) Thursfield

"For the assertion, that there are in English but two cases of nouns, and three of pronouns, we have the authority of Lowth, Johnson, Priestley, &c. names which are sufficient to decide this point."— Ib. , p. 36.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

One is to set up the abrupt dilemma—"Either a true Church or not," and the other is to regard the possession of "valid" Orders as being the one and only condition of the Catholicity of the body possessing them.
— from Church and Nation The Bishop Paddock Lectures for 1914-15 by William Temple

It was, or appeared to be, a collar or necklace, a trifle over two feet in length, the ends united by a massive ring supporting a medallion.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

He advised him to do what he himself had done to "Fidelio," cut out nearly a third of the score.
— from The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower

The change of name and the omission of the note of interrogation (both changes the act of his publishers) represented a certain loss, for indeed Gilbert was still asking himself what was wrong when he was writing this book, although he was very certain what was right—his ideals were really a clear picture of health.
— from Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward