Essential simplicity (with the other attributes predicated of the ego) is regarded as the mere schema of this regulative principle; it is not assumed that it is the actual ground of the properties of the soul.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Evans stood with the ingot in his hands.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

As they neared the town they were met by the Indians, bearing baskets of “mulberries,” 31 more probably the delicious service-berry of the southern mountains, which ripens in early summer, while the mulberry matures later.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

There was great lamentation over Erling; and it has been a common observation among people, that Erling Skjalgson was the greatest and worthiest man in Norway of those who had no high title.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

As when Jove, gatherer of the thunder-cloud, spreads a dense canopy on the top of some lofty mountain, and all the peaks, the jutting headlands, and forest glades show out in the great light that flashes from the bursting heavens, even so when the Danaans had now driven back the fire from their ships, they took breath for a little while; but the fury of the fight was not yet over, for the Trojans were not driven back in utter rout, but still gave battle, and were ousted from their ground only by sheer fighting.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Her face was haggard and thin and eager, stamped with the print of a recent horror.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

On either side were two companies of laundry-maids, preceded by the chief crimper and fluter, supporting a long Ancestral Line, on which depended the family linen, and under which the youthful lord of the manor passed into the halls of his fathers.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

He looked round for help, but Ludwig was nowhere to be seen; on every side waved the banners of the Hegelings and their allies, and their foremost men were fast closing round him and his little band.
— from Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner

Many small donations ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt status with the IRS.
— from Studies in the Epistle of James by A. T. Robertson

Since justice aims its penalties not so much at the person as at the sin, it may admit equivalent suffering, when this is endured in the very nature that has sinned.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

He had likewise devoted much of his attention to architecture—his fondness for which elegant study was testified, by his anxiety to repair, or rebuild, most of the royal palaces.
— from Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 1 (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell

A war–council was immediately held, which Mahéga was summoned to attend; and although the wary Osage kept himself in the background, and showed no disposition to offer his advice until twice pressed by Besha to do so, it was soon evident that his spirit would rule the meeting, and that on him would devolve the conduct of the struggle in which they must soon expect to be engaged: such was the impression already made upon his new allies by his gigantic stature, and the air of command that accompanied his every word and gesture.
— from The Prairie-Bird by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

“I 'ain't got to go through anything more,” said Eva, still with that rapt look over Amabel's little, fair head.
— from The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The expulsion of evil spirits was their special function.
— from Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence

Each soul will tend to devour and to direct exclusively the movement influenced by the other soul.
— from Winds Of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion by George Santayana

We had, altogether, seventeen passengers on board, besides an equal number of negro servants or slaves; all brought much luggage with them, so that the whole of the after-deck was completely covered with trunks and packages heaped on each other, the only clear space left being that requisite for the steersman; on each side were two kennel-like boxes, which served as the sleeping berths of the two Pintos, all the other passengers being obliged to make the best provision for themselves upon deck in the open air, for there was no accommodation whatever below, even for taking meals, every one, therefore, looked out for the most convenient corner to sit or lie down in.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner