A rational being must always regard himself as giving laws either as member or as sovereign in a kingdom of ends which is rendered possible by the freedom of will.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

Ms Galvez looked expectantly at me.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

"Pension Beaurepas" and "Bundle of Letters," especially the girls' letters, excellent, already mentioned.
— from Instigations Together with An Essay on the Chinese Written Character by Ezra Pound

Then she offered him the parcel, which he, touched, surprised, expectant, took and opened, finding within this same little pencil; and not it only, but wound around it, a bit of writing in his Aunt Rachel's hand—the traditional Hebrew bensch : “May the Lord make you to be great, like Ephraim and Manasseh!”
— from The Yoke of the Thorah by Henry Harland

"I see," said Franklin Gray, looking earnestly at Mona, "that you have become his musician as well as nurse."
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

When the fish come up the river, this basin is so full of all kinds of them, that you can catch them with your hands, because they are stopped there, and collect together, refreshing themselves, and sporting in and under the falling fresh water, which brings with it, from above, bushes, green leaves, earth, and mire, in which they find food.
— from Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Jasper Danckaerts

Charming and cordial in her manners, with kind words for all, she welcomed every guest last evening and made them at ease.—The Times.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Some mourned the death of a Prince, some sighed over the extinction of Napoleonic hopes, officers regretted the loss of a promising comrade, and mothers spent tears of sympathy for the great lady, Empress and mother, who had thus been bereft of her only child.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

The New Bill brought in by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Ebrington, and Mr M. Chambers proposes to prevent trading on Sundays within the Metropolitan Police District and city of London, and the liberties thereof.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

He thought Central Patrol was getting less efficient and more stupid every day.
— from A Gift For Terra by Fox B. Holden

If we no more meet till we meet in heaven, Then, joyfully, my noble Lord of Bedford, My dear Lord Gloucester, and my good Lord Exeter, And my kind kinsman, warriors all, adieu! BEDFORD.
— from The Life of King Henry V by William Shakespeare