Now every series, whose exponent (of the categorical or hypothetical judgement) is given, can be continued; consequently the same procedure of reason conducts us to the ratiocinatio polysyllogistica, which is a series of syllogisms, that can be continued either on the side of the conditions (per prosyllogismos) or of the conditioned (per episyllogismos) to an indefinite extent.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Palms of all kinds filled it, whose trunks and tops often reached close up to the glass ceiling.
— from Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
On reaching Chhota Udepur the troops of the Rája fraternised with the enemy, and Captain Collier having evacuated the town, Tátia Topi was allowed to occupy it without opposition.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell
And when she had finished tea she cleared away, and spread a little old red cloth upon the table, and once more snuggled close to the puny fire.
— from Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
When they returned laden with costly cargoes, the schooners and other sailing-vessels gathered round with gaping holds that had to be filled, and what they did not carry off went into the huge warehouses which stood in opposing rows clear up to the street.
— from Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
This state of repression caused unrest throughout the country.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee
Original read (cover until the the sauce is) Pages 121 and 122, “Ragout” changed to “Ragoût” (Ragoût of Veal) Page 198, “teaspoonful of” added to “½ nutmeg” for “ Transparent Puddings .”
— from The Dinner Year-Book by Marion Harland
The Battle of the Modder River 243 The Raid on Southern Natal 261 Operations round Colesberg up to the 16th December 275 Stormberg 285 Halt on the Modder River before Magersfontein 304 The Battle of Magersfontein 316 Sir Redvers Buller in Face of Colenso 332 Colenso, December 15th, 1899 351 Lord Roberts' Appointment to the Command in South Africa 376 Operations Round Colesberg—December 16th, 1899, to February 6th, 1900 389 Lord Roberts at Capetown; reorganises 408 The Army Moves Forward 428
— from History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
We went a few steps farther; the path we were on ran close up to the base of the hill at the bend, and we were practically out of the cañon and right at the lower end of the water-hole Hosea spoke about.
— from The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain by John R. Cook
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