A will, which can be determined independently of sensuous impulses, consequently by motives presented by reason alone, is called a free will (arbitrium liberum); and everything which is connected with this free will, either as principle or consequenc
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

A gentleman's card should read: Mr. John Hunter Titherington Smith, but since names are sometimes awkwardly long, and it is the American custom to cling to each and every one given in baptism, he asserts his possessions by representing each one with an initial, and engraves his cards Mr. John H.T. Smith, or Mr. J.H. Titherington Smith, as suits his fancy.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Therefore as those young Prophets then with care Sought lost Eliah, so in each place these Nigh to Bethabara; in Jerico 20 The City of Palms, Aenon, and Salem Old, Machaerus and each Town or City wall'd On this side the broad lake Genezaret Or in Perea, but return'd in vain.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Against this it has been maintained that the statement of Simeon of Durham may, with greater probability, be referred to Aldfrid, the successor of Egfrid and father of Osred.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

He was a winter late in redeeming his promise, but redeemed it was, for the last, least Silva got a pair of shoes, as well as Maria herself.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

Why did he not take up a position before reaching Filí?
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

At home in her owne thoughts, and practised 305 So much good as would make as many more: Shee whose example they must all implore, Who would or doe, or thinke well, and confesse That all the vertuous Actions they expresse, Are but a new, and worse edition 310 Of her some one thought, or one action: She who in th'art of knowing Heaven, was growne Here upon earth, to such perfection, That she hath, ever since to Heaven she came, (In a far fairer print,) but read the same: 315 Shee, shee not satisfied with all this waight, (For so much knowledge, as would over-fraight Another, did but ballast her) is gone As well t'enjoy, as get perfection.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Pure mathematics, as synthetical cognition a priori , is only possible by referring to no other objects than those of the senses.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

With regard to that large and important body which constitutes the permanent strength of the public service, those who do not change with changes of politics, but remain to aid every minister by their experience and traditions, inform him by their knowledge of business, and conduct official details under his general control—those, in short, who form the class of professional public servants, entering their profession as others do while young, in the hope of rising progressively to its higher grades as they advance in life—it is evidently inadmissible that these should be liable to be turned out, and deprived of the whole benefit of their previous service, except for positive, proved, and serious misconduct.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

When possible, it is desirable to have a plot of plowed ground over which the sewage may pass before reaching the beds, so that the grosser impurities may be left behind and harrowed in or plowed under.
— from Rural Hygiene by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden

After that, when we have divided equitably, will your other pesos be returned to you.”
— from Hearts of Three by Jack London

Based on our experience with high velocity missile wounds of the forearm produced by rifles of the deer hunting calibre, there is tremendous soft tissue destruction as well as bone fragmentation which not infrequently culminates in amputation of the part.
— from Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

At the first moment of attack every regiment, battalion, squadron, and independent company will promptly assemble at its established rendezvous (in or out of the public buildings), ready for battle and wait for orders.
— from General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright

"'Youer my pardner, Brer Rabbit!'
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

As this method of boarding-out is under the administration of parochial boards relying on rates, it has, with other merits, that of not specially taxing the benevolence of particular individuals.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 707, July 14, 1877 by Various

[104] Now the anger and power of that "tauriformis Aufidus" is precisely because "regna Dauni præfluit"—because it flows past the poor kingdoms which it should enrich.
— from Arrows of the Chace, vol. 2/2 being a collection of scattered letters published chiefly in the daily newspapers 1840-1880 by John Ruskin

The book is a quarto book, ‘printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty and by the assignees of John Bull, 1632.’
— from Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 by Geo. A. (George Arthur) Stephen