But it may be, notwithstanding, an empty conception, unless the objective reality of this synthesis, but which it is generated, is demonstrated; and a proof of this kind must be based upon principles of possible experience, and not upon the principle of analysis or contradiction.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Original editions as follows: "Carta de relacio n e m biada a su S. majestad del e m p er ador n ues tro señor ...
— from Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by Albert Réville

It was no part of Honore's intentions to use this knowledge—however content he had been to acquire it—in the least interesting, if nearly the most profitable, of the branches of the legal profession; and he protested eloquently, and not unsuccessfully, that he would be a man of letters and nothing else.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

The hail which was generally about the size of pigeons’ eggs, and not unlike them in form, covered the ground to one inch and a half.
— from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by William Clark