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Pure Reason Explained And

I. The Kritik of the Pure Reason Explained And Defended.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

poor roads etc are

The government, poor, roads, etc., ... are all maintained with the rent, on which account all wares, manufactures, allowable trade employments or actions are entirely duty-free.”—From
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

prohibitory regulations extending at

By prohibitory regulations, extending, at the same time, throughout the States, we may oblige foreign countries to bid against each other, for the privileges of our markets.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Port Royal experiment after

Then in war-time came the singular Port Royal experiment after the capture of Hilton Head, and perhaps for the first time the North met the Southern slave face to face and heart to heart with no third witness.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Park R E and

(19) Park, R. E., and Miller, H. A. Old World Traits Transplanted.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

probably rightly explained as

[ This is usually, and probably rightly, explained as relating to both shores of the Cimbric Chersonesus.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

peculiar religious experience and

The solitary hired man on a farm in the outskirts of Concord, who has had his second birth and peculiar religious experience, and is driven as he believes into the silent gravity and exclusiveness by his faith, may think it is not true; but Zoroaster, thousands of years ago, travelled the same road and had the same experience; but he, being wise, knew it to be universal, and treated his neighbors accordingly, and is even said to have invented and established worship among men.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Persian rule extends as

The Colchians also had set themselves among those who brought gifts, and with them those who border upon them extending as far as the range of the Caucasus (for the Persian rule extends as far as these mountains, but those who dwell in the parts beyond Caucasus toward the North Wind regard the Persians no longer),—these, I say, continued to bring the gifts which they had fixed for themselves every four years 87 even down to my own time, that is to say, a hundred boys and a hundred maidens.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Persians reached Euesperides and

This army of the Persians reached Euesperides, and this was their furthest point in Libya: and those of the Barcaians whom they had reduced to slavery they removed again from Egypt and brought them to the king, and king Dareios gave them a village in the land of Bactria in which to make a settlement.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

present replied Evelyn and

"He seems very much in love with her at present," replied Evelyn, "and indeed they are just suited for each other.
— from Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life by Rebecca Agatha Armour

practice rigid economy and

They had been discussing plans for the future, repairs, alterations, improvements for Silverwood House—and how to do many, many wonderful things at vast expense; and how to practice rigid economy and do nothing at all.
— from The Business of Life by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

probably Roman excavated at

For this purpose a kiln was required, such as one (probably Roman) excavated at Shoeburyness, a model of which is here exhibited (No. 536 ).
— from A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

practice revived extended among

The practice revived, extended among the rich, at length reached the common people in some counties, and gave rise to important developments of scientific doctrine.
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton

Park Robert E and

(13) Park, Robert E., and Miller, Herbert A. Old World Traits Transplanted.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

point remained ever a

One other point remained ever a sore spot with Carl, and that was the American university and its accomplishments.
— from An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker

picked round even and

I found a nest of hatched partridge eggs, and the large ends were all picked round even, and opened like box-tops.
— from Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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