a Bare & Dere, this is a butifull place the Prarie rich & extinsive, Took Some Looner Observations which Kept Cap L. & my Self up untill half past 11 oClock.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

That morning the princess rose earlier than she had done since she had been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company she was forced to endure once a day.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

MERCIER, on Paris revolting, Editor, the September Massacre, in National Convention, King's trial.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since she had been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company she was forced to endure once a day.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

To deny this is theoretical egoism , which on that account regards all phenomena that are outside its own will as phantoms, just as in a practical reference exactly the same thing is done by practical egoism.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

si sia: Parte rinchiusa, e turbida si cela Scosso mi il petto, e poi n'uscendo poco 10 Quivi d' attorno o s'agghiaccia, o s'ingiela; Ma quanto a gli occhi giunge a trovar loco Tutte le notti a me suol far piovose
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Inasmuch as the reality of the concept of freedom is proved by an apodeictic law of practical reason, it is the keystone of the whole system of pure reason, even the speculative, and all other concepts (those of God and immortality) which, as being mere ideas, remain in it unsupported, now attach themselves to this concept, and by it obtain consistence and objective reality; that is to say, their possibility is proved by the fact that freedom actually exists, for this idea is revealed by the moral law.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

It would almost seem that he considered a prescriptive right enough to support the action, and it is pretty clear that he thought that a disseisor would have had the same rights as the plaintiff.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Once more the colonists resisted; and, by refusing to import any goods of English make, so distressed the English manufacturers that Parliament repealed every tax save that on tea.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In the latter half of the first century, it would seem, there was a great movement among large numbers of the Jews in favour of frequent baptism, as the one purificatory rite essential to salvation.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

She had never been able to understand why “Mr. H.” should insist on burying himself in the lumber business, when he was plenty rich enough to sell out and take her and her daughter forth from the slumberous quiet of Wauchung into the stir of the world.
— from The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country by Samuel Merwin

Pierre Radisson emptied the sledge of everything but the tent, blankets, food and the furry nest for baby Joan.
— from Kazan by James Oliver Curwood

Pillingshot reluctantly entered the statement under Berkeley's indignant gaze.
— from The Politeness of Princes, and Other School Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

The next few days were spent in reconnoitering the Ta-dong River, but this part retired eventually to Song-do and there awaited reinforcements.
— from The History of Korea (vol. 2 of 2) by Homer B. (Homer Bezaleel) Hulbert

Of what avail is it, that curtains of the richest damask keep out the too intrusive sunlight, or that carpets of the finest texture cover the floors, since the shutters are always closed, and the magnificent parlors rarely echo the steps of a visitor?
— from Helen Ford by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

In his election address Brown declared himself for perfect religious equality, the separation of [Pg 47] Church and State, and the diversion of the clergy reserves from denominational to educational purposes.
— from George Brown by John Lewis

"Your guess is probably right, except that she hasn't done it yet.
— from Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace