Only under such a representation can we range that sublimity which a pure aesthetical judgement ascribes to this object.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Our house had collapsed backward; the front portion, even on the ground floor, had been destroyed completely; by a chance the kitchen and scullery had escaped, and stood buried now under soil and ruins, closed in by tons of earth on every side save towards the cylinder.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

It is needless, therefore, to remark further on this head, than that the manner in which the restraint is qualified seems well calculated at once to secure to the States a reasonable discretion in providing for the conveniency of their imports and exports, and to the United States a reasonable check against the abuse of this discretion.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

X. As several members in one body united, so are reasonable creatures XI.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

As several members in one body united, so are reasonable creatures in a body divided and dispersed, all made and prepared for one common operation.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

The central office belonged to Colonel Porter, A. C., U. S. A. retired, Commandant of the school and chief of the dock forces.
— from The Flight of the Silver Ship: Around the World Aboard a Giant Dirgible by Hugh McAlister

[4] [Footnote 1: See the correspondence between the United States and Russia collected in House of Representatives, 51st Congress, 1st Session.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 2 [of 3] From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (1825-1894) by Simon Dubnow

FOOTNOTES: [A] Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Retired ; Chairman, Board of Engineers, Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal R. R. Co.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Paper No. 1150 by Charles W. Raymond

In a few seconds the object began to pick up speed and rapidly climb out of sight.
— from The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

This “wild, herbless, weatherworn promontory,” called Portland Bill, with its two lighthouses looking down upon shoals and rapid currents of extraordinary danger to mariners, obtains its name from the beak-like end of the Isle which “stretches out like the head of a bird into the English Channel.”
— from The Hardy Country: Literary landmarks of the Wessex Novels by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

Conservation, cheaper steel, and future trade relations of the United States all require consideration, before action is taken to protect this one of several similarly situated mineral industries, in the effort to make the country self-supporting.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Froude came home even more utterly set against Roman Catholics than he had been before.
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney

Add that he is under scarce any restraint, can even go out within certain limits; and that I have promised him to bring her a letter from him tomorrow, if she will be here at his hour."
— from Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James