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ability and popular eloquence
Nor has that memorable statute created a Parliament of a higher reputation for public qualities, such as politic ability, and popular eloquence, and national consideration, than was furnished by the old scheme.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

adopt a plan einen
leisten take an oath einen Einwand erheben to raise a plea einen Entschluss fassen take a decision einen Entschluß fassen to come to a decision einen Entschluß fassen to take a decision einen Fall vor Gericht aufrufen to call a case einen Fehler finden find a fault einen Gewinn abwerfen leave a margin einen Gewinn abwerfen; übrig lassen to leave a profit einen Hafen anlaufen to call at a port einen Hinweis erhält auf contains a reference to einen Kandidaten aufstellen to nominate a candidate einen Kauf ins Budget einplanen to budget for a purchase einen Kompromiss zustande bringen effect a compromise einen Kredit einräumen to allow a credit einen Kredit erhöhen increase a credit einen Kredit eröffnen establish a credit einen Kurs nehmen to take a course einen Laden führen keep a shop einen Markt bearbeiten work a market einen Markt erschließen open up a market einen Markt erschließen to develop a market einen Mengenrabatt erhalten to obtain a quantity discount einen neuen Artikel bestellen to place an order for a new item einen neuen Artikel einführen launch a new product einen neuen Markt erschließen to enter a new market einen Plan aufgeben abandon a plan einen Plan übernehmen adopt a plan einen Plan zerstören axe a plan einen Posten abhaken tick off an item einen Preis angeben
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

as a public enemy
If such happiness is distasteful to any, let him be branded as a public enemy; and if any attempt to modify or put an end to it, let him be silenced, banished, put an end to.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

as a premeditated engine
Suppose an article had been introduced into the Constitution, empowering the United States to regulate the elections for the particular States, would any man have hesitated to condemn it, both as an unwarrantable transposition of power, and as a premeditated engine for the destruction of the State governments?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Arretes and protests expunged
On the third day of this business ( 18th of August ), Monsieur and Monseigneur d'Artois, coming in state-carriages, according to use and wont, to have these late obnoxious Arretes and protests 'expunged' from the Records, are received in the most marked manner.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

and a panic ensued
Meanwhile fire signals were raised to alarm Athens, and a panic ensued there as serious as any that occurred during the war.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

about any particular existing
Thus no fact about any particular existing thing can be self-evident to more than one person.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

as a public enemy
Since, then, he has recognised himself to be such by living there, he must be removed by exile as a violator of the compact, or by death as a public enemy; for such an enemy is not a moral person, but merely a man; and in such a case the right of war is to kill the vanquished.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

and apt perspicuous elegant
His strongest point is his style; there he is clear, concise and apt, perspicuous, elegant and brilliant.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

arms and persons even
All are vain of scars, and desirous of displaying them; but little favour is shown for other outward ornament; and the miserly disposition which pervades the breast both of young and old, inducing an effort towards the concealment of property possessed, a paltry silver ring in the ear, a band of copper wire round the junction of the spear-blade with the shaft, or pewter mountings to the creese, form the sum total of decoration on the arms and persons even of the most extravagant.
— from The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir

arms and put everything
Deeming themselves out of danger from a surprise by the Indians, officers and men arrayed themselves in their best apparel, burnished their arms and put everything in shape for a respectable appearance on entering the Valley.
— from The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by John Leonard Hardenbergh

as at present estimated
Even if morality be not seven-eighths of our life (the exact proportion as at present estimated), there was a place even on the Hellenic Parnassus for gnomic bards, and theirs in the nature of the case must always be the largest public.
— from Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang

an avowed political enemy
"Yet in spite of these difficulties you sought a casual interview with an avowed political enemy."
— from The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

allow a Parliamentary enquiry
In consequence, ministry were condescending enough to allow a Parliamentary enquiry.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various

are at peace every
The main provisions of these laws were reenacted by the act of April, 1818, by which, amongst other things, it was declared that-- If any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin, or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for, any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding $3,000 and imprisoned not more than three years.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Millard Fillmore

appendix and partly embedded
In a case recorded by Kahane 632 many Trichocephali were found partly free in the appendix and partly embedded in the mucosa; microscopically appendicitis was diagnosed.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

as a pretended escort
Just as Fall-leaf reached a narrow defile which led along the mountain's side and down to the river below, the detail ordered by Price as a pretended escort, were starting for headquarters.
— from The Border Spy; or, The Beautiful Captive of the Rebel Camp A Story of the War by Harry Hazelton

after a preliminary examination
This necessitates removal of the shoe, if, after a preliminary examination, a puncture is not found, when there is good reason to suspect its presence.
— from Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

attributes and power even
God is re- vealed only in that which reflects Life, Truth, Love, - 301:1 yea, which manifests God's attributes and power, even as the human likeness thrown upon the mirror, repeats 301:3 the color, form, and action of the person in front of the mirror.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy


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